What I offer

These are some examples of what we might cover in our antenatal sessions:

• Initial ‘Emotional Mapping’: Understanding your emotional inner landscape by identifying your feelings and thoughts around pregnancy, birth and early parenthood

• Exploring both collective and personal beliefs and expectations around pregnancy, birth and parenthood

• Exploring your fears and hopes around birth and parenthood

• Signposting to relevant evidence and information, and supporting you in your decision-making process to make decisions from a place of self-centredness

• Designing an ‘Emotional Birth Plan’

• Grounding techniques and visualisations in preparation for labour

• A ´Practical Birth Preparation Session´ including: comfort techniques, partner support, creating a ´Labour Timeline´

Scope of Practice

• Emotional and psychological support

• Supporting you in exploring your inner experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood

• Assistance with advocacy, mediation and communication with the medical team

• Signposting to relevant evidence and resources

• Supporting you in exploring how you feel about the choices offered to you, in order to help you make decisions from a place of knowing and self-centredness

Birth Support:

• Available (on-call) from 38 weeks up to when you go into labour

• Available for early labour support either via phone/text or for a visit at home

• On-going support during established labour and birth

• Support during the first few of hours once your baby arrives

Postnatal support:

• Up to 4 visits at home

• Providing you with the space to discuss the birth and support you emotionally during the early days of parenthood

• Providing practical support with feeding and looking after your baby

• The first visit is usually within the first 5 days of your baby being born- and can be as early as either the day after your baby is born or the day after you arrive home from the hospital

• I'll be available for visits and communication up to 6 weeks post birth

• Additional postnatal visits can also be booked (single or as a package)

Combined Antenatal & Postnatal Package

A combined offering of the Antenatal & Postnatal Packages listed above.

Single antenatal and postnatal sessions (either virtual or in-person, lasting 1.5-2 hours)

Antenatal Sessions

Each session is unique to you, but here are some common areas I can support you with:

• Exploring your thoughts, feelings, expectations/associations around birth and the postnatal period and creating a plan that feels right for you

• Talking through and processing previous birth or other relevant experiences

• Exploring and identify your birth preferences

• Preparing emotionally and practically for labour and the postnatal period

• Understanding your options, signposting to relevant resources and supporting you to make informed choices

• Gaining an increased awareness of your needs, preferences and potential challenges that may arise and identify tools to help you navigate them

Postnatal Sessions

Each session is unique to you, but here are some common areas I can support with postnatally:

• Processing your birth experience in a safe and supportive space

• Supporting you emotionally and practically as you navigate the early days of parenthood, including feeding support and finding what works for your family

• Supporting you and facilitating dialogue around your needs and feelings as you adapt to being parents together as well as partners (or parents to more than one child)

• Balancing recovery, rest, and finding a new rhythm at home

Whether it’s your first baby or you’re growing your family, pregnancy and the early postnatal period can be a time when challenges rise to the surface within a relationship.

I work with couples to explore and address their feelings and needs and to facilitate dialogue and communication.

These sessions are a space for both partners to feel heard, understood, and supported. They offer the opportunity for couples to gain an increased awareness and understanding of themselves and the dynamics within the relationship.

• Sessions are offered in bundles of 3 or 5 sessions (60 minute) or as individual sessions

*The sessions can be either in-person or online