Hi, I’m Liz!
I’m a birth and postnatal doula and hypnobirthing teacher, supporting families across Essex and Suffolk.
I believe the way you feel as you prepare for birth, experience it and move into life with your baby really matters.
You deserve to feel listened to, to understand your options and to have space to work out what feels right for you. My approach is warm, nurturing and non-judgemental, combining evidence-based knowledge with calm, compassionate support that is always centred around you.
I’m not here to tell you how you should give birth or what choices you should make. I’m here to help you feel informed, supported and confident in yourself, with a familiar person beside you who knows what matters to you.
Before becoming a doula, I spent 16 years working as a nurse within the NHS. I've always felt passionate about caring and supporting people, but over time I found working within such a pressured system increasingly difficult. I realised I wanted to provide care in a way that felt more aligned with my values, with time to listen, build relationships and really get to know the people I was supporting.
Alongside my own experiences of becoming a mother, this drew me towards supporting women and families through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood, with a focus on time, connection and continuity. Becoming a doula brought all of those things together, and it is a genuine privilege to support families through such a significant time in their lives.
Birth Preparation & Doula Support
Birth is more than just one day, and while you can't control exactly how it will unfold, you can prepare in a way that helps you feel confident, informed and secure in the decisions you make.
We'll explore how birth works, your options and preferences, practical tools for labour and how your birth partner can support you. Alongside that preparation, we'll build a relationship rooted in trust and understanding, so when labour begins you have someone familiar beside you who already knows you, your hopes and what matters most.
However your birth unfolds, my support remains the same - calm, consistent and centred around you.
Hypnobirthing & Antenatal Preparation
Hypnobirthing isn't about achieving a particular type of birth, and it's much more than breathing techniques.
Through understanding birth physiology and the connection between your mind, hormones and body, alongside practical relaxation and hypnobirthing techniques, helping you to explore any fear, worries and uncertainty around birth with knowledge, confidence and trust.
The aim isn't a "perfect" birth. It's feeling prepared and able to navigate whatever path your birth takes allowing you to feel positively about your experience.
Postnatal Support
The early days with a new baby can be beautiful, exhausting, emotional and overwhelming - sometimes all within the same hour.
My postnatal support gives you space to recover, find your feet and be cared for too. From a listening ear and reassurance around your baby or feeding, to practical help at home or simply giving you the opportunity to rest. Our time together is shaped around what would genuinely make life feel a little lighter that day.
Working Together
I offer one-off birth preparation sessions and private hypnobirthing courses to full birth doula support and flexible postnatal care.
Whatever brings you here, my role is to walk beside you, offering knowledge when you need clarity, reassurance when things feel uncertain and a calm, familiar presence throughout.
If you'd like to get a better feel for me and the support I offer, you can explore my services in more detail on my website or get in touch to arrange a no-obligation connection call.
I'd love to hear from you!
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