Because frankly, we could all use a tad more support.
During your pregnancy and labour, you deserve to be empowered with evidence-based information and confidence so that you can make choices that are right for you & your family, and trust in your own ability to birth beautifully in your unique and special way.
You and your family deserve the continuity of personalised and attentive support that we know helps families achieve their childbirth, health and early parenting goals.
I’m Nancy, and I trained as a Birth & Postnatal Doula at the Australian Doula College and am an active member of the Doula Network Australia and other doula and midwifery networks. I am also a 500hr Diploma Certified Yoga Teacher, Rainbow Yoga Certified Kids Yoga Teacher, as-well as an experienced Diploma Certified Remedial Massage Therapist with Pregnancy Massage Australia specialisation, Infant Sleep Educator and Infant Massage Educator qualified with Relationships Australia to deliver infant communication education to families. In addition to the support you will receive in your own home, I hold workshops, yoga and massage therapy out of my home studio & clinic space.
Wondering if a doula can help you?
Evidence shows that continuous labour support
by a doula helps women to achieve:
Reduced risk of caesarean
Reduced risk of instrumental birth
Reduced request for painkillers or epidural
Reduced rate of induction of labour
Shorter labour
Increased birth experience satisfaction
Increased likelihood of initiating breastfeeding, successfully establishing breastfeeding & breastfeeding at 6 weeks
“A woman is the birth power source. She may need, and deserve, help, but in essence, she always had, currently has, and will have the power.”
Each families needs are as varied as their births. Here are the basic birth support packages I recommend starting with and I encourage you to talk to me about tailoring to make it perfectly fit your needs.
BIRTH SUPPORT
I JUST NEED A BIRTH DOULA
★ 2x personalised antenatal sessions
★ On call for one month (38-42 weeks)
★ 24/7 phone support whilst on call
★ Birth support; ‘from when you need me until you don’t need me anymore’. Most commonly this is phone support until active labour and physical support until a few hours after you’ve birthed.
★ Birth debrief
$1850
I NEED MASSAGES & A BIRTH DOULA
★ 2x personalised antenatal sessions
★ On call for one month (38-42 weeks)
★ 24/7 phone support whilst on call
★ Birth support; ‘from when you need me until you don’t need me anymore’. Most commonly this is phone support until active labour and physical support until a few hours after you’ve birthed.
★ Birth debrief
★ 3x massages (75 min)*
$2100
I NEED YOGA & A BIRTH DOULA
★ 2x personalised antenatal sessions
★ On call for one month (38-42 weeks)
★ 24/7 phone support whilst on call
★ Birth support; ‘from when you need me until you don’t need me anymore’. Most commonly this is phone support until active labour and physical support until a few hours after you’ve birthed.
★ Birth debrief
★ 3x private yoga sessions (75 min)*
$2100
I SUDDENLY NEED A DOULA, RIGHT NOW
★ You’re in labour now, or know when you will be and have just realised you need help. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be alone.
Call me and I will do my very best to be there for you, or do the leg work to find someone who can be.
$1000
* Massages and yoga classes purchased as part of a package are to be used in the same visit as your antenatal & postnatal doula sessions.
POSTNATAL SUPPORT
I ONLY NEED A TINY OF HELP
★ 9 hours of nurturing over 1-2 weeks
★ We will come together three times for 3hrs each
★ 4 weeks of unlimited phone and email support
★ Postnatal planning support
★ Sessions can be both during pregnancy to prepare for life with a new baby, as well as postnatally
$750
I NEED SOME HELP
★ 21 hours of nurturing over 1-4 weeks
★ We will come together seven times for 3hrs each
★ 8 weeks of unlimited phone and email support
★ Postnatal planning support
★ Sessions can be both during pregnancy to prepare for life with a new baby, as well as postnatally
$1450
I NEED HELP FOR LONGER
★ 42 hours of nurturing over 1-8 weeks
★ We will come together fourteen times for 3hrs each
★ 8 weeks of unlimited phone and email support
★ Postnatal planning support
★ Sessions can be both during pregnancy to prepare for life with a new baby, as well as postnatally
★ Gift Membership to the Australian Breastfeeding Association for 12 months which gives you access to email counselling and members-only classes.
$2650
* Life is crazy and we need different things at different times. You and I will work with that fluidity to find agreeable times to get you more of what you need in those crazy early days (daze?). Maybe you need all of your support in the first week or two, and maybe you just need a little each week. Let me help you figure out what YOU need.
“Remember this, for it is as true as true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceri, elephants, moose, and water buffalo. Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.”
Private Consultancy and Workshops
If you aren’t sure that you need a doula but want additional information to decision-make in pregnancy and knowledge and confidence to take into your birth and parenting journey, we can work together on a casual basis in your own home.
Topics are endless but some popular topics are:
Choosing a care provider (hospital/doctor/midwife)
Postpartum planning
Relaxation Massage for Pregnancy
Massage Techniques for Labour
Infant Sleep Education
Infant Massage
Baby care skills
Rates
Hourly (min 2.5hrs) - $100
10% discount for upfront payment of 20+ hours.
Other surcharges may apply for weekends and public holidays.
Testimonials
We're so happy...
“Nancy is a deeply generous and conscientious person and has all the skills and knowledge required to help you prepare for your birth so that you feel confident and comfortable facing it, and handle whatever situation eventuates on the day. We’re so happy we had the benefit of her knowledge, skills, and warm personality to guide us along the way. Even in a clinical hospital environment, Nancy helped turn it into something warm, comforting, and reassuring. ”
— Justine R.
She provided me with a whole
toolkit of strategies!
“Nancy helped me - as a partner - understand more of what my wife was going through, and she provided me with a whole toolkit of strategies to help her at each stage of her pregnancy, from pre-labour through to post-natal care.”
— James T.
My birthing experience is one I will treasure forever.
“Nancy also helped significantly during the postnatal period as I juggled care of my newborn and older daughter with no other family support around. I loved that she would turn up at my house each week and do whatever needed doing without me even really having to ask.”
— Brigid T.