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Doulas don't support caesarean birth with Lorraine Pryce
Sophie Brigstocke talks to Bradford-based doula, Lorraine Pryce about starting a doula business in the pandemic and how she leapt in with both feet.
Lorraine talks about the expectations people have for the postnatal...
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Preparing for anything with Marius Griffin
Sophie is joined by Marius Griffin, an American doula based in Ireland (Belfast and Cork).
Marius talks about her desire to become a doula from the 1990s and her experience birthing in California, where midwives were...
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Do doulas support induction? With Jade Gordon
Sophie chats to Jade Gordon, a hypnotherapist in Scotland who runs Positive Induction. Jade shares her journey to doulaing via working in the oil and gas industry. They discuss the difference between being...
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Doulas have to do it all, with Simone Dyer
In this episode Sophie Brigstocke talks to doula and mentor, Simone Dyer about her journey into doulaing, her work with Dr Gowri Motha and her love of facilitating circles and communions for women and mothers.
They...
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Do you have to be a hippy to be a doula? With Sam Sheppard
Sophie chats with fellow Nurturing Birth Doula Course Facilitator Sam Sheppard about her journey into doulaing, how she went from knowing nothing about doulas to completing a doula course in less than two weeks!
Sam...
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Do doulas deliver babies? With Melanie Dunne
Sophie chats with Nurturing Birth doula, Melanie Dunne, about the past two years, becoming a doula, setting up a doula business and having a new baby all at the same time!
Melanie talks about experiences of supporting...
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Doulas are just for births, aren't they? With Charlotte Bailey
Sophie chats to Nurturing Birth Facilitator, Mentor and Doula, Charlotte Bailey about her work as a doula and how she landed in the role having worked in the third sector and as a student midwife.
Charlotte talks...
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Doulas are just for births aren't they? Part two with Amy Simpson
In this episode Sophie chats with Amy Simpson aka The Baby Activator.
Amy shares how the birth of her daughter activated her to start working with families around fertility and conception with a particular interest...
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