Sara Knowles Doula

24/07/2025

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03/07/2025

Spent a lovely morning last Wednesday chatting to and listening to birth stories from a beautiful bunch of new mummas. Collecting feedback from service users is an essential part of making our maternity services better. Get in touch if you would like to share your story and be part of The Royal Surrey County Hospital MNVP

🙏A huge thank you to everyone who joined our Stay & Play at ’s The Hive last week to share their feedback about their maternity experience at the Royal Surrey.

🗣️By sharing your experiences at events like these you are helping to shape the future of local maternity and neonatal care and improve the experience for everyone.

✍️All the feedback will be passed onto the senior midwives and doctors at the hospital, and we will work, together with the Patient Experience Midwife, to consider improvements that can be made to care in the future.

ℹ️Some of the topics discussed included maternal mental health, neonatal care, infant feeding support, gender neutral and inclusive care, and induction of labour.

❤️A special thank you to our volunteers and who joined to listen to the experience of other families on behalf of the MNVP and share their own feedback. We were also lucky to have our Patient Experience Midwife Claire and Postnatal & Community Matron Tanya there to speak to families and answer any questions 🙏

📆Our next Stay & Play listening event will be held at the Waverley Family Centre in Hale on the 9th October. Details to follow soon.

📧If you were unable to make the event last week and want to provide feedback on your experience of maternity or neonatal care at the Royal Surrey, please get in touch via rsch.mnvp@gmail.com or complete our maternity survey (link in the bio). We would love to hear from you 🙂

02/07/2025

A bit different post today, but it's a little story.. When I was little, my dream job was to have a flower shop by the block of flats where my nan lived in Helsinki. I loved flowers and my mum has plenty of stories of me picking the neighbours' tulips or flowers from the hotels flower beds on holiday 🤭 Anyway time went on and my dream job changed plenty of times. And I also developed a skill of killing every single plant that I ever owned. Like all of them. Even the succulents. RIP. Not a very desirable skill for a florist 🤪 and I kinda gave up on the idea ever having lots of flowers/ plants in my home and resorted to good old plastic plants 😁

Anyway, 2 years ago, I had my 1st ever twin client and she had (in my eyes) an amazing collection of plants in her home. I couldn't believe how she managed to keep all the plants alive and be the most incredible mumma to her twins. I always admired her plants and she then gave me some tips on how to keep plants alive. And when it came time to say goodbyes to this gorgeous family, they gave me 2 cuttings of Devil's Ivy and instructions on how to look after them. And here they are (pics 1 and 2). My plants babies. Grown from the cuttings they gave me. My twins if you like. And now my plants collection is ever growing, so much so I now need to sneak new plants in my house without my husband noticing 😆

So in so many ways, this twin client, doulaed me! And here I am for all the plant chat, my DMs are open 😆

25/06/2025

NIGHT DOULA- What does a night doula do? How can I help? Why would you hire me to support you overnight?

As a night doula my aim is to simply be an extension of you. We all know how babies like to be held, particularly at night. It's their natural instinct to wake up when you try and lay them down on their back. So I'm there to do the holding. So that you can rest. Whether you're breastfeeding or bottle feeding, I can support with both. If breastfeeding, I'll keep you company whilst you feed, bring you snacks/ drinks, and once baby has been fed, I'll have baby in my sling or otherwise hold them so you can have a rest. If bottle feeding, I can take care of the overnight feeds, or keep you company if you would rather feed your baby yourself. I can help with washing and sterilising bottles, do all baby care like nappy changes, do quiet household chores like folding laundry etc... So you can wake up feeling refreshed and knowing that there's a few less things to take care of. But the main thing is, I will always work around your and your family's needs. No forced routines, no particular agenda. Just you and your baby. And my support from 8pm until 6am.

I'm running a special offer for summer nights, just to help you through these hot and long nights;

3 nights for price of 2
OR
6 nights for price of 4
9 nights for price of 6 and so on.. So for every 2 nights, you get an extra night for free!

Normal price £250 per night

Lots of love and sweet dreams, Sara Knowles Doula

23/05/2025

Hey Peeps! Just wanted to give a quick heads up on my availability for the summer months!

Yes, summer is fast approaching (or is it already here?☀️☀️☀️)

Are you brewing a summer baby? There is still time to book that all-important postnatal support for you and your family ♥️

And don't forget to make use of the amazing discount I'm offering until the end of May! Offer is valid for all postnatal care for mummas with babies arriving before the end of this year!

20/05/2025

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17/05/2025

Relate, relate, relate ♥️ Running a business when looking after little ones is a job and a half. Actually more than that! But here we are showing up to our families as well as our clients. Well done Mini Athletics West Surrey 🙌👏🙌👏

17/05/2025

In celebration of 2 years of Sara Knowles Doula Support, I am offering -10% off all postnatal care for new bookings made in May! An offer too good not to miss! I offer day time doula support, night doula support, postnatal planning sessions and trauma healing.

For further information please visit www.saraknowlesdoula.co.uk or give me a call/ email
And let's ensure your postnatal period is full of calm and joy ♥️

14/05/2025

2 YEARS! - 🥳🥳🥳 2 Years of Sara Knowles Doula Support! 2 years of countless sling naps, 2 years of holding babies so parents can rest, 2 years of holding space for new parents to feel, 2 years of signposting to various different postnatal services, 2 years of supporting new families, 2 years of cheerleading wonderful mummas, 2 years of doing the job that I absolutely adore ♥️

Ps. All you mummas I've supported, can you spot your little fluff heads from the reel? 😉

In honour of celebrating my 2 years of supporting new and growing families, I am offering 10% discount on new bookings made during the month of May (2025) on all of my packages and bundles. Further information from
www.saraknowlesdoula.co.uk

Link also in my bio x

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13/05/2025

Yay Mini Athletics are turning 1!

🎉 WE’RE TURNING ONE! 🎉
And YOU'RE invited to our birthday bash in the park! 🥳

We’re celebrating this amazing milestone with:
🎶 Music
🎯 Fun games
🍿 Yummy snacks
🎁 Goody bags (for FREE!)

📍Come join the fun, bring your friends, and let’s make it a day to remember!
🗓️ Saturday 7th June, 10am-12pm
📍 Woking Park, by the bandstand

✨ RSVP on our website 🔗
www.miniathletics.com/mini-athletics-west-surrey-summary/

11/05/2025

As we come to the end of the Maternal Mental Health Week, there's something I really wanted to write about. And that is toxic positivity. Time and time again I hear my clients tell me about their experiences of how their feelings or experiences have been dismissed or belittled.

"Oh cheer up."
"Just stop worrying about it."
"Oh it could have been a lot worse."
"Well at least the baby is well."
"Oh stop being silly."

I could go on and on. When has such comment ever been helpful? Quite the opposite. You are not silly. You don't need to cheer up. It's not just about the baby. What you need to do is feel. Sit in that hard. Express your worries and be met with empathy. Motherhood is a wild ride and we don't have to enjoy every moment. You can love your baby and still find parts of motherhood hard. Two opposite feelings can exist at the same time.

This is your experience and whatever has happened and how it has impacted you, is yours to hold. Whether it left its mark on you. How it made you feel. Your feelings matter. I will not tell you to just move on and forget. The way we are treated at the time we become mothers, stays with us for the rest of our lives. It impacts on how we see ourselves, how we mother. Becoming a mother is life changing. Let's not act like it isn't.

Toxic positivity has no room in my doula bag. Because you matter. Your feelings matter. Your experience matters. Your hopes and wishes matter. And just because your experience/ hopes/ feelings are different to someone else's, it doesn't make them any less important. You matter ♥️

Sending love xx

30/09/2024

⭐️⭐️⭐️ - My heart is so full after receiving such wonderful feedback from a client I've just said my goodbyes to after supporting them for the past 4 months as they welcomed their 1st baby. We met a couple of times before baby was born and discussed the postnatal period in every perspective in length. And wow haven't these brand new parents really flourished. It wasn't always easy, but with the right kind of support, they've had the most wonderful start to their parenting journey. Forever grateful to have been part of that journey ❤️