Samantha Joy Jacobs
Birth Doula

My pregnancy journey started with a Gynecologist, who through a very scary first few months of bleeding every few days did not support me well, I then switched gynaes, this one was much more available and supportive however told me at every scan that my baby was too big for a normal delivery.

At 27 weeks my husband and I made the decision to move to a midwife, I had never heard of a doula before this, but knew I wanted a mother and baby led birth, in an environment that was not fear driven. My midwife suggested a doula, we went with her guidance, and were so grateful we did. My birth experience was incredible, I felt supported and empowered. I joke now and say I would have a baby everyday just to feel that way over and over again... 

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My experience led me to want to be there to support other women through their pregnancy journeys and hold space for them as they birth their babies and themselves as they birth into the role of  mother.

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I experienced first hand how important the right doula support during pregnancy, birth and postnatally is and so I studied to become a doula... 

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There is nothing more sacred than the opportunity to bear witness to a women become a mother, whether it is her first child or her fourth, to be the first to experience the first breath of a brand new life, to learn the different cultural traditions in welcoming the child, to know that you have supported the process in a women feeling empowered during her birthing process and can look back feeling whole, this, brings me an immense amount of joy.