Leanne Stitt Doula Diary

29/03/2026

✨ Last Chance to Book ✨

This is your final opportunity to secure your place on the Rooted & Ready Antenatal Course at the early birth price before it rises tomorrow.

If you’ve been thinking about joining, now is the time to say yes.

🌿 Build confidence in your body and your birth
🌿 Understand your options and feel informed
🌿 Learn practical tools for labour, birth & beyond
🌿 Feel emotionally and physically prepared for parenthood
🌿Plan your postpartum and learn about normal newborn behaviours.
🌿Learn about your recovery and how to manage healing with a newborn.
🌿 Connect with other parents on the same journey

This course is designed to leave you feeling grounded, supported, and truly ready, not overwhelmed.

Spaces are limited, and once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Save money and invest in your experience today.

Message me to book your place 💫

28/03/2026

My Friday nights are wild… a glass of wine and making dinosaur eggs 🦖

I’m really enjoying experimenting and preparing for our Baby Nature sessions as we head into the warmer months. My girls are the perfect testers and very honest with their feedback!

These eggs are so simple to make too just natural materials: coffee grounds, salt, flour and water.

There will be a WhatsApp group to keep you updated on when sessions are running, as they’ll be weather dependent and held in the beautiful grounds of Swarthmoor Hall.

Message me if you’d like to be added.

25/03/2026

I’m so grateful (and a little emotional!) to share that Doula Diary has been shortlisted for the Heart of Ulverston Awards 🤍

To be recognised in our local community in this way truly means so much. Doula Diary was created to support, nurture and hold families through such a special chapter of life and to know that this has been felt is incredibly special.

Thank you to every single person who has attended a class, trusted me with your journey, shared a kind word, or recommended me to others. This recognition belongs to you just as much as it does to me.

Feeling very thankful today ✨

Leanne x

🤝 Business in the Community – Finalists Announced

The Business in the Community award is sponsored by BAE Systems and recognises businesses that go above and beyond to support people, causes and the wider community.

Congratulations to our finalists:
• Leanne Stitt Doula Diary
• Co-op Funeral Care (Ulverston Funeralcare Kelly & Caitlyn)
• Rhythm Time South Lakes and Furness

Each of these businesses makes a meaningful difference to Ulverston outside of their day‑to‑day work.

20/03/2026

🌿 Baby Nature – Seasonal Parent & Baby Class

A gentle, outdoor space to slow down, connect, and explore nature together.

Held in the peaceful surroundings of Swarthmoor Hall Gardens, Baby Nature is a relaxed, unstructured session designed for both babies and their parents to unwind, play, and simply be outdoors.

This is not a busy, overstimulating class, it’s an invitation to breathe, connect, and follow your baby’s lead in a beautiful natural setting.

✨ What to Expect

Each session flows gently with the rhythm of the group and the environment, including:

🍃 A soft welcome with baby yoga and gentle parent movement

🎨 A creative space for messy play using mud, paint, oobleck and natural materials (come as you are – old clothes encouraged!)

🧺 A cosy area for feeding, cuddles, and relaxed connection with other parents

🌼 Quiet corners for mindful moments and simple forest bathing

🌸 Opportunities to explore the gardens, gathering treasures to create flower crowns and nature wands

🌈 A joyful close with parachute play and bubbles

👶 Who It’s For

Suitable for babies of all ages with their parent or caregiver. Guidance will be given on age appropriate play.

During school holidays, older siblings are warmly welcome to join the session at an additional discounted cost.

🌦️ Outdoor Living

Sessions are weather dependent and will go ahead when it feels safe and comfortable to be outdoors.

Light rain can be part of the experience but sessions won’t run in heavy rain or strong winds.

Investment

£9 per session

Includes up to 2 adults (dads & partners very welcome)

£5 for additional children

🌿 Staying Connected
A dedicated WhatsApp group has been made for those wishing to attend, allowing me to confirm sessions based on the weather and share updates.

20/03/2026

🌿 ROOTED & READY

Antenatal Course, South Lakes

Monday Evenings

A supportive, collaborative antenatal programme bringing local experts together to prepare you for birth, baby & beyond. ✨ COURSE DATES & THEMES

13th April
🌿 Birth Physiology & Hormones

20th April
🌿 Birth Choices & Decision-Making

27th April
🌿 Comfort Measures, Hypnobirthing & Partner Support

4th May
✨ No session (Bank Holiday)

11th May (6–9pm)
🌿 Baby Essentials & First Aid Jules Daisy First Aid

18th May (6–9pm)
🌿 Feeding & Connection (Bernice, Lactation Specialist)

25th May
🌿 Recap & Celebration

1st June (7–8pm Online)
🌿 Pelvic Health & Recovery (Karen Former Midwife & Recovery Expert)

✨ BONUS SUPPORT

🌿 Monthly Online Expert Sessions
🌿 Post-birth Reunion
🌿 Ongoing Community Connection

Honestly this is a collaborative approach bringing the best of our local educators together in one place for you.

📍 Swarthmoor Hall, South Lakes
🌐 www.douladiary.com
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17/03/2026

🌿 Rooted & Ready Antenatal Course 🌿

A calm, supportive space to prepare for birth, baby and beyond 🤍

Join us at Swarthmoor Hall for a nurturing group antenatal course designed to help you feel confident, informed and supported every step of the way.

✨ Starting after Easter
✨ Monday evenings | 6–8pm
✨ Small, welcoming group setting

Whether you’re feeling excited, unsure, or somewhere in between — this space is for you.

Limited spaces available.

Message to book or visit
www.douladiary.com

08/03/2026

Today we celebrate the strength, wisdom and resilience of women everywhere.

From the women becoming mothers…
to those raising babies, holding families together, healing, grieving, growing and leading.

In birth spaces, I am constantly reminded that women are powerful beyond measure.
Our bodies carry life, our instincts guide us, and our stories shape the generations that follow.

At Doula Diary, my work is rooted in supporting women to feel informed, held and confident in their choices in pregnancy, birth and early motherhood.

Here’s to women supporting women.
To shared wisdom.
To softer, safer, more empowering birth and parenting journeys.

Happy International Women’s Day 🌸