I’ve been a birth doula since 2003. Initially I started out doing births for friends and family but after my second child Skyla was old enough I began doulaing (new verb;-?) full time for clients. With the new year I have launched myself head first into multi-births a month and am flying on grace and nerve.
I have always had a passion for children, hence my training with a Montessori academy as a preschool teacher, but after my first experience of birth I was hooked. There is something about the mystical eternal moment when a new life enters this plane. The simple yet profound impact this moment has on all present is life changing…Literally. So many births later here I am wanting to share with others the beauty of these lives in transit.
I have also trained in America with Pam England and I am a mentor of the Birthing From Within philosophy. The book absolutely changed my life and helped me with my daughter’s VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) in water. The natural progression from there was to bring this revolutionary insight into South Africa.
Why? Because we so desparately need it. More on this later…
Any how, here I am a few years down the line and I am mentoring couple through Birthing From Within. I am doulaing and providing breastfeeding facilitation and support while being guided by my good friend and mentor Brenda Pierce. I also am a Reiki master and energy worker who provides therapeutic massage when needed.
