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Birth And Beyond Assistance
Doula Support in Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Antenatal, Birth and Postnatal Doula Support in Wakefield
Do you live near Wakefield and currently pregnant or recently had a baby?
I live in South Leeds, near Wakefield and I love what the local area has to offer. You can often find me enjoying a cuppa tea and a yummy cake at Tingley Garden Centre or Tong Garden Centre. My children love to run off some energy at Grasshoppers soft play, in Tingley or Tong and I take the opportunity to sit down for an hour and catch up with friends.
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If you find yourself currently pregnant and you're wanting to prepare for your birth, my 5* rated antenatal classes or Hypnobirthing courses can absolutely help you with that. Maybe you'd like some support during your labour and birth, then my birth Doula support package would be perfect for you. Perhaps you don't have a baby onboard just yet and you are currently trying to conceive? My fertility Doula support can help you to feel supported on your fertility journey and help you to create a positive mindset.
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Alternatively, you might have recently had your baby and you're looking for some postnatal doula support? Wanting someone who can come to your house and offer you emotional or physical support? Help you with that overwhelming feeling of becoming a parent? If this sounds like you, then you are in the right place!
I can support you at whatever stage you are at in your pregnancy or parenting journey. As a local doula and hypnobirthing teacher in Wakefield, I am very familiar with the local maternity system. I had both of my 2 children in Leeds and I am also the Co-Chair for Leeds Maternity Voices Partnership. I work closely with the maternity team at LGI and SJUH and I have supported many doula clients, who are using Wakefield maternity services too.
What can a Doula do?
Whether you are looking for fertility support, antenatal support, birth doula support or postnatal support in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, I can assist you. I can make you and your partner feel excited about your birth, prepared and informed. I will show you that you do have choices in your birth plan and you can be confident and in control. This will enable you to increase your odds of having a positive birth experience, however that might look. I can help you to plan and prepare for birth, help you to be able to make informed decisions, understand different coping techniques when you are in labour. Explain the benefits and risks of each pain relief option, teach you easy hypnobirthing techniques, to make you feel calm, confident and in control during labour. I can help you to understand the labour and birth process, be by your side when you are in labour, helping to keep you and your partner feel calm. I can advocate for you if you want me to, support you emotionally and physically during your pre-conception period, pregnancy, birth and postpartum. I can visit you at your home, during the postnatal period and offer you any feeding support that you might need, whether you are breastfeeding or bottle feeding. I can listen to your birth story or any concerns or worries that you might have. I can help you to keep on top of the everyday chores, from doing the laundry, cooking, light housework etc. I can hold your baby whilst you take a nap, have a rest or a relaxing bath.
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I live between South Leeds and Wakefield, so I am within a very short distance from lots of Yorkshire towns. My local maternity unit is Pinderfields hospital and also the newly reopened Bronte Birth Centre, in Dewsbury. I can be at either location in around 15 minutes, (depending on traffic). I am very familiar with Pinderfields hospital, having supported my doula clients there.
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As a doula, I have supported lots of new and expectant parents in Wakefield and the surrounding area. Here is what two of them have to say....
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"Julia offered in depth information and support and was calm and comforting. She was a great source of support to myself and my husband during pregnancy and birth. Julia has buckets of emotional intelligence and is an extremely kind person." - Nikki
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"I would recommend Julia to any of my friends or family, as I believe the birth experience is completely different with a Doula by your side, guiding you through step by step. The care that you receive in the NHS is not all-round care or resourceful enough to cater for women's whole birth experience and emotional well-being." - Emily
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"Julia very subtly empowered us through the whole process and this led to a great birth experience, that I will always look back on with positivity." - Emily
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If you would like to have a free 30 minute online consultation to find out more about my doula services and discover how I can help you to have a positive birth and parenting experience, please contact me.