Doula

& Antenatal

Educator

Hi, my name is Ash! I’m a birth & postnatal doula and antenatal educator in North Buckinghamshire. My focus is on supporting women to bring all of themselves on their journey to motherhood, empowering them with the tools and knowledge they need to feel confident and supported, wherever their journey may take them.

My care is holistic and person-centred. All of my services are inclusive, trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ friendly and neurodivergency affirming.

I am passionate about informed choice, and support births both at home and in hospitals – whatever is right for you! I believe in giving women and families the evidence-based knowledge and tools they need to make their own choices, whether that’s within the mainstream maternity care system or “birthing outside of guidelines”. I support birthing people to bring their whole self to their pregnancy and birth experiences, maintaining their personal autonomy, and giving them the confidence to enjoy their pregnancy and birth experience as they grow into their new family.

I am autistic and non-binary, and my pronouns are they/them.

My passion for supporting women and families through birthwork began after my own pregnancy and birth experience with my son. When I was pregnant with my him in 2014, I found myself overwhelmed and struggling to navigate the NHS Maternity care system. It’s under enormous pressure, and I found that with an ever-rotating cast of midwives, there just wasn’t the capacity to support and empower mothers like there should be.

After he was born, I found myself immersed in the world of breastfeeding and baby-wearing, becoming something of a novel figure in the small village we lived in at the time as I traipsed around with my son strapped to my back in a rainbow sling! I started sharing my slings and supporting women local to me to babywear, becoming a one-woman informal sling-library.

After we moved back to North Buckinghamshire, I trained as a breastfeeding peer supporter under Ros McFadden IBCLC, and then I went on to study midwifery. This showed me that my heart lay with emotional and practical holistic support for women, and that I would be better placed to provide this outside the obstetric midwifery model. I left my degree in search of truly client-centred care.

That is how I ended up here; an antenatal educator and doula, a radical birthkeeper, walking with women through the most powerfully transformative experience of their lives.

Outside of birthwork, I enjoy reading, knitting & crochet, gardening, and walking in the woods – my son says I’m obsessed with trees! I also play a lot of Dungeons & Dragons. I enjoy attending a local Women’s Circle and am currently on a personal journey of reconnecting with my nature-focused spirituality. You can usually find me curled up under a blanket crocheting or reading with thunderstorm sounds playing in the background!