Postpartum support in Richmond, Kew, and South West London

That’s it, your baby’s here. A whole new chapter in your life.

When rest is scarce (and exhaustion is high). When everything feels new. When your body feels like it might have been changed forever.

At this unique, often vulnerable but highly powerful time, I offer a range of postpartum care modalities and services designed to help you

  • heal from birth, physically and emotionally

  • understand, bond, take care, and grow confidence with your new baby

  • understand and look after of your recovering body for immediate and longer-term health & wellbeing

Supporting your transition into motherhood and daily life with your new baby to be a little softer, more nourishing, more empowering and hopefully more joyful too.

Postpartum support at a glance

Holistic Postpartum
Doula Care in Richmond & South West London

  • A one-of-a-kind combination of physical, emotional, educational and practical support designed to care for you as a new mother, help grow your confidence with your new baby, navigate early challenges and actively support your postpartum recovery.

  • Support focuses on the first 6-8 weeks after birth, and integrates my expertise in yoga therapy for postpartum, pelvic floor health, abdominal massage, nutrition for postpartum recovery, scar therapy and developmental baby massage.

    Sessions might include:

    • Reflecting on your birth experience

    • Chatting through current challenges & answering your questions

    • Breastfeeding and/or bottle feeding support

    • Helping you understand & navigate your newborn behaviours, especially around feeding and sleep

    • Gaining confidence with essential baby care, including winding, bathing, carrying, and soothing

    • Therapeutic postpartum yoga & rehab exercises and breathwork to support your physical recovery

    • Massage and guided rest to address exhaustion and/or overwhelm

    • Baby massage and stretches/movements to support bonding and relieve digestive discomfort

    • Advising on or cooking nourishing meals adapted to the postpartum period

    • Looking after your baby so you can rest, sleep or have uninterrupted ‘me-time’

  • Support is bookable as ad-hoc sessions of 3 hours, or in packages of 15hrs to be used in increments of 2.5hrs minimum (depending on location), up to 3 times a week, over a period of maximum 6 weeks.

    Contents of each session will vary based on your needs that day and no not need to be decided in advance.

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1:1 Postnatal Yoga & Caesarean Rehab in Richmond & South West London

  • Whichever stage of your postnatal recovery you are at, whether weeks, months or even years after birth, one-to-one postnatal yoga sessions offer you the best level of support and attention, based on your needs and goals, at this very crucial time of your life.

  • One-to-one sessions are suitable to all mothers, regardless of your level of fitness, yoga experience and birth experience.

    You might find that a 1:1 approach is especially supportive if you:

    • are in the early postpartum period (first 6/8 weeks) and wish to establish a gradual, nourishing, effective base for your recovery

    • have diastasis recti (abdominal separation)

    • suffer from pelvic floor weakness, tightness or dysfunction /prolapse (to complement pelvic floor physiotherapy) or pelvic pain (PGP)

    • would like to focus on caesarean birth recovery and scar healing

    • struggle to leave your house or need more flexibility around days/times than a group class can offer.

  • While the majority of ‘postnatal exercise' classes are only open to women from 6, 8 or even 10 weeks after birth (after the routine check with their GP), my unique gentle, individualised and progressive approach means that sessions are suitable and beneficial from as early as a 1-2 weeks after birth, regardless of the type of birth you had (including Caesarean births).

    This utilises the body’s natural ‘golden window’ for postnatal recovery & healing.

    This said, many women start focusing on their recovery much later and it is never too late to start.

  • Sessions will be entirely bespoke to you, designed around your personal needs and concerns and taking into account your pregnancy, birth history and recovery so far.

    Each session always starts with a consultation before moving onto the practice part, which usually includes a combination of:

    • breathwork

    • therapeutic exercises focusing on rebuilding connection, function & stability in the pelvis, pelvic floor and abdomen (and whole body!)

    • adapted stretches & movement to address aches, tightness & tension common when looking after a baby

    • functional movement & techniques to use in your daily life with a baby that impact your physical recovery , e.g. different ways to lift & carry baby, getting up and down from the floor, feeding positions, etc

    • guided rest/relaxation & instant relaxation techniques

    • some baby yoga can be integrated in what we do too

    You will also learn ways to integrate some practices at home in between to further support your recovery & wellbeing.

  • Sessions can take place at your home (depending on location) or online, and can be done with or without your baby present depending on your preferences and needs.

    Sessions are available as a one-off session of 90mn or in packs of 5 sessions of 70mn each.

    Travel charges might apply for those living outside of the Kingston or Richmond boroughs.

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Caesarean Scar Therapy in Richmond, Kew & South West London

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