Solihull Doula Melanie

03/03/2026

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust want to hear from NEW PARENTS (with babies aged 0-2 years) about the emotional support they recieved👶

Complete the anonymous survey here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO42kv2bh5TIBPg4Kqq61Ppe5UMjJHUTFFSFRYOFJORlE3QTRBU08yT1RRWi4u

To arrange a call or for more information, email rachel.bailey@nhs.net

27/02/2026

Lovely giveaway from Lottie for expectant parents x

Mother’s Day Maternity Giveaway!

I am giving away 3 Maternity photoshoots for Mother’s Day, to celebrate everything that we go thorough to become mothers.
This will include your full use of gowns and fabrics, to make you feel even more special and amazing during this time,
and 2 Digital images of your choice form your session, to keep as your special memories.

All you have to do to be in with a chance is Comment your due date, tag your friends that are expecting, each tag is an extra entry, and share.
Winner will be selected on Mother’s Day (Sunday 15th) at 5pm and contacted within 24hours

23/02/2026

Some great information and resources here about all your appointments and options at Birmingham Women's Hospital and Charity

09/02/2026

Did you know we have a completely free to access library of maternity clothes in Unit 5?

Organised by size, with a range from workwear to pyjamas - take what you need and feel comfortable in pregnancy. Just pop by any time we are open (check the weekly timetable), or we are going to be adding some low cost bundles to our website to help our fundraising.

When you are done, if someone else could use them, we'd appreciate them back.

Having a baby and being pregnant is intense enough (financially, emotionally, physically) without worrying about being warm and comfortable.



[ID: The words 'In need of some new maternity clothes?" with a photo of a pregnant bump and undone jeans]

28/01/2026

Some food for thought regarding vaginal examinations, the possibility of ultra sound and of course, the idea that maybe no examination is needed at all?

28/01/2026

🧘🩷🧘💙🧘🩶⁠
Yoga After Loss⁠, held this evening.
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The fortnightly yoga class is led by Sophie, a trained teacher and bereaved mum.⁠
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⁠➡️ Next Class Wednesday 28th January⁠
⏰️ 7pm - 8pm⁠
📍 The Jubilee, Behind Costa, 225 Station Rd, Balsall Common, Coventry CV7 7FE⁠
🚘️ There is plenty of free parking next to The Jubilee or on the high street.⁠
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If you have a yoga mat, please can you bring this along otherwise we can provide equipment. ⁠
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If you have a blanket, please bring this along.⁠
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If you would like to attend please book via our bio. PLACES ARE LIMITED.⁠
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We look forward to welcoming you to our fortnightly yoga classes.

28/01/2026

Lovely matcha latte at Esquires.

26/01/2026

We're very excited to offer our next Birth Reflections Circle, with our dedicated Birth Trauma Lead Laura, at ☕

Join Laura on 12th February @ 10am (please see post for further details) for an informal meet up to share experiences, listen to others and signposting to further support will be avaialble.

Our Birth Reflection Circles are a key part for you to be involved in supporting changes with your local Maternity and Neonatal Services, and we'd love to hear from you 🌷

Join us for a coffee, share your experience if you want to and meet others in your local area 🤝
We'd also like to thank @ for providing us with a friendly and safe space for this session!

Please use the eventbrite link to book your space as numbers are limited

We look forward to welcoming you 🌷

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/birth-reflection-circle-tickets-1980365085280?aff=oddtdtcreator

08/01/2026

One of my beautiful clients captured by the talented LottieLea.
I’m always happy to recommend Lottie, and she’ll throw in a little discount if I refer you 😍

✨ The beauty of pregnancy ✨

There is something truly magical about this season of life 🤍
The quiet moments, the growing bump, the love that starts before baby arrives.

Pregnancy is beautiful in ways words can’t always explain—strength, softness, anticipation, and unconditional love all in one moment.

A maternity photoshoot captures more than how you look.
📸 It captures how it feels.
The connection. The glow. The story of becoming a mother.

These moments pass quickly, but photographs allow you to hold onto them forever—for yourself and for the little one you’re waiting to meet 🤍

Celebrate your journey. Capture the beauty.
✨ Maternity photos are memories in the making ✨

24/11/2025

An excerpt for the latest review on my Google listing 🥰 I need to caveat this with, this mother could absolutely have birthed without me, but I’m so pleased to know that she felt supported, held and nurtured in a way that she didn’t feel during her last birth.

14/11/2025

So whilst using the hob, the electrics inside my oven caught fire with smoke pouring out! A swift call to 999 and me and the boys had to evacuate and await the fire brigade.

For our own safety, they needed to remove the oven which is now sat in the garden under tarpaulin whilst we await a fire investigation and for .co.uk to get back to us regarding this faulty product.

As it’s under 6 months old, we are luckily protected by consumer law. And given that .co.uk also installed the oven and signed it off as safe, I would hope they are going to respond soon! The call to them on Wednesday though wasn’t promising… ‘Why are you calling us!’

I’m very grateful for the very swift response from the fire brigade and I’m just pleased I was closely watching otherwise things could have turned out very different. We now have no oven which is tricky, especially with neurodivergent picky eaters. Fingers crossed that we’re not left hanging too long.

Marks electrical have tried pushing us back to Belling who will send someone to try and repair it but we don’t want it back in the house! I’m sure this isn’t right anyway under law, as under 6 months old, the item is assumed to be faulty as point of purchase and clearly isn’t fit for purpose at best, and lethal at worst!

Any advice welcome!

Belling UK

05/11/2025

This is so true