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Barefaced Birth, Nottingham (2026)

14/05/2026

Birth Testimonial ✨

What a privilege to support this family on their journey to meet their baby! My lovely client was incredibly strong as she navigated changes to their birth plans.

Such an honour to be a part of their birth team - thank you for choosing me 🤎

Sometimes birth plans can change and support a family to navigate these changes as a part of the work I do as a doula. To help keep it calm, positive, create space for questions and advocate for you.

This is doula support 💪

12/05/2026

Holding Space is an important part of my work as a doula.

It can be really hard to explain what holding space is and even I struggle to put that into words! For me holding space can mean lots of different things.

It can mean creating a calm safe and relaxed space to allow birth to unfold in and maintain that space until after the golden time when your baby is here.

Creating a space that connects to all the senses so that you can move inwardly and allow everything to melt away.

Observing quietly and calmly nearby and allowing you to labour and be in the moment feeling safe and secure.

Reminding my clients how incredible they are and giving them words of power and encouragement and belief in themselves.

Listening without judgment.

Keeping that space calm if things change or decisions need to be made.

Not providing opinions, helping to ask questions, providing evidence based Information and making sure you have privacy and space to think.

Making sure you and your birth preferences are everyone's priority.

Trusting and understanding birth and the sacred space it needs to unfold, a space where you feel emotionally and physically secure and safe.

We wait
We observe
We hold space.

08/05/2026

Baby Sleep Advice 🌙

With the recent BBC investigation regarding sleep advice I wanted to re share some of the resources I refer my clients to when it comes to sleep guidance.

Knowing where to get your sleep info that can be trusted is important and when you have a little one that isn't sleeping along with the lack of sleep you can definitely feel at loss if you're not doing it right, what to do to help your baby sleep and what to trust.

My go to sleep resources are:

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Know that these are safe sleep resources you can trust and rely on to make your own judgements what feels right for your family.

There's no room for sleep opinions, what works for one baby will not work for another!

If you're pregnant and feeling a bit of a loss, definitely preparing antenataly can help you to prepare and manage your expectations around what sleep may look like for your newborn.

07/05/2026

Hello, I am Kerry!

I have had a fair few new followers recently so thought I would share a little more about me!

I completely and utterly fell in love with preparing for birth. Navigating a redundancy, COVID lock down and HG (Hyperemesis Gravidarum) was really difficult but the one thing that helped me through it was discovering how amazing birth is.

Whilst I experienced a really empowering birth, it didn’t quite go to plan and a lot happened and I needed help processing it. It set me on my path to becoming a doula.

There were things that I wish I had known, support I wish I had and I couldn’t imagine another family not having that support or knowledge to help prepare them for this fundamental transformative journey to meeting their baby.

“Honest, Informed and Empowering Birth Support” is what Barefaced birth is all about.

I am here to support ALL BIRTHS and ALL FAMILIES.

EVERYONE deserves continuity of care and inclusive support no matter what.

I want the families I work with to feel really cared for, supported and feel like they are not alone. I am invested in your hopes, dreams and wishes for birth and I will ride that pregnancy birth, and postpartum journey with you.

If you would like to know more about me, my experience as a doula and the lovely services I offer you can find out more via my website, link in the bio 👆

06/05/2026

Supporting a family is a privilege ✨

I supported a wonderful family at the weekend as they welcomed their baby into the world and achieved their VBAC birth surrounded by support, care and love.

I really care about your hopes, dreams and fears for birth and what you would like your pregnancy, birth and postpartum journey to feel and look like.

What is important to you is important to me!

As a doula I only support only one type of birth and that's the birth that you want to have!

My role is to help you feel informed and safe to make decisions that feel right for you and plan for the birth that aligns with how you feel and that's what is most important.

I'll never judge your decisions, I will never give you opinions and will stand by your side supporting you all the way 💪

If you would like to chat about doula support and what that may look like for you, you can book a call with me via my website, link in the bio or pop me a DM!

29/04/2026

Birth Affirmations can be a powerful way to support your mindset in preparing for birth. They work to change your beliefs about something and are often linked with our fears.

During birth they can help keep you in the zone and help when any seeds of doubt creep in and you need a little focus and reminder you can do this! 💪💪

27/04/2026

DOULA ON CALL 🙌

As a doula, being "on call" means that we are ready to support you 24/7 for when your labour starts.

Every doula"'s on call period looks different.

My on call period is 10 days ahead of your due date until 43 weeks.

It means I stay local to Nottingham, I don't have anything booked I can't cancel, I have childcare in place and I have my doula go bag ready and packed. I also make sure I am well rested, healthy and keeping my plans light (no one wants a tired doula!)

It means you can message me night or day whenever you think labour is starting or has started.

During early labour I support you both virtually so that you can message, ask questions if you need me too. This part of early labour can feel and look very stop start (which is totally normal).

Again labour can be different for everyone, I have had some clients move very quickly to active labour but again this depends on whether first baby, hormones, position and lots of other things! I am there ready to support and guide you through the labor stages.

We know that the early labour phase needs privacy, space, comfort and restfulness to ready yourself for the active labour phase. I then join you in this part of labour in person wherever you are planning to birth.

Sometimes I've been with clients in that early labour phase or popped round (depending on location) to help support active labour, perhaps with some biomechanics or I am there remotely offering any suggestions that may aid comfort and support labour.

If your labour starts before my on call period we will do everything we can to move things around to support you and usually between the first signs of labour and labour starting can give us any extra time to put things in place to support you!

23/04/2026

Birth Testimonial & Story ✨

I had the privilege of supporting this wonderful client last year and she has kindly shared her birth story from pregnancy to birth!

She was so strong and I was in awe of her strength in advocating for what she wanted.

Thank you for sharing your story with us and choosing me as your doula 🤎

21/04/2026

Today's Postpartum Visit 👇

I never turn up empty-handed! Today I took along lentil, potato and coconut curry with lots of warming spices, fresh home made granola, groaning cake to welcome the new baby with a little gift made by me.

We spoke about the birth, transition to motherhood and life with a newborn and supporting the body postpartum.

Every visit with a family is different, sometimes I am there to help with little tasks, washing up, tidying or holding your baby (if you want me to) to feeding/sleep support to sling holding to debriefing the birth.oe accompanying you on a walk, appointments or your first bus/car journey. Whatever you need am there!

Every visit is different and every visit is special ✨

My birth support packages include postpartum visits (depending on the options you choose) as well as standalone postpartum support.

I always turn up with a listening ear and ready to support wherever you are at 🤎

20/04/2026

THE TEACHER!

I spent a gorgeous morning with and pulled this card out of the pack which seems quite fitting with the work that I do as a doula!

It symbolises loyalty, leadership,. community and intuition. Wolf Arnica, teaches us to be a resilient teacher so we can experience greater knowledge and help others seek their own path.

"Like a wolf be fiercely loyal to your tribe"

I am always learning, sharing my knowledge of birth and helping others to choose their own birth path using my intuition when holding space in the birth room whilst doing everything to protect your birth wishes and preferences, I am there for you and you alone 🤎

16/04/2026

ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE

If you're thinking of watching it, please don't! Whilst I am the type of doula who will NEVER tell you what to do I would suggest to think about what will benefit you by watching it.

I am fully aware it will be dramatised for TV, cut and edited to make it dramatic. THIS is not birth and it should not be what birth is like.

Sadly this is the reality of birth for many women and birthers they may experience similar births. Many will not know what birth should really be like and will think this is a "normal birth", being told to lay down on bed, being told what is going to happen to them not given a choice, being told to be quiet or stop shouting or that they are a good girl.

No wonder why birth trauma is on the rise.

You deserve more.

This is not about a physiological only birth. This is about being respected, listened too and supported by wherever you plan to birth.

Your subconscious will be absorbing everything you watch read and listen too about birth and going into birth feeling scared, worried or nervous is not a feeling anyone should feel.

If you've watched it, did it make you feel good about birth? Look forward to birth?

Or did it make you feel scared?

E4 should know better!

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