Empowering Women for Positive Birth Experiences

Welcome

Buckinghamshire Doulas is a partnership between 2 Doulas, Sophie and Eleanor. During the Covid 19 pandemic we started working together to ensure that whatever circumstances arose, no client would be left without support.

Since then, we have continued to work in partnership and we offer all clients the benefit of working with us both, giving you the best possible support and preparation for your birth and immediately afterwards.

We cover Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and parts of Hertfordshire and Berkshire.

The most important thing for you (and your partner, if you have one) when you’re pregnant and in labour, is to be treated with empathy, kindness and respect. This means really listening to you and taking on board your wishes, reassuring you all the way so that your confidence in yourself and your body will grow, and whatever type of birth you have, you will have a positive experience and memory of it.

We believe natural birth is what your body is capable of, but also recognise you may be fearful of the birth and questioning of your ability to cope, or simply may not choose a vaginal birth.  We aim to provide the continuous physical, emotional and practical support before, during and after childbirth to ensure you will have the best possible birth experience. We can also offer hypnobirthing preparation. For some people, an elective caesarean is the best choice and we will work with you to support whatever you choose.

Since becoming doulas,we have attended nearly 200 births and have supported dozens of families, of all shapes and sizes, with their new babies, including people from every walk of life, many international couples, single parents, BAME/BIPOC, mixed ethnicity couples, people with disabilities, people from many different religions and faiths, extended and blended families…and lots of twins! We enjoy getting to know you as individuals and tailoring our service to support your specific needs. 

Although you may have envisaged one doula supporting you, we, and our clients, have found that shared care works even better. You have the advantage of the skills and experience of two doulas working with you antenatally, two doulas available for postnatal or night support and a minimum of one doula at your birth, all for the price of hiring one. You benefit from having access to breastfeeding, postnatal support and night support which may not be available all from one person, between us we can pretty much guarantee 24/7 support when you need it most.

We are very similar in approach, personality, and support style but if you have a particular affinity for one of us, we will of course do our best to ensure that person is your main point of contact. All birth preparation sessions are done jointly, one doula will attend your birth, unless you specify you want us both at the same time (which is also useful if you need childcare for other children whilst you focus on birthing) and we are both available for postnatal and overnight support.