Stacia Smales Hill - Doula Profile
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Yoga for pregnancy, Bach Flower Remedies, Birthing From Within Mentor, Antenatal Teacher
Doulaography
Stacia Smales Hill, trained by Michel Odent, NCT antenatal teacher, Bach Flower Remedy Practitioner, Birthing From Within Mentor Level 1. I have been assisting at births since 1972. Mother of one son and one daughter both born at home, step-mother to three and grandmother to four.
Since 1972, I have been active in helping women achieve the birth they want, while addressing the holistic experience of becoming a parent. Childbirth itself changes a woman deeply. It is important for women and their partners to feel empowered during childbirth, it is equally important for you to feel prepared for the transition from child to parent of a child that happens in those few hours, those few minutes when your child is being born. You are the real experts in your own bodies, your needs, and ultimately in your own child. My role is to help you to gain confidence in your knowledge and in your own abilities, and to give you the information and support for you to make your own decisions, whether it is what kind of pain relief you want to what you feel about routines and feeding.
Most new parents are also struggling with the demands of a career and trying to understand how they will cope with a new baby as well. I have spent 30 years as a management professional and can offer understanding, support and advice. It can be difficult for highly skilled, intelligent people to suddenly find themselves
I have attended both home and hospital births. I have experience of most of the hospitals in SW, S, Central-NW and N London.
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