Book Natalie as your Birth Doula | Newcastle and Surrounds

Hire a Doula - Up-Skill Your Team

"Home birth is not a luxury, Midwives are not a status symbol, and Doulas are not (just) trendy"

¬ Midwife and Maternal, Human-Rights Activist, Carmen Mojica

Nats' Doula Packages Choices

"Last Minute" Birth Doula Service*
In case of genuine last-minute NEED, criteria apply (ring to ask)

$1000 very specific and limited Doula Service
A great way to call in last-minute support if your natural birth plans and appointments feel like they are going off path.

*Subject to my availability to attend

Included:

Initial phone call to let me know your current care and pregnancy circcumstances and to confirm I can be available
Full payment up front to secure my support
Zoom discussion to cover essentials for your support, eg your wants, needs and desires for birth
The moving to phone/text support until labour builds
I attend your place of Birth once labour is clearly progressing into labour (if you have any practise labours, we can identify this by text and phone contact)
Support at your birth (as part of your team)
I will stay until your placenta is birthed, babies cord is completed and you are feeling confortable in your midwife care. Your midwife will then be there to support further bonding, breastfeeding, after-birth recovery for your uterus and perineum etc etc
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Birth Doula supporting a labouring woman

Full Birth Doula Service (only one available per four to six week, period)

$2400 all inclusive

(all "visits" are in your home and duration 1.5 hours)

Inclusions of this Full Birth Doula Service:

Your birth team includes a confident, calm and experienced Birth Doula to witness, advocate, encourage, reassure, celebrate and protect your birth.
Phone, text and email support for emotional and informational needs during pregnancy, birth, post birth and your breastfeeding/feeding journey.
Two pregnancy visits ib your home (covering a variety of topics, such as: detailed discussions around what you need, want and desire, fears, worries, birth mapping, birth map game play, team work enhancement etc
In-person, reassuring, calming birth attendance. (for labour and birth as required/desired)
In-person support for your placenta birth, and plenty of time for you to settle in with baby too, eg skin to skin, breastfeeding establishment, postbirth recovery/medical checks etc
Two after-birth/newborn care support visits (these postpartum visits respond to your needs and may cover breastfeeding, sleep, materscence, relationships, parenting challenges etc).
(I also bring a nutricious healthy and enriching meal, fruit and snacks)
Attendance in a 'Hypnobirthing + EXTRAS" Group Course. Warners Bay, NSW.
One Doula-Touch Massage Session or foot soak and massage. during pregnancy.
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Deluxe Doula Package (only four available per year)

$3300 All inclusive

(all "visits" are in your home and duration 1.5 hours)

Deluxe includes the "Full Birth Doula Service" plus these deluxe ADDITIONS:

Two EXTRA visits prenatally (you can choose enjoyable deeper work, for example hypnotherapy, sound healing, mindfulness sessions, EFT tapping, Shamantic explorations.)
Two more, EXTRA, visits - completed as companionship/Doula support at your medical appointments
PLUS, two EXTRA postpartum support visits, with meal and foot soak/foot massage.
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Why choose me as your Birth Doula?

I've worked in the birth field for over fifteen years. I've mentored and educated under some the greatest midwives of the world. Doula found and sought me as my birth education clients asked me to also support them in person.

I am a grounded and connected woman. I am present for myself, my family and my clients. I only work with a small handful of select women to ensure the highest quality of rapport and care.

I've evolved as a human and continue to do so. I am curious, interested and an on-going learner. From a journey of being out of touch with my body and unaware of holistic health, I have become a grounded, calm, loving and highly-connected, mother and Doula.

The hospitals know me and respect that I am there to fully support a womans chances of a natural, physiological birth. Specific midwives get asigned to work with the team, midwives that match that goal.

I have many talents as a Doula and one of those is my communication skills. I know when to enjoy quiet listening, when to ask polite and pertinent questions, when to reiterate for your team your important wishes and requests, and when to state your legal rights, out loud - and clear. (luckily this is only needed in a very, very rare circumstance).

All clients also enjoy a Hypnobirthing Course with me! (Massive BONUS! at no charge. This is part of our teamwork and rapport building).

My two, key, love languages are physical touch and quality time.

My children are older - my full energies are for you - as needed/desired.

I run a birth Community Project, so you'll get to see me BONUS time (at no extra finacial costs) on the days I am there (Warners Bay). Also come once a month to the pregnancy circle and connect with other pregnant women who regularly attend. I am the facilitator and we will build more and more rapport, ready for your birthing time.

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Let's chat BIRTH!!!! Wohohohoo!!!

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You can breathe a sigh of relief....

Imagine breathing a big sigh of relief as you give yourself permission to set aside the overwhelming podcasts and the huge array of reading materials, and instead, work on a personal level, with a caring, wise guide, experienced at meeting you, wherever you are - right now.

You're in Great Company.

See what parents are saying about working with Nat:

Wow I learnt so much, so many tips and tools. It was a paradigm shift for myself and my wife.

Arnie

You gave me: trust in my body, you gave my hubby: confidence and in-depth understanding of birth.

Lisa

It's the years of knowledge you have Nat that shine through. You have a calmness but confident way of giving and directing information about birth.

Zoe

You taught my husband and I how to communicate with each other effectively. We didn't even know we were lacking in that area!

Sally Gosling

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My Dream....

I dream that all women can feel their OWN body go into labour AND, second dream, that all women can feel their OWN body do it's OWN expulsive pushing! (a truely life changing and mind blowing experience).

Ever heard much of these things? Please book in to educate with me NOW!! to hear a whole lot more!

Let's work together now and enjoy:

Stimulating and enlightening breakthroughs.

Intellectually-stimulating conversations.

Relationship work, team work, communication work, intimacy and bonding work.

Sincerely,

Natalie Joy Meade
(GradDipC, GradDipPsyc, GradDipEd, BSc (Hons), CCB, CH)

Respect and honour to the Awabakal and Worimi people as the original and wise custodians of this land. Honour to those who have birthed and breastfed their babies on this sacred land for more than 65,000 years.