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Doula & Doula Matcher Hypnobirthing & Antenatal Classes, Pregnancy & Postnatal Yoga, Couples Yoga for Birth & Doula, North & East London

21/12/2025

Caesarean rates are the highest they’ve ever been according to the new NHS maternity statistics.

It’s easy to assume women are choosing differently.

But the bigger shift is happening around them.

Guidance for “low risk” pregnancy has tightened.
Midwife-led services have reduced.
Staffing pressures have closed options that used to exist.
And successive reviews have pushed the system toward earlier, more defensive intervention.

Women aren’t switching birth ideologies.

The system has changed the pathways, the framing, and the default recommendations.

The stats show outcomes.

The system explains why.

With so many decisions shaped by the system, taking charge of your birth has never mattered more.

Understanding your choices gives you real power in the room. Know

That’s why I built Ready Birth Go – a course where women can get the grounding they deserve. Aa a doula, I am IN that room. I see it first hand. So I know how to help you.

20/12/2025

Think you’re in labour?

You might just be in early labour. Here’s how to tell ⬇️

1️⃣ You can still walk + talk through contractions
2️⃣ Contractions are short + irregular (20-30s, no clear pattern)
3️⃣ You can chat easily in between contractions

When you can’t - when you’re deep in the zone and words are hard - that’s active labour.

Save this so you’ll know when to rest, when to call your birth team, and when things are really moving.

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18/12/2025

Two women. Same birth on paper. One moves on. One can’t.

The difference isn’t strength. It isn’t mindset. It’s whether you felt safe, held, and heard, or alone in it.

There is so much talk about “healthy baby” that we forget what happens to the person in the middle. The one in labour, the one scanning the room, reading every tone, feeling every shift in energy, every decision made without her.

When that system gets overwhelmed, you can walk out “fine” on paper and still feel like something broke.

If any of this feels close to your story, you’re not alone and you’re not the problem.

🧡 Save this for later 🧡 Share it with someone who needs their experience validated.

It is your right to feel safety on every level.

16/12/2025

DOULA SECRET: Your birthing body is NOT your everyday body.

I’ve watched countless women be completely surprised during labour:

The bath-hater who refused to leave the birth pool. The “I don’t do massages” woman who craved counter-pressure for hours. The music lover who needed silnce!

Pack the TENS, bring the oils - even if you’re not a scents person. Plan for music, and pack silence too.
Labour might surprise you.

Build your toolbox. Trust your instincts. Let your birthing body lead.

If you want to learn all the things you might want in labour and how they can work for you, check out my course - Ready Birth Go - it’s everything you need to get you birth ready. Link in bio

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14/12/2025

You’re in labour. You’ve just had an epidural. And now someone’s telling you you’re not allowed to eat.

Not because anything has changed. Just… “in case.”

Welcome to the quiet shift no one talks about.

One minute you’re in labour. The next, you’re being managed like a surgical patient.

And most women don’t even realise it’s happening.

You deserve better than protocols that don’t add up!

📌 Save this post. 👯‍♀️ Share it with someone who’s prepping for birth.

13/12/2025

Something that often comes up with my clients is whether they’re going to tell anyone when labour starts.
And the answers are always interesting.

Some people say “God no — they’ll be on the phone every five minutes while others haven’t really thought about it.

Here’s the thing: labour can be long. There can be hours where nothing much happens. And when your phone is blowing up with “any news??” every ten minutes, it puts pressure on everyone, especially the birth partner, who’s fielding messages while trying to stay present.

I’ve even had a few times when relatives have turned up at the hospital despite being given strict instructions to stay away!

So here’s my suggestion: protect the bubble. Tell people when the baby arrives, not when contractions start.

Your oxytocin (and your birth partner who’ll get ALL the messages) will thank you.

11/12/2025

None of this is surprising. Not to me, not to anyone working with birthing women.

But seeing it written down - 748 recommendations, a decade of reports, and still the same stories - that’s hard to read and, I imagine, really scary for anyone pregnant.

The system isn’t going to be fixed. So in the meantime, you prepare. You learn your rights. You practise using your voice before you’re in a room where it matters.

That’s why I teach what I teach. Because I know the difference it can make.

If you’re pregnant and this has unsettled you - my courses cover all of this. In fact, it’s why I created it. To help you understand how the system works. How to advocate for yourself. How your birth partner can protect your space. How you can hack the system to your advantage. Link in bio.

And if you just need to talk, DM me. Genuinely.

Save this and share it with you birth partner.

09/12/2025

Your body is always listening. To the energy in the room. To who’s there and how they make you feel. To every “just popping in” and every ping on your phone.
This is physiology. Oxytocin needs safety. Adrenaline shuts it down.
Save this. Send it to your birth partner. And be ruthless about who gets to be in that room with you and who you share information with.

07/12/2025

Dip the Hip helps soften the deep muscles behind the pelvis that can limit space and slow engagement.

When those tissues release, the pelvis moves more freely and baby has more room to rotate, descend and find their optimal position.

It’s gentle.
It’s effective.
And it’s brilliant alongside your other birth prep tools.

Use it now and save it for labour!

05/12/2025

1 in 3 labours are now induced. And that’s not including sweeps and augmentation of labour (so the number is actually much higher).

You’ll probably be offered one. It might be framed as routine, sensible, the safer option. It might be necessary. It might not. Either way, you’re allowed to ask questions first.

You’re allowed to want the real numbers. You’re allowed to say ‘not yet.’

Comment GUIDE and you’ll get the full list.

Save this. Send it to someone who needs it.

02/12/2025

Most of the overwhelm in pregnancy isn’t about the choices. It’s about the pressure to absorb everyone else’s opinions while ignoring your own.

You don’t need more advice. You need to learn how to make decisions from your own values instead of other people’s fears.

That’s what my course is built to help you do. Not more information. The confidence to use what you already know.

Link in bio if you’re ready.

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