Doula Prices and Services

Antenatal Birth Preparation Workshops and Practical Baby Skills: In the comfort of your own home at a time to suit you.
3 sessions for antenatal birth workshops with Laura and one practical baby skills session with Julie.
See table of content below. Cost £160

Practical Baby Skills: This will suit parents who do not want the birth workshops just the practical baby skills. With Julie in the comfort of your own home. See Julie's content in the table below. Cost £40.00

Refresher Workshops for mums and dads who have done it before. With Laura in the comfort of your own home, at a time that suits you. Workshops tailored to meet your needs. 2 sessions £60.00

Birth Doula
Which includes a minium of two visits before the birth, and I am always available to contact by email or telephone, continuous support during the labour and birth and one visit postnatally. For more information about having a birth Doula contact Laura
Cost £350

Planned Caesarean Birth. Which includes meeting up prior to the caesarean. Discussing what happens during a caesarean. What support you would like during and immediately after the birth. £150.00 Contact Laura or Julie if you would like to discuss this further

Postnatal Doula
Two or three sessions per week (for a minimum of 3 hours per session) for as long as required.
Cost £12.00 an hour

 

Antenatal Birth Preparation Workshops 1:1 Sessions in the comfort of your own home.

Once you have booked classes, you will be given a useful pack, full of information and contacts.

Gift Vouchers Available

If proud grandparents, family and friends want to buy you something! How about our gift vouchers from Baby on Board Doulas, you can use them to pay for all or part of your workshop,or have some extra postnatal sessions. Contact us.

Session 1
Pelvic Floor.What are they, how do they work?
The Pelvis.
Hormones how do they work during the labour and birth.
Relaxation and stress.
Breathing - why?
BirthPlans? Overview of Labour

Role of the Support Person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 2
Optimal fetal positioning. Encouraging baby into optimal position prior to labour. Onset of Labour.
1st stage positions for 1st stage of labour.
Self Help Methods for pain relief in the early stages of labour. Pharmacological Pain Relief (Pethidene, Epidural)

Role of the support person

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If a homebirth is being planned this session will include demonstrating a blown up birth pool.

 

 

 

 

Session 3
Transition of labour
2nd stage of labour
3rd Stage of labour
Induction.What is it?
Caesarean Birth. What happens during the procedure and immediately after.

Role of the support person

 

Session 4 (with Julie) Practical Baby
Nappy Changing Challenge. Nows the time to have a go! Practical Baby: Not overheating baby. How to lay a baby down safely in his moses basket/cot. What the latest recommendations are about where the baby should sleep. Crying Baby. Why might the baby be crying? How to soothe a crying baby. Postnatal Timeline. What’s happening immediately after you have had your baby up until 6months.

Role of the support person