A doula offers companionship through pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood, providing emotional, physical, and informational support so you feel confident and cared for. Our support extends to all kinds of births, including physiological, with intervention, and caesarean, because every birth is a rite of passage.

We’re not health professionals. We don’t give medical advice or perform clinical tasks.

Doulas aren’t new. We’ve always been part of birth. What’s changed is the landscape. As birth has become more medicalised, many women are realising that it takes more than clinical care to feel safe and seen. Doulas exist to bridge that gap, offering continuity, calm, and care that honours both the science and the sacredness of birth.

Birth is one of the biggest transitions you will ever experience, and it deserves the same level of care and intention in your preparation that you would offer to any other important moment in your life. We spend time planning weddings, choosing homes, and deciding careers. Birth deserves that same kind of attention, maybe even more.

Investing in your birth might look like:

• Working with a doula or private midwife

• Taking a birth education course outside of the hospital system

• Researching your hospital or provider’s birth statistics

• Listening to podcasts or reading books

• Exploring your fears, beliefs, or emotions about birth so you don’t carry them into labour

This isn’t about trying to control every outcome, it’s about stepping into birth with your eyes open. It’s about knowing how the system works and choosing to prepare on your own terms.

And it doesn’t stop at birth. How you prepare shapes how you recover, how you’re supported in the early days, and how you begin mothering. Birth is one day, but it echoes into the weeks, months, and years that follow.

Hospitals are designed to manage risk, but that often means birth is approached through the lens of policy, protocol, and efficiency, rather than individual needs. While many compassionate professionals are working within the system, the system itself isn’t set up to support physiological birth or to honour your preferences without question.

Over time, many birth workers have seen how the culture of modern maternity care has slowly eroded trust in birth and in women. It’s reached the point where, for many, the idea of birthing without intervention feels out of reach. And it makes sense, we’ve been conditioned to turn to authority when we’re afraid. We go into the hospital expecting to feel safe. But medical safety isn’t the same as psychological safety, and birthing women need both.

The truth is, hospital staff are bound by policy, you are not. You have the legal and ethical right to decline or question anything that doesn’t feel right for you. But doing that in the moment, especially in an unfamiliar setting, can be incredibly hard without preparation and support. Having a doula doesn’t fix the system, but it changes how you move through it.

Yes. There’s solid research showing that having continuous support during labour (from someone who isn’t part of the hospital staff or your family) leads to better outcomes for both you and your baby.

A 2017 Cochrane Review found that women who received this kind of support were less likely to use pain relief or have a caesarean, more likely to have a spontaneous vaginal birth, and less likely to need forceps or vacuum. Their labours were often shorter, their babies had better Apgar scores, and they were more likely to feel positive about their experience.

It’s such a common question and totally understandable. If you already have a supportive partner, it might feel like that should be enough. And they are important.

Birth partners bring love, connection, and emotional intimacy. Doulas bring presence, knowledge, and experience in the birth space. We’re there to support both of you.

I help your partner feel more confident and involved by guiding them with simple suggestions, offering reassurance, or stepping in when they need rest or a moment to regroup. I can remind them of comfort techniques, suggest positions, or quietly hold space so they can stay emotionally close to you rather than feeling like they need to “manage” the situation.

Together, we make a team, so you’re never left without support, and your partner doesn’t have to carry the pressure of knowing what to do next.

Yes. I support you.

I’ve birthed with an epidural myself, and it was the right choice for me. Interventions can be incredibly valuable tools when used with intention. We can be grateful for the advances of modern obstetric care, while also acknowledging that interventions are often overused and offered routinely, rather than thoughtfully.

I’m not here to push a particular approach, I don’t have an agenda. But I do believe that birth asks something of us. If we’re going to work together, that means being open to the process: learning, asking questions, and doing the kind of preparation that helps you make choices with confidence and clarity.

If your intention is to have a physiological or unmedicated birth, it’s important to know that avoiding an epidural takes real preparation. Because they’re so readily available in most hospital settings, choosing not to have one often requires planning, support, and a clear understanding of how to stay connected to your goals during labour.

There’s no one perfect time, but the earlier you reach out, the more support you’ll have during your pregnancy, not just your birth. Most people book in the second trimester, but I work with women who come earlier or later too.

Hiring early gives us time to build trust, explore what matters to you, and prepare for birth in a way that feels grounded and intentional. I only take a small number of clients at a time, so if you’re feeling drawn to this kind of support, don’t wait too long to get in touch.

All births are a rite of passage. 

Whether you have an elective caesarean or an unplanned one, you still deserve continuous, personal support. There’s no version of birth that doesn’t benefit from feeling informed, cared for, and emotionally safe. Support isn’t reserved for a particular kind of experience.

I’ve had a caesarean myself and I’ll be honest, I wish I’d been more prepared. I didn’t plan for one, and because of that, I didn’t spend much time learning about what it might involve or what the recovery could look like. That’s something I’d do differently now, and something I help my clients with, regardless of their birth preferences.

If your caesarean is planned, I’ll help you prepare for it with intention: physically, emotionally, and logistically. If it’s unplanned, I’ll be there to help you stay connected to your voice in the moment, to make sense of what’s happening, and to support you and your partner through the change of plans.

A midwife provides clinical care, monitoring you and your baby. A doula doesn’t do any medical tasks. My role is to support you emotionally, physically, and with practical information, helping you feel prepared, respected, and cared for throughout your experience.

Most midwives truly care about women, but they work within a system that often limits how much time they can spend with you. They might be attending multiple births, working shifts, and following hospital policies. That means the deeper emotional support often falls away.

That’s where I come in. I’m there for you. I support your comfort, your mindset, and your ability to stay connected to your intuition.

It’s not unusual for birth partners, especially men, to feel unsure about hiring a doula. Birth often isn’t something they’ve had much exposure to, so it’s natural for them to feel uncertain about what a doula does or how I fit in. But it matters that the people around you are willing to learn, listen, and support what feels right for you, even if they don’t fully understand it yet.

Do you have a partner who’s open to learning? Someone who will respect this need you’ve identified and support your decision, even if they don’t fully understand it yet? 

If your partner strongly resists the idea, that’s not something to brush off. The energy in the birth space matters, and you need people beside you to protect that space, not bring tension into it. And from my side, I also need to feel that I can work with both of you. Your birth team should feel united.

My in-person support service areas include Redland, Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich and the Gold Coast, with virtual doula care available Australia-wide.

I know many women from rural and regional Queensland travel to tertiary hospitals in the southeast to access the kind of care and doula support they want. Coming from a rural background, I know how hard it can be to find the right support when distance limits your options. 

Working together virtually means you can still have full prenatal support or single sessions for birth mapping, VBAC preparation, or postpartum planning. If you’re birthing at a hospital within my in-person service areas, I can also provide birth attendance as part of your support package.

If you’re based in the Scenic Rim, Southern Downs, or Western Downs, it may also be possible to arrange in-person support for select sessions, as I travel to these areas regularly.