Postnatal Doula in Cambridgeshire

I have been providing postpartum support for many years and bring my parenting knowledge into the support I provide.  This approach incorporates evidence based knowledge on the fourth trimester, bonding, calming, understanding babies’ communication and cues, understanding infant sleep, and the journey to weaning.

I am a breastfeeding peer supporter (which is similar to taking a GCSE level qualification)

I particularly specialise in supporting very unsettled babies, higher needs babies and parents who need support with self-confidence in parenting.  I also work often with families who experience birth trauma and postnatal depression.

I generally have time slots of up to 3hrs up to 3 times a week, Monday to Friday. 

I understand parenting doesn’t end at night time and I also know that sleep deprivation is one of the difficulties many parents struggle with. Sleep deprivation can make it very difficult to be the kind of parent you would like to be during the daytime. I also understand why many parents are not keen to try common sleep training methods, such as Controlled Crying and am happy to support parents to work through the pros and cons of commonly used sleep training techniques.

My goals as a Post Natal Night Time Doula, are to ensure you maximise the amount of sleep you are able to get.

I can work with you during your early parenting journey, or perhaps if you begin to feel a bit of night time support would be helpful for an older baby, I am able to support you any time you may need it.

I can sleep in the same room as your baby and bring your baby to you when they need feeding, then take them to resettle them after their feed.

If your baby accepts a bottle, then I can take care of them for an entire night if you would prefer.

I can spend time with you in the evening supporting you to find gentle night time solutions to ensure both parents maximise their sleep.

The landscape of sleep is ever changing in the first few years of your infant’s life. Developmental leaps often disrupt baby and toddler sleep and night-time waking can often be mistaken or only ever linked to hunger. I’m there to help during those times where you would like some additional support and to recharge your batteries.