Postnatal Doula Support in Cornwall
Gentle, practical support as you find your feet in early parenthood.
The days and weeks after birth can be beautiful, emotional, exhausting and overwhelming, and often all at once. My role is to help you feel supported, cared for and held as you adjust to life with your baby.
We spend so much time preparing for birth, yet many of us are surprised by how much support we need afterwards and how alone we can feel.
Whether you're recovering from birth, navigating feeding your baby, adjusting to a new identity, or simply trying to find time to eat lunch and drink a hot cup of tea, you don't have to do it alone and postnatal doula care can make a huge difference to your day.
My role is to walk alongside you during this transition, and my postnatal doula support offers practical help, emotional support, a listening ear, and continuity of care during one of life's biggest transitions. I keep you steady and provide a calm, reassuring presence, as well as evidence based information and skilled feeding support.
What is a postnatal doula?
A postnatal doula is there to support you as well as your baby. I’m not there to hold your baby for you, I’m there to hold you and your partner steady as you navigate becoming parents.
I don't replace healthcare professionals, family or friends. Instead, I offer empathy, non-judgemental support, evidence-based information, practical help around the home, and a calm and steady presence as you settle into the wild wide of parenthood.
My support is led by what you need on the day. Every family is different, which means every visit is different too.
What might a postnatal doula visit look like?
Every baby and every family is different, which means every visit looks a little different too.
Perhaps you've had a busy night, so when I arrive, I quietly unload the dishwasher, put a load of washing on, and make us both a cup of tea. We settle on the sofa and chat about how things have been feeling: feeding, sleep, your recovery, and all the emotions that can come with life with a new baby.
Maybe you'd like some practical feeding support, or perhaps you simply need space to talk and be listened to. Some days you might head back to bed while I pop your baby in the sling and prepare some lunch and pop your dinner in the slow cooker. Other days, we might venture out together for a walk, a baby group, or that first trip to a coffee shop that suddenly feels much bigger than it used to.
My role isn't to take over or tell you what to do. It's to support you in the way that feels most helpful on that day - offering practical help, emotional support, reassurance, evidence-based information, and a calm presence as you find your feet in parenthood.
You don't need to tidy up for me, apologise for not getting out of bed when you’re shattered, have all the answers, or know exactly what support you'll need. We'll figure that out together. Day by day.
Ways I Can Support You
Feeding support
Skilled support with breastfeeding, bottle feeding, combination feeding, positioning, responsive feeding, and signposting when needed. Having breastfed my twins, and volunteered as well as edxpereice working on the hospital postnatal ward offering feeding support, I know my onions.
Emotional support
Space to talk, process your birth experience, and navigate the emotional ups and downs of early parenthood. I’ll always make sure the kettle is on for when you want someone to simply listen.
Practical help
Life with a newborn can be unspeakably hard, things like keeping yourself fed and watered can become unreachable. This is where I come in, I provide help by preparing food, making drinks, light household tasks, baby care support, running errands, and helping things feel a little more manageable so that you can focus on your baby.
Rest and recovery
Supporting you to rest, recover, and be cared for while you care for your baby. I am happy to let you sleep the whole time I’m here if that’s what you need, me and your baby will hang out whilst you rest deeply.
Confidence and reassurance
My role is to help you build confidence in your own instincts and decisions as a parent. Everything you need to do this is already within you, I help you to see that.
Why Families Choose Postnatal Support
Families often tell me they want:
Reassurance and encouragement
Support with feeding
Time to rest and recover
A listening ear
Practical help without judgement
To feel less alone
My role isn't to tell you how to parent. It's to help you feel supported as you discover what works for your family. I bring a sense of calm, steadiness, understanding and empathy as I walk with you in the early days.
Why Work With Me?
I bring together my lived experience as a mother of twins, doula and infant feeding specialist to provide calm, personalised support during the wild weeks of early parenthood. I always respond to the family in front of me, adapting support to your needs, your circumstances and your hopes for this season. One of my superpowers is being able to make others feel warm, cared for, and heard, and this can make a big difference when you’re running on zero sleep with a newborn.
People remember how you treated them during the early days of having a new baby, and I will get to know you, understand what makes you tick, and aim to leave you feeling confident and cared for after each of my postnatal visits. We will meet before I have your baby, so that you have a chance to get to know me, and together we’ll work on a framework of support for when your baby arrives.
Whether you need practical help, feeding support, high fives and being told how bloody great you’re doing, or simply someone to make you a cup of tea (and make sure you get to drink it!). While you hold your baby, I am here to hold space for you.
Your Support Options
The Held Package
10 hours of postnatal support
£350
Flexible support tailored to your family's needs during the early weeks. A gentle introduction to postnatal support, designed to help you feel cared for, reassured and supported as you settle into life with your baby.
Sessions are booked in a minimum of 3-hour blocks, allowing enough time to settle in, provide meaningful support that really nourishes you, and ensure you get the most from each visit.
This may include:
Infant feeding support
Emotional support and always a listening ear
Birth reflection and debriefing
Practical help around the home
Preparing meals, drinks and snacks
Support with newborn care
Rest and recovery support
Resources, signposting and evidence-based information
Support for partners and siblings
The Nurtured Package
20 hours of postnatal support
£650
For families who would like more consistent support throughout the early weeks and months.
This package offers greater continuity of care and allows us to build a rhythm that supports your recovery, confidence and adjustment to life with your baby in those early weeks.
Includes everything in the Held Package.
A little note
Every family is different, which means every visit together is different too.
Some days you may need feeding support and reassurance, or a spare pair of hands to get out the house to that baby massage class you’ve been eyeing up. Other days you may simply want a shower, a hot drink, someone to hold the baby while you rest, or space to talk through how you're really feeling.
My role is to respond to the family in front of me and provide the support that makes a real difference.
What People Are Saying
Frequently Asked Questions
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You can book at any stage during pregnancy, and many families choose to arrange support before their baby arrives so they know it is in place when they need it. However, it is never too late to reach out if your baby is already here, and even if your baby is weeks or months old, I’d love to hear from you.
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Absolutely. In fact, this is often the best time to book. We can have an initial chat during pregnancy, discuss what support might be helpful, and make a flexible plan for those early weeks after birth.
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Yes. I have a particular interest in infant feeding thanks to training as both a community and working a hospital peer supporter, and can offer practical, evidence-based support with breastfeeding, bottle feeding, and combination feeding. If additional specialist support is needed, I can also help signpost you to appropriate services.
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That's completely normal. Most families don't know exactly what support they will want until they're living it. Every visit is tailored to your needs on the day, whether that's feeding support, emotional reassurance, practical help around the home, a chance to rest, or simply someone to listen.
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Not at all. While many first-time parents find postnatal support invaluable, I also work with growing families who are welcoming a second, third or subsequent baby or maybe multiple babies! Every transition into parenthood brings its own challenges, and support can be helpful whatever stage you're at.
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Yes. As a twin mum myself, I understand some of the unique joys and challenges that can come with welcoming more than one baby at the same time. While every family is different, I can offer both practical support and lived experience as you find your feet.
The early days of parenthood were never meant to be done alone.
If you'd like to explore how postnatal support could look for your family, I'd love to chat.
No pressure or obligation, just a relaxed conversation