Second Nurture Doula Services

28/10/2024

Doing my bit for a great cause 💖

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23/10/2024

14/10/2024

Supporting yourself in preparation for your birth 💓

04/10/2024

Most birthing women and people would agree…and many remember the exact details throughout their lives.

What we say, and how we say it, what we do and how we do it, matters. Listening and hearing matters.

14/04/2024

Mixed fruit and nut flapjack energy bars, ready to share with my lovely clients for when the journey of labour unfolds🤗.

26/03/2024

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11/03/2024

'The Doula' is a short doc portrait of Jo & her friends, who are changing how we think about birth. Help us finish and get it distributed!

11/03/2024

Mum, is happily bonding with baby, Dad is preparing a snack to nourish her, I am in the process of collapsing the birth pool, and the midwife is writing up her notes, all in blissful synergy 😍

10/12/2023

Gorgeous Christmas Doula Cuddle Gathering ... Very Much Needed 😍

02/11/2023

A fun take on a couple having s*x in the same shoes as a labouring woman in a hospital setting and what do you get?
We highlight how atmosphere, attitudes and interventions can influence birth by comparing it to s*x, seeing as how they are both governed by what Michel Odent calls "the hormone of love".

Put a couple having s*x in the same shoes as a labouring woman in a hospital setting and what do you get? We highlight how atmosphere, attitudes and interven...

27/10/2023

What support looks like? Including running down the road in your bra and leggings LOL love the story

Debby Minzele was being driven to hospital in Leeds to have her baby when her waters broke.

14/10/2023

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26/09/2023

https://apple.news/AiRJUPtfyTsqbUJ-7NLanEQ
Millie was in a bed expecting an elective caesarean section imminently because of health concerns over the baby, but it took place more than 24 hours later than planned, most of which she spent nil by mouth.
How much of an emergency was this...was there a hospital closer by Millie could have been transfered to. I sincerely hope Millie had a chance to debeief her labour journey with her health care practitioners.

The former hospital support worker says she cried almost every day on shift because of stress.

23/06/2023

You and your doula would have built a good relationship with you and your parner if you have one, over the months before labour begins. You would have had antenatal sessions in preperation for labour, will be that one familiar face who has your back, provide continuity of care throughout, until baby has taken it's first feed and so so much more. Have a look at www.doula.org.uk for the ststa and to find your doula.

Doulas support the whole family to have a positive experience of pregnancy, birth and after the birth of a baby. Find a doula to support you.

07/06/2023

Just that 😍

28/05/2023

Natures body lotion 😍.

24/05/2023

This is truely beautiful 💖

There is a phase in labor, appropriately called transition, where a woman will meet her breaking point. She'll feel as though she just can't go on, and she is right. The maiden in her is not strong enough for the task at hand. It's during this time the maiden dies so that the woman can be reborn as a mother, with her child. A new, more capable version of herself with far more strength than she has ever known. From Maiden to Mother.
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10/05/2023

Absolutely beautiful 💕

28/04/2023

Oxytocin is also known as the ‘Love hormone, a cuddle chemical’. It is also often referred to as the 'trust hormone'.
Labour is a different state of being, a state of being with a lot of similarities to sleep. For a start, they are both states that cannot be forced. They just happen! Sometimes when we least expect it. We cannot decide or control the moment when we fall asleep. We can also not decide or control the moment when we “fall into labour.” But we can make it difficult for both to happen easily and most effectively.
Labour is like sleep because we need the same conditions to “fall into labour” as we need to “fall asleep.” We need to feel safe and warm and relaxed. We need to be in a place in which we feel comfortable, and we need to be free from pressure, anxiety or fear. What does it do.
It creates Hormones ’Braxton Hicks’ Strengthens the uterus, maintains pregnancy, stimulating blood flow from the placenta to the baby.
It Creates - Frequent uterine contractions during labour, signals are sent to the brain to produce more, more effectively and so on. This production will continue throughout labour.
It creates - Fetal ejection reflex
It creates - Placenta ejection reflex
It vreates - Milk ejection / let down reflex
Isn't it amazing 💓

17/04/2023

Oh my... Both of my childrens s*xes were spot on!