Hello, and welcome!
If you’re looking for antenatal and postnatal doula support, I’d love to help. Whether you need practical care, emotional reassurance, or just someone to walk alongside you, I’m here.
I love to support families in the heart of my community and up to 30 minutes drive from my postcode GU8 6AE
You can book a clarity call to chat through your options and see how we might work together:
Bespoke Antenatal & Postnatal Support + Massage
My heart truly lies in postnatal support - nurturing mothers, babies, and families as they navigate the huge rite of passage that comes with new parenthood.
Matrescence - the profound transformation that occurs when a woman becomes a mother—is more than just an emotional shift. It rewires the brain, reshapes identity, and changes everything. The early weeks and months after birth are immense, and having the right support can make all the difference.
My approach is about holding space for you - making sure you feel nurtured, listened to, and truly cared for. That might look like:
Ensuring you get much needed rest time
Practical help around the home
Emotional reassurance
Infant care and Feeding support
Cooking nourishing meals and snacks
Pregnancy and Postpartum massage
Simply being present as you adjust to life with your baby
I also offer postpartum planning sessions, infant feeding workshops, and antenatal preparation, including birth planning and confidence-building sessions. If you’re looking for pregnancy and postpartum massage or a bespoke mother blessing to honour your journey, I would love to support you.
Experience & Training
I’ve been a doula for 16 years and a proud member of Doula UK since 2011, supporting many hundreds of families.
Some of my training includes:
Thai Massage Diploma (2010)
Developing Doulas Preparation Course (2011)
KG Hypnobirthing Training (2012)
Closing the Bones Massage (2012–2014)
ABM Breastfeeding Counsellor Training (2014)
Babywearing Peer Supporter Training (Born to Carry) (2015)
Holistic Sleep Coaching (Lindsay Hookway) (2015)
Three-Step Rewind Practitioner Training (Alex Heath) (2016)
Mindful Breastfeeding Practitioner Training (2018)
Tongue Tie Practitioner Training (Carmelle Gentle) (2020)
Creative Healing Practitioner Training (Dr Gowri Motha) (2024)
I’m also a Developing Doulas course facilitator and helped launch a three-day course dedicated to deepening postpartum support. I mentor new doulas and love being part of the warm, supportive doula community in Surrey.
How I Can Support You
During Pregnancy
💛 Nurturing, listening, and supporting you through matrescence
💛 Pregnancy massage for deep relaxation
💛 Antenatal preparation (as part of my “Pillars of Support” packages)
💛 Infant feeding preparation sessions
💛 Postnatal planning sessions
💛 Helping you grow your local and virtual village
💛 Batch cooking if you have freezer space
Once Your Baby Is Born
🌿 Protecting the space of your new family
🌿 Attending to mother and baby’s needs
🌿 Practical baby care (you’re the expert—I’ll support your confidence!)
🌿 Postpartum massage & belly binding
🌿 Infant feeding support
🌿 Signposting to resources, groups & helpful information
🌿 Holding space for all your emotions & debriefing your birth experience
🌿 Supporting all members of the family, as needed
🌿 Light housework, errands, shopping
🌿 Creating meal plans & preparing delicious, nourishing food
A Little About Me
I live in beautiful Godalming with my husband, Adie. We have two grown-up sons, Henry and Corry, who were born in 1995 and 1997 at The Royal Surrey Hospital.
Before becoming a doula, I had a vibrant career in the music industry, travelling the world and working in marketing, promotions and A&R. When my soulmate came into my life, I knew my path was going to change. It was a bit of a whirlwind - from meeting to married with two children in three years! I experienced postnatal depletion and burnout and the road to recovery was long and slow. I found parenting a joy but also hard and over stimulating. It was no surprise when I had a late diagnosis of ADHD.
I considered midwifery, but fate stepped in. My wonderful cousin, a senior midwife, introduced me to a doula she worked with - and the seed was sown. I fell in love with the idea of “mothering the mother” and, in 2010, had the honour of supporting a single mum through birth and postpartum. That experience changed everything.
I knew this work was my true calling—because every mother deserves support as she navigates the huge transformation of bringing a baby into the world.
If you’d like to chat about how I can support you, I’d love to hear from you.
You can book packages of care or standalone sessions and I am always delighted to create something bespoke if you can't find what your'e looking for.
Book a clarity call here → doulabud.youcanbook.me
With love and warmth,
Zara xx
