As you can imagine the past year has not been easy on the doula care or course front. I decided at the first shut down not to transfer my courses online so I am particularly excited about getting back to seeing people face to face. Looking back from March 2020 to date I have:
- Provided 2 face to face Antenatal workshops – we can finally have the reunions in April or May under the ‘Rule of 6’ so everything crossed for good weather
- Provided Postnatal Care to a family of 7 for over a month when their twin boys arrived (I absolutely loved this!)
- Provided postnatal care to a first time mum with no relatives, friends or family nearby – next session with her will be day care while she pops out to get married!!!
- Provided antenatal, birth and postnatal care for a first time mum with anxiety – planned homebirth but lockdown put a stop to this. I’m still visiting as a friend and all is well
- Provided postnatal care for a local couple who were concerned about the reduction in home visits from the local midwives and health visitors. We are still in touch, their little boy is nearly 5 months old
- Currently supporting a local family following their mid-March birth (baby arrived at 32 weeks) so it’s early days but hopefully everything will settle soon
- Continued to support parents online including a very anxious mother planning a possible VBAC – her baby arrived mid March and she feels the birth was positive for her as she was listened too, respected and supported throughout
- I have 3 summer births on the horizon and 2 bookings for postpartum care
Before Covid-19
- 2019 I supported 6 birth doula clients this year. 4 girls and 2 boys along with 2 antenatal clients and two postpartum clients…. I cannot begin to express how happy my doula ‘work’ makes me feel…. See testimonials from clients on my About Us page.
- 2019 was a very busy year in 12 months I ran 17 NCT Essential Courses plus several one-to-one sessions for the NCT
- I hosted 12 private Antenatal Courses
- 4 ‘Let’s talk about Starting Solids’ workshops
- 9 Positive Birth Movement Rushden gatherings at Café Nero, Rushden Lakes. We tried outside venues which resulted in mums and babies dashing everywhere so not continued
- 11 Positive Baby Feeding at Magazine Heaven, Rushden Lakes