The Swedish Doula - Birth and Postnatal Doula Services

My Services

Feeling empowered and supported throughout your pregnancy journey is essential. My commitment as your doula is to be a calming presence and together we can create a safe space for you to express your hopes and worries, to find answers to your questions and help advocate for you. This can include helping you prepare for a positive birth experience and adjust to parenthood.

You won't have to face this journey feeling lost, lonely or overwhelmed. I offer personalised support throughout your pregnancy, birth, and as you become parents, always tailored to your unique needs.

Below are outlines of my most common packages, but we can of course tailor them to your preferences.

I offer KG Hypnobirthing and Body Ready Method training as part of the doula package, or as a stand alone services.

Birth Doula

Doula support during your labour and birth, and the golden hour afterwards - creating a calm presence and protecting your space.

Pregnancy

We get to know each other, and have in depth conversations about everything birth to help you make you informed and empowered choices;

Birth options
Various procedures, benefits and risks
Your maternity rights and how to navigate the maternity system
Planning your birth preferences
Breathing techniques
Comfort measurements

Labour and birth

During labour I provide emotional and physical comfort measurements, act as your advocate and help you communicate with the midwife and medical team, while making sure you have all the information you need to make informed decisions.

Protection of your birth space
Creating a calm and safe environment
Suggest positions that will progress labour
Help safeguard 'The Golden Hour' and bonding period
Support you to initiate feeding
Supporting your partner so that they can support you

Post birth

During the postnatal visits we'll reflect on the experience, and I will support you with feeding and newborn care, as well as helping out with any light house chores if so required.

What's included:

3 x antenatal meetings
Unlimited phone, text message and email support
On call 24/7 for 14 days prior to due date, until birth
Support during labour and birth
2 x postnatal visits
Newborn care
Light household chores

" I felt 100% supported "

“I felt as prepared as I could be, the resources you provided, information, podcasts , books, conversations, changed my entire understanding of pregnancy, birth, motherhood! I felt 100% supported during pregnancy, birth and post birth and your support was gentle, intuitive, caring, open and honest. Just a beautiful relationship. It was most amazing, I didn’t expect to get as much value as I did and would highly recommend working with Elin for any mum to be. It changed me as a woman. “

Postnatal Doula

"Mothering the mother"

As your postnatal doula I can help you with your baby’s care and look after your baby while you sleep, do some light house chores, cook delicious yet healthy, nutritious meals, walk the dog, do shopping, or some organising to make you’re life easier whilst you care for your newborn child.

Unlike a maternity nurse, as your postnatal doula I'm not there to take care of the baby for you, rather I will be there to support you in being the parent you want to be!

" Elin was our birth and postnatal doula, and also provided hypnobirthing support . "

"She was an amazing support in preparing for our birth preferences and helped finding various evidence and research. She also helped us plan the logistics for birth.

Postnatally I really appreciated Elin’s company , support and her delicious cooking.“"

A & T

Body Ready Method Pro

Prepare your body for birth and beyond!

The Body Ready Method is based on 5 pillars; upper body mobility, core, pelvis, pelvic floor and movement patterns. I'll assess these to diagnose where to focus your energy.

By learning to incorporate body ready movement patterns during pregnancy you can :

Minimise pregnancy aches and pains
Prepare for a more efficient labour
Optimise postpartum recovery
Minimise unnecessary abdominal separation and pelvic floor disfunction
Optimise pelvic floor responsiveness

What's included:

Bespoke assessment
Personalised plan
Mini follow up session as your body changes during pregnancy

During your assessment we'll identify tightness, weakness, and /or overworked muscles in five pillar areas and talk through your goals for pregnancy, labour and postpartum.

We'll create a personalised plan to create more balance in your tissues and alignment, identifying daily movement patterns to improve function and prep for labour.

KG Hypnobirthing

KG Hypnobirthing is a complete antenatal program, which is simple, logical and profound.

Recognised as the gold standard of hypnobirthing, its focus is on releasing fear and building confidence in the natural process of birth.

We will practice relaxation techniques, as well as providing you with information to feel empowered to make the best choices about your care, for you.

What's included:

4 hypnobirthing sessions
Course folder
KG Hypnobirthing book
Audio relaxation tracks
Birth affirmations

You will learn to release fear and build confidence and calm for birth. Feeling confident and calm during birth will help your body to work efficiently, releasing endorphins, which is your body’s natural anaesthetic.

You’re more likely to experience a calm birth and hypnobirthing may also shorten the labour and reduce the need for pain relief.

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