Bernice Smith Doula

12/09/2025

Ready to welcome all expectant moms, moms with babies, children and families tomorrow and Sunday 🌸 Come take a pic at our balloon arch, and stand a chance to win a great prize!

10/09/2025

I'll be at the Baby & Kids Expo this weekend, along with other amazing midwives, doulas and care providers💜 See you there!

👶😁 Meet Exhibitor: Bernice Smith Doula Services

"Your partner for a positive birth experience. Offering labour and birth support to moms and couples. Services include antenatal, labour, and postnatal care and support."

The Expo is happening on the 13th & 14th of September from 09:00 to 14:00 at Running Waters!

👉 Tickets are available on Quicket (https://qkt.io/Sqd6Pz), at Klinicare Lorraine Pharmacy, or at the gate—don’t miss this unforgettable kids’ experience!

📣 Event Link: www.facebook.com/share/19uBdDpkBp/

11/08/2025

This is why we like to refer to it as "due month" 💗 Babies come in their own time

Due dates are simply an estimate of when your baby is likely to be ready for birth. However, only about 5% of babies are born ON their due date. Healthy term babies can be born spontaneously between 37 and 42 weeks.

ACOG further breaks down this range into early term (37-38), term (39-40), late term (41-41+6) and post term is 42 weeks. While you might hear or feel "overdue" after your due date, you are not considered postdates until 42 weeks.

30/07/2025

So many benefits of position and movement. Just came from a birth where a simple change of position was crucial in achieving a most beautiful delivery 💙

30/06/2025

The wonders of skin to skin! With mom and dad🩷💙

18/06/2025

A baby arrives, and just like that everything changes. Your world gets bigger, your hearts grow fuller, and life means more because they are in it🩷

11/06/2025

Stop telling parents that sleeping with our kids is a bad habit.
Most people sleep next to their partners because it brings comfort. We like to cuddle. Because we’re human and connection matters.

That’s all our babies are doing, too.
They’re not “spoiled.”
They’re just little humans craving closeness. And we are their safe place.

So start recognizing the beauty in being needed. 🤍
~Living FULL, by Danielle Sherman-Lazar

08/06/2025

Upcoming antenatal classes coming up later this month and in July.
You cannot be over prepared for labour, birth and breastfeeding 💟
Michelle van der Westhuizen
Sharon Oates - Family Wellness Clinic

04/06/2025

As Doulas we need a good support team too! For moments that call for us to drop everything and go.
I am so grateful for a husband who is my "team". Always filling in and picking up the responsibilities, day or night. And for my 2 precious boys who celebrate the news of each new baby born💙🩷
This is my team, and I couldn't wish for better!

30/05/2025

Networking with Embrace, the Movement for Mothers this week.
Supporting moms in and around our city.

28/05/2025

Keeping active during pregnancy is not only healthy for your body, but mentally and emotionally too🩷 Keep moving, look after yourself and rest when your body calls for it 💜

26/05/2025

Pregnancy is an incredible reminder of what a woman's body was made to do🩶