Congratulations, you’re pregnant
Now comes the part where everyone suddenly has an opinion.
You’ll be told what’s normal, what’s risky, what you should do and what you shouldn’t do.
Here’s what I want you to know before anything else:
You don’t need saving. You need honest information, proper support and someone beside you who understands that this is your body, your baby and your birth.
I’m not here to tell you how to give birth. I’m here to help you understand your options, question what doesn’t feel right and make decisions that are genuinely yours.
Most families who book me are planning a home birth or freebirth. That is where much of my work is focused, but I support women wherever their birth takes them.
If you decide during pregnancy or labour that hospital is the right place for you, my support does not stop or change. I will continue to provide the same continuous care, reassurance and advocacy, whether your baby is born at home, in a birth centre, on a labour ward or by caesarean.
Your plans are allowed to change.
You do not have to prove anything to anyone.
What matters is that the decisions are yours.
Own Your Pregnancy
Because nobody else gets to make your decisions
Tuesday 8th Sept 11am
FREE Live Online Masterclass
No woman should walk into labour feeling frightened, confused or like she has to do what she's told.
Yet that's exactly how so many women feel.
They're told they're "high risk", handed leaflets they never read, rushed through appointments and expected to make huge decisions without ever being shown all of their options.
I'm here to change that!
If you've found me through social media, read one of my books or watched my videos, you already know I believe one thing above everything else...
Your pregnancy. Your body. Your decisions.
This free live masterclass is designed to help you take back ownership
of your pregnancy, understand your rights, ask better questions and
walk away feeling excited about birth instead of fearful of it.
Together we'll cover:
✔️ Why so many women lose confidence during pregnancy, and how
to get it back.
✔️ How to make informed decisions instead of feeling pressured into
them.
✔️ The questions every pregnant woman should be asking before
agreeing to anything.
✔️ The difference between guidelines, policies and what you actually
have the right to choose.
✔️ How to prepare for a birth where you feel calm, informed and in
control, whatever type of birth you're planning.
Whether you're planning a hospital birth, home birth, birth centre,
planned caesarean or you're still keeping your options open, this
masterclass will help you understand what choices are available to you.
There'll also be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and leave with practical knowledge you can use immediately.
This isn't about convincing you to give birth a certain way.
It's about making sure you understand your options, know your rights and feel confident making decisions that are right for you and your baby.
If you've read my ebooks, think of this as taking the next step. We'll go deeper, bust a few myths, challenge some of the messages women hear every day, and most importantly, help you feel excited about what's ahead.
It's completely FREE.
I'd love you to join me. Bring a cuppa, bring your questions and let's spend an hour helping you own your pregnancy.
Reserve your free place here:
How I can support you
Pregnancy and birth can feel like a lot. There are appointments to attend, decisions to make, opinions coming from every direction and, somewhere amongst all of that, you're expected to work out what feels right for you.
You don't have to figure it all out on your own.
As your doula, my role isn't to tell you what to do or make decisions for you. It's to help you understand your options, answer your questions honestly and support you as you make the choices that feel right for you and your family.
Sometimes that means talking through a recommendation you've been given and helping you understand what it actually means.
Sometimes it means helping you prepare for the birth you've always hoped for.
Sometimes it means simply being the calm person in the room when everything feels overwhelming.
Most of the families who book me are planning a home birth or freebirth. That's where much of my experience lies, and it's work I'm incredibly passionate about.
That said, I support women, not places of birth.
If you're planning a hospital birth, you're just as welcome here. And if you're planning a home birth but circumstances change and you decide to transfer into hospital, nothing changes from my perspective. I'll continue to support you in exactly the same way because my commitment has always been to you, not to a birth plan. Birth doesn't always go the way we imagined, and that's okay.
What matters to me is that you feel informed, listened to and supported throughout the journey, wherever it takes you.
Every woman is different, which is why I offer different ways to work with me. Whether you're looking for full birth support, virtual support or simply a one-off session to help you prepare, I'd love to help you feel more confident as you move towards meeting your baby.
What I believe
I believe birth belongs to the woman giving birth.
Not to hospital policies. Not to statistics. Not to guidelines.
And not to anyone else's opinions.
That doesn't mean I think every woman should give birth at home or choose a freebirth.
It doesn't mean I think intervention is always wrong either.
What I do believe is that every woman deserves to understand her options before making decisions
about her body and her baby.
If, after understanding those options, you decide an induction feels right for you, I'll support you.
If you choose an epidural, I'll support you.
If you decide on a planned caesarean, I'll support you.
If you're planning a home birth or freebirth, I'll support you.
Because I'm not here to judge your choices.
I'm here to make sure they're your choices.
Far too many women are left feeling like birth happened to them instead of with them. They look back wishing someone had explained things differently, slowed everything down or simply reminded them that they had time to think.
That's the space I try to create. A space where you feel listened to. Where your questions are welcomed. Where you never feel silly for asking them. And where you can make decisions feeling informed, confident and supported.
Because I don't believe women need someone to rescue them.
I believe they need someone who trusts them.
Why families choose to work with me
Choosing a doula is a really personal decision.
You're inviting someone into one of the most important and vulnerable moments of your life, so it has to feel like the right fit.
Over the years, I've supported women planning home births, hospital births, VBACs, planned caesareans and freebirths. Although most of my work is with families planning to birth at home or outside the maternity system, my support has never been about a particular place of birth. It's always been about the woman at the centre of it.
In fact, more than half of the families I support have been told they're "high risk" or that their pregnancy falls outside standard guidance. Many come to me because they don't need someone to make decisions for them—they need someone who understands the maternity system well enough to help them ask the right questions, explore all of their options and make decisions that genuinely feel right for them.
Alongside years of supporting families, I've also completed specialist training in VBAC support, birth rights and navigating the NHS maternity system. That combination of practical experience and specialist knowledge allows me to support women through everything from straightforward pregnancies to more complex situations with confidence and clarity.
Women often tell me they choose to work with me because I don't tell them what they should do.
Instead, I help them understand the information they've been given, work through their options and feel confident making decisions that are right for them and their family.
I'm not interested in creating conflict with healthcare professionals, and I'm certainly not here to persuade anyone to birth in a particular way.
I simply believe every woman deserves to understand her choices, ask questions without feeling rushed and be fully involved in decisions about her own body and baby.
I also intentionally limit the number of families I support each month.
That means when you work with me, you're never just another booking in my diary. I take the time to really get to know you, understand what's important to you and provide the continuity and support that's often missing from modern maternity care.
Whether your birth unfolds exactly as you'd hoped or takes an unexpected turn, my role stays the same: to be a calm, reassuring presence by your side and to support you through whatever your journey looks like.
Meet Natalie
People often ask me why I became a doula.
The truth is, I think I was one long before I ever trained.
I had my first daughter in 1998 and my second in 2017. Both were born in hospital,
and like so many of the women I now support, I genuinely didn't know there were other
options. I had what most people would describe as a "normal" NHS labour ward birth.
The kind where you lie back, do as you're told, don't ask too many questions and trus
t that everyone else knows best.
Looking back now, I can see just how little I understood about birth, my rights and the
choices that were available to me.
Do I wish I'd known then what I know now?
Of course I do.
Would I make different decisions today?
Absolutely.
But I don't live there anymore.
Instead, I use those experiences to help other women walk into birth feeling more
informed, more confident and more prepared than I ever was.
I don't believe women need saving. I can't save anyone from birth, and I wouldn't want to.
What I can do is stand beside you long before labour begins, helping you find your voice, build your confidence and understand your options so that when your birth day arrives, you're making decisions because they feel right for you, not because you didn't know there was another way.
Since becoming a doula, I've supported more than 40 births and almost 100 women and families through virtual pregnancy and birth support.
Ironically, it was my eldest daughter who changed the course of my life.
When she announced she was pregnant with my first grandchild, she also announced she was planning a freebirth and wanted me to be her doula.
There was just one problem...
I wasn't officially a doula.
So I did what I've always done when something truly matters to me.
I immersed myself in learning.
I found When Push Comes to Shove, an organisation whose philosophy aligned so closely
with my own, and I threw myself into my training. Every book, every conversation, every birth,
every opportunity to learn, I wanted to understand birth in a way I never had before.
The funny thing is, the people closest to me weren't surprised.
Long before I ever called myself a doula, I was already the woman people called when they
needed support. I was the one who stayed calm, asked questions, stood beside people when
life felt overwhelming and quietly helped them find their confidence again.
I just didn't have a name for it.
Now I do.
Today, I continue to invest in my education because the families I support deserve nothing less. Alongside years of practical experience, I've completed specialist training in VBAC support, birth rights and navigating the
NHS maternity system, allowing me to better support women through straightforward
pregnancies and more complex situations alike.
Outside of birth work, I'm a mum to an amazing nine-year-old who I home educate, and I'm
incredibly proud to be grandmother to two beautiful grandchildren.
They remind me every single day why this work matters. My mission isn't to change the whole
world. It's to help change the world for the families I support.
And perhaps even more importantly, it's to raise my daughter and grandchildren knowing they
don't have to live their lives trying to fit into someone else's idea of what's right.
I want them to know they're allowed to ask questions.
They're allowed to think differently.
They're allowed to trust themselves.
And if one day they choose to become parents, I want them to know exactly what I want every woman I support to know:
Your body. Your baby. Your birth. Your decision.
Testimonials
Natalie supported me through pregnancy and the birth of my baby boy very recently. I was very determined on having a VBAC. I had some medical risks and had to have a hospital birth and she was amazing. She held my hand, kept me cool and reminded me of my goals when I mentally wanted to give up during transition in labour. Her voice took me back to reality when my fears took over and she helped me achieve my VBAC. I’m grateful for her and would recommend to anyone who wants non-apologetic support in their birth.
MT May 2026,
Planned VBAC acheived
5th time mama
I have followed Nat online for a while now and recently reached out to her for support in my pregnancy after having a tough time in my last pregnancy and an extremely traumatic time postpartum with my daughter. Nat has been incredibly supportive and knowledgable, and although we are only just starting in our journey together I feel truly supported by her and I fully trust her, it’s clear she dedicates a huge amount of time and effort into researching and compiling information into the right places to help expected and new mothers. I 10000% recommend using Nat regardless of how much support you feel you need ❤️
Claireece March 2026,
planning a hospital VBAC,
2nd time mama
Natalie was an amazing doula and came highly recommended from a well known birth keeper. She was straightforward, down to earth and no nonsense which was exactly what I needed and a big worry of mine when choosing someone. She was a wealth of information and clearly cared very much about the process. My only regret is trying to be too independent and not using her more than I did/bringing her quite late into my process! She advocated for me when she was able to, jumped at any opportunity to help and was very respectful to my journey throughout.
Amy October 2025,
planned homebirth, actual hospital birth
1st time mama
Nat is the most amazing person! Honestly I don’t even know where to start. From the first chat we knew we wanted her to be our doula. She is open and completely non judgmental. She listens so well and was there completely throughout my pregnancy. She also understood that I had a fair grip on how I wanted my pregnancy to go to didn’t patronise me or anything and was very supportive throughout. Not only is she emotionally supportive and just amazing and lovely she also has a great knowledge of biomechanics of birth as well as legislation and policies and when I needed support with hospital correspondence she wrote me a fantastic email. At the birth she was literally the best. She stepped back when needed and let me get on with it, she suggested things when needed and completely read my body and the room right at every moment. she understood how much I have faith in my body and baby and was very knowledgeable about natural things that help in labour which as movements and after care. I chose not to have a lot of midwife support during the pregnancy and after and having Nat made me feel completely held and supported. Nat is a part of my family now and wouldn’t have it any other way!
Clarisse July 2025
planned homebirth, had a freebirth
2nd time mama
I had my dream birth because of Nat. Words can't express my gratitude and love for this beautiful lady. Nat eased my fears, was there for me when I was having difficult times, educated me, loved on me and went absolutely above and beyond in every way. Nat is so knowledgeable in her field and covered every detail of the birth and my choices with me. I only wish she had been with me for my first birth! If you are thinking about having a doula at your birth, think no more. Having Nat with me was the best decision I've ever made and even a week post birth I am on a high and in awe of this process and what I was able to achieve with Nat as my support. Nat will be a friend for life and my whole family are eternally grateful to her. She is absolutely bloody brilliant. Thank you for helping me believe in myself and my ability to birth. My biggest dream come true.
Alice December 2025
Planned a homebirth, had a freebirth
2nd time mama
I am beyond grateful for my doulas and the incredible support they gave me throughout my pregnancy and birth. Thanks to their guidance, encouragement, and calm presence, I was able to have an amazing home birth in a water pool—something I will cherish forever. They helped me feel informed, confident, and truly supported every step of the way. I never felt alone or unsure; their knowledge and reassurance made all the difference. I couldn’t have asked for a more empowering, beautiful birth experience, and I highly recommend Natalie to anyone considering a home birth or water birth.
Alex November 2025,
planned homebirth, had her homebirth
3rd baby
I don’t even know where to begin when it comes to Nat, because she has been nothing short of extraordinary throughout my entire pregnancy, birth, and early postpartum journey. From the moment we met, I feel we connected instantly, house on fire comes to mind. Our values aligned so naturally, and I just knew she was the doula for me.
Nat wasn’t just a support figure; she became like a fiercely protective big sister. She held me emotionally through every worry, every fear and every late-night question. She reassured me, again and again, that my second birth wouldn’t mirror my first traumatic experience and wow, she was right. I felt safe because she made sure I was in fact safe.
My labour was fast and intense but even amongst the chaos, Nat protected and held my space so beautifully yet powerfully. She advocated for me, asked the right questions to the professionals when I couldn’t, and kept everything around me as calm and focused as possible. She encouraged me, supported me and empowered me. She also guided my partner so he knew exactly how to step up for me when I needed him most.
Postpartum, Nat continued to show up with the same love and care. She took home my placenta, made me placenta smoothies and delivered them to my door as and when needed. She cared for both my girls so I could shower and take a moment to breathe, and simply “got me” in a way only someone truly aligned can. Her presence was reassuring, it was comforting, and genuinely nurturing.
I cannot recommend Nat enough. She isn’t just a doula, she is a true blessing. If you are lucky enough to have her by your side, you will feel held, seen, supported, and empowered to have a birth that honours your woman’s body and your innate strength. I’m forever grateful for her.
Nayah May 2025
planned hospital birth
2nd time mama