Meet Sara

Hi, I'm Sara, an experienced  postnatal doula based in Guildford, Surrey. I offer my services around Guildford, Godalming, Woking, Alton and the surrounding villages in Surrey and Hampshire, offering new and growing families postnatal practical, informational and emotional support. I am fully recognised postnatal doula by Doula UK recognition process and I have also trained in Birthing Awareness 3 step process to help traumatised parents to heal or feel more positive about their birth experiences. I have experience in supporting families with twins, premature babies, mothers recovering from natural, assisted and  caesarean births, supporting families through their feeding choices and parents recovering from traumatic birth experiences. I can help with babywearing and signpost to local babywearing professionals , so you can find the best sling or carrier for your needs. You can find some kind words from my previous clients in the "Testimonials" section of this website.

 I myself am a mum of 2 (daughter born 2017, son born 2020), a wife, a friend to many and a woman fast approaching midlife. Becoming a mum for the 1st time was life changing for me and the reason I decided to train as a doula. I found my 1st pregnancy very overwhelming due to a variety of complications which I believe lead to me becoming a very anxious 1st time mother. It took me a long time to find my feet as a mother and feeling comfortable in my new role, a transformation I never really expected to be so hard. Which is why I am now overjoyed to be able to support parents to be and new parents whilst they sail through all the emotions and feelings of becoming a mother, a transformation called matresence/ patresence. I am a huge empath and believe in making the parents I support feel seen and heard in all the feelings and emotions of new parenthood. I am non-judgmental, warm, kind and fun in my approach and hope for every parent to feel emotionally held and respected in the early days of their parenting journey.  In my spare time  I love baking, keeping fit with running and strength training, beach holidays (because life is better with a tan), days out with friends and family and dancing to the sunset in festivals with as much glitter on as possible. We have recently also done up a horsebox into a little camper, so looking forward to some camping adventures with a side of toasted marshmallows.

Although there is a lot of talk about the 4th trimester, I am happy to support mothers and parents anytime during the 1st year of parenting (and before). Sometimes it might be along the way that we realise that some help and support could be useful or perhaps you have come across challenges that now require closer attention. Maybe your partner needs to travel for work for a longer period of time and you would like an extra pair of hands to help you keep your household ticking over. I am very flexible with my offerings and can offer ad-hoc  drop in support as and when needed (subject to availability).

Currently I don't offer support during labour and birth, but I love supporting pregnant mummas to draft their  birth preferences and through any pregnancy complications be it physical or emotional support or information that they need. I can signpost you to evidence based information that you might need to make decisions on your journey and I also have a little library of birth and postnatal related books that I am happy to lend to my clients.

For further information see "You and Me" for my packages and pricing.