The love and nourishment you deserve as a new mother
Welcome to Mothermoon. I’m so glad you’re here.
The transition to motherhood is the most significant transformation a woman will undergo in her lifetime. Becoming a parent to a sweet newborn is a magical and fulfilling experience but it’s not without its challenges and, without proper care and support, you can sometimes be left wondering what happened to the gentle postpartum you had imagined?
As the saying goes…
Everyone wants to hold the baby, but who holds the mother?
As your postpartum doula, I promise I will never ask to hold your baby - unless you want me to! First and foremost, I’m there to support you. To hold space and care for you in the time after you birth your baby.
When I arrive for a visit, I’ll pop the kettle on and make us a hot cup of tea to enjoy while we go through how you’re feeling and what you’d like me to focus on in that session. On any given day that might look like discussing ways to increase oxytocin, whipping up a tasty banana bread (for those cravings that always hit when you wake up with baby at 2am and need something satisfying to eat!), changing your sheets and popping on a load of laundry, folding all those baby clothes (how do they use so many?!), giving you a shoulder rub and rocking baby to sleep in the front carrier while you have a lovely, long shower.
No two visits will ever be exactly the same, but they will all fill your cup and make you feel taken care of and supported. You may even decide that you just want to sleep the whole time while I tend to baby, tidy up and cook while you rest. Bliss!