Deirdre Bowley - Doula 

One of the reasons that I became a doula was to support women in difficult situations.  Many people assume that my work is primarily with women who plan to have their babies at home or plan to have a physiological, low intervention birth – that is not the case, most of my clients have their babies in hospital and many involve interventions (though having a doula does decrease the chance of interventions if that is an objective!)   Part of my doula journey was about understand

While I do not bring my homeopathy practice into every birth, there are times when it overlaps. Homeopathy is a process that brings the...

The most wonderful Molly O'Brien of https://optimalbirth.co.uk/ is a source of great knowledge of the female anatomy, especially during...

Postpartum planning is an integral part of my doula support. While some women like to stay home and rest, others find company and...

Birth can be unpredictable and there are cases where medical staff and parents-to-be make a decision that a caesarean birth is the best...

I get asked this question a lot. A dear friend and lactation consultant, said we should be call ‘Be Las’, not ‘Do las’ because it is our...

Doulas Deirdre Bowley and Susie Silverside share their thoughts on giving birth in Geneva and supporting women through pregnancy, birth...