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Tanya Chesney

Mentored Birth Doula & Mentored Postnatal Doula

I'm a mum of 4, step mum of 3 and a doula working in and around London. I trained as a doula with the acclaimed and excellent Doula Training Foundation, and also consider 20 years with 7 kids as pretty valuable life and doula training too! I worked in the corporate world for many years, but also formerly as an au pair, nanny and maternity nurse. I am a very happy mum with many lovely, successful, healthy, happy children, am passionate about positive pregnancy, motherhood, babies and about health and wellbeing. I am a trained dancer and as such am equally passionate about working with your body to produce optimal effect and about the biomechanics of labour and birth. I am fully trained in paediactric first aid care, a member of various pregnancy and birth collectives and I work in tandem with your medical care providers to enhance your pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience. I bring no judgment, no agenda, just compassionate support for you and your family. www.yourlondondoula.co.uk / hello@yourlondondoula.co.uk / Tel: 07958 902025

Welcome to my profile. Congratulations on your news and on your decision to get yourself a doula!  

I am a pregnancy, birth and postpartum doula working in and around London, Herts, Essex and the surrounding areas, offering in-person and online support. I hold an enhanced DBS certificate and am St John Ambulance Pediatric First Aid Trained. I am a member of various doula collectives, so I have access to even more collaborative expertise and experience than just my own, ensuring well-rounded care and support for you at all times at this pivotal moment in your life. I do not replace medical care, I complement it, working alongside your clinicians to ensure you feel heard, understood, and that you fully understand all your options. I provide the knowledge, compassion, emotional and practical care that can sometimes get overlooked. 

We can’t control everything in life...especially things involving other human beings. And from the moment we conceive a child, we are guardians of a force of nature, that try as we might, will always do their own thing and find their own way! But as parents, we are there to guide and love, and the better educated, informed and supported we are, the better equipped we are to make choices that can help make any situation as positive and smooth as can be, and to rise to the challenges it might bring. 

As a doula, I believe my role is to help you understand and enjoy your pregnancy and to prepare you as fully as possible for the arrival of the little person inside you, however they decide to make an appearance. I believe whole heartedly in living life to the full and making the best of what you've got, and this is reflected in my approach as a doula and as a mother. 

I believe in bringing a positive approach to even the most challenging situation and in supporting a woman during pregnancy and birth, to work with her body and mind to achieve what can be the most empowering experience of her life: motherhood. 

Through positive thinking, movement, exercise and constant support, I believe a happy, healthy pregnancy and labour is very achievable. By availing you of your rights and choices, it will be my pleasure and privilege to guide you through your journey to birth, working together with your partner, your wider family and any healthcare or medical professionals on board too. 

As a doula, I will support, facilitate, care and inform. I make no judgment whatsoever about how you choose to birth and feed your baby, only to support you through those choices, advocating where needed, providing options, encouragement and back up plans! 

I can offer antenatal and postnatal care, birth attendance, or all of the above or some of the above. 

All the prices on my website www.yourlondondoula.co.uk are open to negotiation within a package. Just get in touch and ask.    

I have worked in both the state and private sector, with both working and stay-home mums, with women in extreme hardship and also with high networth women, all from every walk of life; but throughout, my only aim is to provide continuity of care, calm and choice, to help you achieve the birth you want and to equip you for labour, childbirth and motherhood with confidence and grace.

It's your baby, your body and your choice.

Email me direct at hello@yourlondondoula.co.uk and/or call me on 07958 902025.  

                 

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