Your words matter.

If you’ve got something to say and would like to contribute to The Doula’s Kitchen Blog, then I’d really love to hear from you. Sharing information, building communities and raising our voices to be heard is a very beautiful and necessary thing.

✨How prepared are we for pregnancy really?✨
Elizabeth Watson Elizabeth Watson

✨How prepared are we for pregnancy really?✨

I’m 24 years old here, with my wonderful friend @preternatural.sophie , feeling oh, so, sick.I’m about 12 weeks pregnant with my eldest son.I’d been a nanny; I’d been 9 when my brother was born; I loved babies; I really wanted to be a mother.But it didn’t feel enough.

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✨What is the price of a positive birth experience?✨
Elizabeth Watson Elizabeth Watson

✨What is the price of a positive birth experience?✨

*Interestingly, I didn’t place a value on my first experience of birth, or my baby’s experience, until I’d done it.
💥‘Hypnobirthing worth is based on the value you place on your experience.’💥
Some things to think about;
✨Actively preparing for birth in a positive way can lessen the need for intervention.

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Pregnancy in a Pandemic
Elizabeth Watson Elizabeth Watson

Pregnancy in a Pandemic

Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting in a Pandemic.
A wonderful chat with Sarah from @finallyamummy about pregnancy, birth and parenthood in a pandemic.
‘Village’ support, doulas, hypnobirthing and advocating for yourself.

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Pregnancy without a mother - how are you supported?
Elizabeth Watson Elizabeth Watson

Pregnancy without a mother - how are you supported?

I Googled ‘pregnancy without a mother’ many times - with the thoughts;
• I’m not ready.
• I can’t do it without her.
• Who will mother me?
• Who’s going to help me?
…and after the birth of my second child, I made a wish.

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