Find your way

- after birth

Helping you be present with compassionate support through the fourth trimester and beyond

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Healing

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Encouragement

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Listening

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Dignity

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Healing + Encouragement + Listening + Dignity +

A baby is born and so is a parent

You have welcomed your baby. Now let someone care for you.

The early days after birth can be beautiful, exhausting, emotional and overwhelming.

You don't have to navigate them alone.

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A safe space to rest, recover and be cared for.

Healing

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Encouragement

Supporting you through the tender transition into parenthood

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Because your wellbeing matters too

Dignity

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Hi, I’m Lisa

I am a mother of 2 children, with over 20 years as a medical secretary in the NHS

I want every family I support to feel that they have someone in their corner.

Someone who cares. Someone who listens. Someone who can say, "You've got this — and you don't have to do it alone."

About Me

For you, baby and family

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Intro

The Gentle Start

  • Includes:

    • Emotional Support

    • Light household help

    1-3 hours a week

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Core

  • Includes:

    • Emotional support

    • Practical household help, Newborn care

    • Supporting parents with confidence, Preparing simple meals/snacks

    • Holding/settling baby while parent rests, Companionship,

    Book per hour 1-3 hours/visit or block sessions

The Nurtured Journey

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Full

  • Includes:

    • Newborn practicalities or just some company

    • Support you with anything you need such as feeding, discussing your birth experience

    • Phone and email support during the first 6 weeks after birth

    • Recovery package after caesarean/vaginal birth

    • Optional ongoing virtual check in as requested

    Purchase a package of visits: 2 -3 Postnatal visits in the first 14 days

Completely Held

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Supporting you as you find your way after birth

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Becoming a parent changes everything. It can bring an incredible amount of love and joy, but it can also bring tiredness, uncertainty, emotions and a completely new way of life

Journey together

F.A.Q’s

Please note that I provide non-medical postnatal support. I am not replacing: Midwives, Health visitors, GPs, Lactation consultants, Paediatricians, Mental health professionals.

I am part of a family’s support network and can signpost parents to appropriate professionals when something falls outside my role.

  • Because the transition into parenthood can be beautiful, overwhelming, exhausting and emotional — sometimes all at once. HELD AFTER BIRTH exists to make sure the parent/s are cared for too.

  • HELD AFTER BIRTH supports parents during the postnatal period, whether this is your first baby or you're welcoming another child.

  • Every visit is different. It might include preparing food, light household support, holding your baby while you rest, helping you settle into a routine, emotional check-ins or simply giving you space to breathe.

  • You don't have to navigate difficult feelings alone. I can provide compassionate listening and help you identify appropriate professional support when needed. A postnatal doula does not replace medical or mental-health care

  • Yes. I can provide practical, non-medical newborn support and reassurance, while respecting your parenting choices and preferences.

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