Personal Introduction:
Hello, I’m Gillian and I cover Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham and the surrounding areas. If you’re looking for a supportive, calm and confident doula to be part of your birth journey, I’d love to hear from you! We can have a chat about what I can offer and the ways in which hiring a doula can enhance your birth experience. I am passionate about helping you to find your inner strength and achieve a positive birth outcome.
Alongside my work as an NCT antenatal teacher, I trained with Nurturing Birth to be a doula in 2018 and since then have loved supporting some wonderful clients throughout various pregnancy and birth experiences including home and hospital births in water and on land, induction - or declining induction - and caesarean. I can accompany you if you are by yourself, or support both you and your partner. I will bring a calm, relaxed and joyous presence to your labour environment, helping to make your birth the magical, empowering event it should be. I, and the women I work with, thrive on the connection that is formed between us!
I also teach Yoga for Pregnancy and Baby Yoga, and I run Couples’ Yoga Birth Workshops (see www.bookwhen.com/birthandbeyondcotswolds). I love having doula clients at yoga classes, and offer you half-price Yoga for Pregnancy as well as Baby Yoga once your little one has arrived.
I am happy to lend you a TENS machine, I have an extensive library of books on all aspects of birth and parenthood and I can organise a pool for you if you're having a home water birth.
I look forward to hearing from you!
NCT Mother & Baby Yoga Practitioner (August 2016)
NCT Yoga for Pregnancy Practitioner (December 2009)
University of Bedfordshire Diploma of Higher Education in Antenatal Education (NCT) (March 2009)
"Thank you again Gillian for being my doula. You are absolutely amazing at what you are doing - very empathetic, good listener, superbly organised utterly dedicated and you understand and truly support physiological birth. And that's beautiful 💜 I am eternally grateful" KM
"I've been enjoying telling everyone about the birth, I'm just so proud of how it went!!" SR
"I would highly recommend Gillian as a doula. She is very dedicated, knows her stuff, has a very serene presence and makes you feel in control in any situation." ST
"I feel so lucky to have had you with us... Best decision ever to have you as our doula." JL
“Gillian brought positivity to my birth. Her calm and smiling presence kept the mood serene” EP
“As soon as I knew Gillian was on board I felt more relaxed. My birth felt de-medicalised and that was with Gillian’s support” JL
“Gillian is knowledgeable, approachable, caring and thoughtful: the perfect doula!” DS
“Gillian was always present, always staying in tune with our needs and she did so in such a caring and gentle way” DY
“Gillian was very empathetic and understanding… and was always sensitive to my wishes” LA
"Meeting Gillian was one of the best parts of my pregnancy. She couldn't have been more supportive." SJ.