The Italian Doula

25/08/2025

✨ Doula Training in NI 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣✨

Join us for our FREE Online Info Session about our next doula training in 2026 and discover how you can begin your journey to support women and families through pregnancy, birth, and beyond. 🌿

📅 Date: Thursday 23rd October
🕒 Time: 8.30pm
📍 Where: Online (Zoom)

What you’ll learn:
💚What doula training with Doulas NI looks like
💚How doulas support families in Northern Ireland and beyond
💚 Pathways to becoming a certified doula
💚 Q&A with experienced doulas

💻 Perfect for anyone curious about training or simply wanting to know more about this role of a doula.

DM us or Register now via the link below 👇
https://forms.gle/VSrd4jWJnxP77q629

We can't wait to see you.

Tara, Anne & Sara

29/03/2025

Just in case someone likes to see it in numbers...the evidence of the benefit of doula support can be found out there and this is only one piece

Quantifying the association between doula care and maternal and neonatal outcomes https://ow.ly/JyRk50Vqj4J

25/02/2025

Would you like to train as a doula?!
Only a few spaces left...

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A DOULA IN 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣

We are heading towards our last training of 2025 so
if you are dreaming of a job that supports and empowers women through pregnancy, birth and early motherhood, we would love to help you make your dreams come true 💭~ and this is a great opportunity to find out more❗️

We have a Free zoom info sessions coming up for you to meet our Doulas Anne, Sara & Tara. A chance to ask questions and find out what the Doulas of NI Training for Doulas Course can offer you.

DM US FOR ZOOM LINK!

We look forward to spending time with you.

Anne, Sara & Tara 💚

15/02/2025

My gentle loving shadow you deserve a place on my grid...you will be greatly missed! 💔

She was definitely *my* cat and brought so much joy to the family (except perhaps the old cat 😅)

11/02/2025

It has been a while....still remember talking about this with Doula Anne Glover and brainstorming names...

Doulas of Northern Ireland Turns 5️⃣! 🎉

Today, we celebrate 5 incredible years of supporting families across Northern Ireland alongside building a mindful and compassionate birthing community! 💜✨

From holding space for new parents through such a transformative time in their lives to guiding doulas stepping into their new roles-every moment has been fuelled by a passion to support women, learning, and connection. Thank you to every family, doula, and supporter who has been part of our story, because of you Doulas of NI continues to thrive!

Here’s to many more years of advocacy, support and nurturing! 🥂

We have so much to celebrate but we would love to hear from you 💬Drop a comment below and tell us what Doulas NI has meant to you over the last 5 years?

20/01/2025

Sometimes quite a lot, it appears...😅

Sometimes the fit and the energy is right and with my clients we work around the physical distance in preparation for birth.
But when the call comes, I hit the road!

Last two births were a bit further than usual but there were reasons that worked for both me and my clients 🥰

Two magical births each in their own rights, both in the water, and two truly amazing mums who worked hard to get the support that was right for them.

23/12/2024

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from us Three✨🎄

As we pop our auto response on and round up on call for the year we have been reflecting on the incredible journeys we’ve shared with families in 2024, we’re honored to have been part of so many special beginnings whether it be as your doulas, supporting you with hypnobirthing or the 3 step process or providing you with hire equipment for your beautiful birth.

We have also been blessed to share the journey with incredible women stepping into training as doulas throughout 2024 and we can't wait to meet more of you in 2025.

May your holidays be filled with love, laughter, and cherished moments with your loved ones. Here’s to new life, new dreams, and new memories in the coming year!

Much love,
Anne, Sara & Tara 💚

#2024

06/12/2024

Want to know how you can address birth (or any kind of) trauma and be able to look back at those memories without the same unwanted feelings?

The 3 step rewind process is a great tool to do so. As a trained practitioner, I can help you do exactly that and disentangle any anxiousness, dread, sadness etc from the memory of your past birth or other experience that you feel had a big negative impact on you.

Clients have done this around birth, breastfeeding and other circumstances.
Read the testimonial to see what a difference it can make. Your journey has already started. Drop me a DM to chat about how this can help you 💜

30/10/2024

This!
Your care should be personal to you, your history, your needs and wishes

I wrote this in my very first book, two and a half decades ago.

I stand by what I said to this day.

There can and should be nothing routine about a rite of passage that is respected as such.

When I wrote it, I was talking about birth, though it could apply to other rites of passage too.

My concern, both then and now, is that the care that we are offered during these life journeys is so standardardised, when we are individuals.

Which means we’re all different.

We have different priorities, abilities, health histories, backgrounds and contexts, mindsets, family, and living situations.

And all of these things can affect how something might affect us and what we might want.

Birth is a rite of passage.

And it's okay to not want the standardised, one-size-fits-all, off the peg approach.

Do your research.

Read. (But not too much. And try to focus on positive things written by people who actually know what they're talking about. There's a lot of rubbish out there. Especially online.)

Talk to your loved ones.

Figure out what's right for you.

And insist that your rite of passage is respected as such.

More info, if you'd like it, at https://www.sarawickham.com

Yes, you can share/repost, if you keep the pic, text and credit intact. Please don’t put my work/words into your branding.

22/09/2024

65 km done and 35 to go by the end of September for Sands, the stillbirth & neonatal death charity

https://fundraising.sands.org.uk/fundraisers/sarabenetti

03/09/2024

First two walks done and donations coming in 🤩 from the lovely ladies at Forge Female Fitness

I have managed to sync my Garmin account with the fundraising page so you can actually check on that how many KMs I am doing... https://fundraising.sands.org.uk/fundraisers/sarabenetti