Your Birth and Postpartum Doula Support in Berlin
I provide mindful, evidence-based and nurturing support and care for individuals and couples before and during pregnancy, birth and in the transition into parenthood.
Birth Doula Support
I have limited birth support capacities in 2024. Please enquire with me directly.
With presence, touch, connection…
As your doula, my focus is on you and supporting you through your exciting journey of pregnancy, birth and parenthood. The childbearing year is a life changing, transformational period that you will carry throughout your life and my goal is to protect that memory. I provide emotional, physical, and educational support. My goal is to support your choices, reassure, empower, celebrate and hold your hand through this process, without bias or agenda.
… compassion, listening, respect…
My birth doula package includes:
Validating. Motivating. Mentoring. Celebrating.
Unlimited phone and email support
In this deep transformative journey, building trust and confidence with at least 4 prenatal guiding sessions (more can be added) and opportunities to expand your understanding and knowledge through modern/medical knowing along with awakening your primal, inner wisdom. You’ll develop skills beyond traditional labour ‘coaching’ methods with deep listening, approaching birth and postpartum with curiosity.
As a massage therapist, body worker and as a hypnobirthing advocate, I like to integrate grounding, mind and body practices to help you have a more comfortable and confident pregnancy and birth. These include:
(3/8) massages, body work and assessments.
Exploration of rituals and body alignment methods and exercises
Additional massages at a great discount (and 1 year after doula support)
24/7 on-call delivery status beginning two weeks prior to estimated due date until delivery
Continuous support during your entire labour for you and your birth partner, until your baby is born
Immediate postpartum support for up to two hours (depending on need) at place of birth
1 postpartum visit at your home
A closing ceremony for all birth doula clients
Postpartum Doula Support
The Birth of a Mother
Planning ahead for the postpartum period allows you to feel organised, look forward to and enjoy this transformational time together as a new family. What does the ideal postpartum period look like to you? Perhaps you’ll need a nurturing meal, or some gentle advice, a comforting massage, or just an extra pair of hands around your home. By pre-booking me as your postpartum doula, you can be assured I’ll be there to make sure you are both fed, supported, comforted as you step into your new roles as parents. I promise to work with and for you and your growing family and help you prioritise slowing down, healing, and whole-person centered care.
It Takes a Village
Will birth go to plan? In most cases, it does not! I have years of experience in taking care of mothers and helping new families adjust to their new lives and would love to help nurture you and your growing family as you navigate your new roles together.
Traditionally, these caregiving roles we were held by immediate family members who were living close by. However, as our lives become more fast paced and global, the option to involve family may not be available and building up that new network (i.e. your village) takes time. This is where I can step in and pamper you with the care that you thoroughly deserve.
The postpartum period needs to be treated as a special time, when new parents deserve extra care. Your mind and body are engaged in deep and important work that transverses the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual. This is your time to prioritise rest and healing. When you hire me as your postpartum doula, you’ll receive my non-judgemental support as I guide you towards a positive and memorable postpartum experience.
Available for postpartum support (day and night) in 2024.
The Closing Ceremony
A return to traditional healing
Many cultures around the world hold ceremonies to honour a period of transition and healing, the art of traditional postpartum care draws on the community to support the new mother.
In Western countries, most of the focus is on the pregnancy and birth. This ancient wisdom of supporting women after childbirth has largely been forgotten. Women go through a massive shift and change being a new mother, what comes after that creates an opening for a return to these traditional postpartum practices.
Based on a lot of demand from clients for postpartum care and drawing on my Malay ancestral traditions, I would like to offer my clients a Closing Ceremony. A ceremony for new mothers during the fourth trimester and by anyone healing after childbirth as well as those who have experienced stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion, a hysterectomy, fertility treatment or to mark the end of a breastfeeding journey.
What does it mean to “close”?
When we close, we simply observe “what is”, free from judgement, distraction, transference or projection. It is a safe space to honour an ending, a transition, to process feelings, to make sense of what was, to pause, to celebrate the now and to honour your growth.
What happens during a Closing Ceremony?
The Closing Ceremony is a powerful way to ritualise a birth and/or loss, prioritises your continual healing process and assist with closure during these transformative moments using a combination of massage, bathing, and rebozo techniques.
Together, we can design a Closing Ceremony to best suit your needs. This can include:
2-3 hours of your time - in your own home is best
2 professional birth and bodyworkers to guide and support you
A guided meditation and a time to share, process your story
A flower bath with essential oils, herbs (if you don’t have a bath, a foot bath)
Massage (womb massage or a full body massage)
Rocking, swaddling, cocoon wrapping using cloths
Sound healing
Yoni steaming
Bengkung wrapping
Relaxation breaks as often as you need
Warm tea and time to discuss the experience
What are the benefits of a Closing Ceremony?
Traditional closing or “sealing” ceremonies can bring about a great sense of peace and closure to those who are recovering from the full spectrum of birth. It doesn’t matter whether you had a positive, challenging or traumatic birthing experience nor how long ago it occurred, what matters is making time to hold space, an essential healing ritual for every type for birth.
It’s also especially important if you’ve experienced an intense “opening” in the womb area (e.g. Cesarean, miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion or sexual assault) as this ceremony will facilitate an emotional and spiritual “closing”, that may have been lacking or removed from this physical process.
Although the outcome of the ceremony cannot be predicted, my aim is to make it as comfortable and relaxing as possible for my clients.
Together, let’s design a deeply personal Closing Ceremony that nurtures and embodies you and your unique birth story, one that honours you and your individual needs.
Photography by Natalia Smirnova Photography