Laid Back Breastfeeding AKA Biological Nurturing

Recently I discussed this method of breastfeeding to a new mum who was having a few problems with obtaining a good latch resulting in sore nipples. She was pretty sceptical and because I was the only person amongst all the health care professionals she had encountered since the birth of her baby, including nurses and

Lactation Cookies Doing the Doula Style

I decided to make some of these for the mum I am looking after at the moment, as baby wasn’t putting on weight and the IBCLC diagnosed a problem with mum’s milk supply.  I got the main gist of the recipe from Housepoet’s Famous Lactation Boosting Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip and Flaxseed cookies… but added my

Me, Mitchell and Jasmine at the Westonbirt Aboretum, Wiltshire

This was taken some years back and is my profile picture on the CAPPA website, someone chose to interview me because of this picture. Images can make a huge impact on one’s decision making processes.

Sleep Sack

A crocheted sleep sack to use inlace of a swaddle… it allows baby to move freely, it will not cover the baby’s head and cause overheating.

Baby Whisperer Part 2

This name was given to me by 2 sets of parents recently. I happen to turn up for work and their babies just happen to be going through a fractious phase. I step in, say hello, and offer to have baby and, voila… baby calms down and quietens.  The parents stare at me in disbelief

You’re the baby whisperer!

Just a quick entry as I am due at work in 8 minutes. Just wanted to pen this down and write more about this later when I have a bit more time. I have been called this twice by clients recently… It’s a great compliment but I tell my clients that it’s not what I

The Importance of Clarity

A costly lesson learnt today and it’s to do with clarity….. make sure both parties understand and agree on what is going to happen so there are no disappointments on either side, or misunderstandings! Short but sweet…..

A new testimonial

I have been a postpartum doula  based in Thornhill for the last year. After practising as a nurse and a midwife in the UK for 19 years, we took a leap of faith as a family and moved to Trinidad and Tobago to work and live for 2 years. We had a wonderful 10 months