by Sophie Brigstocke I didn’t hear about doulas until 2007, by which time I’d been working in the perinatal world for a couple of years. I was enjoying a blissful Sunday afternoon reading some magazines and stumbled across an article about women changing careers. In it, one woman talked about having moved from being an…
Doula Stories
The importance of physiological birth
By Sophie Brigstocke My father, who became a farmer in his retirement, has a beautiful herd of Ruby Red Devon Cattle and there is something so special about being around them. Several years ago, when the herd was managed by someone else, I witnessed one of the first-time heifers calving. She was out in her field, surrounded…
Danielle Fox: My Journey to Being a Doula
By Danielle Fox, Nurturing Birth’s Doula Mentor Coordinator I am usually a very busy birth doula but enquiries for postnatal support have been at their highest since Covid started. I’m the doula mentor coordinator with Nurturing Birth. I first heard about doulas about ten years ago when my mum said she’d found the job I…
Victoria Fox – My doula journey
By Victoria Fox Although I’ve not yet taken on any clients, this is my journey to where I am now and why I trained to be a doula! I first heard about doulas after I gave birth to my son in April 2020. I was speaking to a fellow new mum about how we would…
Victoria White – My Journey to becoming a doula
By Victoria White I first heard about doulas when I was pregnant with my second child. I had really struggled during my previous postpartum, and I was looking to source some more support second time around. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any doulas working in my local area. But I did come across the Nurturing Birth…
Why I became a Doula – Booney Smith
Being the second eldest and with seven siblings my doula journey started early on in life. I was blissfully unaware that I would still be in a position to be doing something that I love to this day and with a confidence that has grown over the years. My career path before becoming a doula…