Kathryn graduated from the Newborn Mothers Collective way back in 2016, and after working as a postpartum doula for a few years started an agency, One Moon Doula. Kathryn shares the pros and cons for both families and doulas using agencies and different agency models and how they work.

Julia Jones talks with Katherine Baquie about the physical side of matrescence and what really happens in a woman’s body after birth. Katherine shares her experience as a women’s health physio and mum of three, supporting women through recovery, pelvic floor health, and returning to movement. Together, they explore simple, practical ways to help women feel strong, supported, and confident after birth.

Jo has a background as a counsellor, and now works as a postpartum doula and runs baby massage classes. Jo is a graduate of Newborn Mothers, has lived and worked in the UK and Australia and worked online and locally with new families.

Maddy has a background in communications and was working in media when she made a big career leap. After experiencing polar opposites with her children’s births: a traumatic experience the first time, and then healing, empowering birth the second time around, Maddy was drawn to working with other parents to empower them to take action.

Rachael Hollinger has a college degree in culinary arts and is a graduate of Newborn Mothers Collective Postpartum Training. She has self-studied nutrition and Ayurveda medicine giving her a full picture of food as medicine. Rachael works with all kinds of mothers and birthing people to achieve a more peaceful postpartum through food, breast/bottle feeding support, sleep solutions, massage, herbal care, and birth processing.

Irena from Slovenia used to be an Attorney but gave it all up to become a nurturer and facilitator. Along with Newborn Mothers Collective, Irena has studied Hypnobirthing, Bowen therapy, childbirth education and baby massage, and now combines it all into caring for mothers and babies not only in pregnancy and childbirth but also during the weeks, months and even years afterwards.

Heather is a postpartum doula and educator whose passion is to help new moms and families find calmer, confidence and connection in their lives. She gave birth to her first child while living overseas, and has a special interest in working with families who are living away from their home country. She believes that all parents deserve to feel trusted and supported in their parenting choices and that the well-being of the mother is essential to the well-being of her entire family. She lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband and three school-age children.

Trystan Reese is a transgender parent and educator whose work spans across the full depth and breadth of the trans fertility journey, inviting both trans people and their allies into a world in which everyone--especially trans folks-- can build families on their own terms. His book, "How We Do Family" launched to rave reviews in 2021, and his social media presence continues to be a source of inspiration for birthing communities worldwide. 

Ria Keller is a postpartum doula, chef, early years’ teacher and passionate cold-water swimmer. She is originally from Germany and now lives in Northern Ireland with her partner and her two sons. Ria works with mothers during the last stretch of their pregnancy, throughout postpartum and later stages of motherhood. She has a special interest in “Zwischen”, which is a German word for “in-between” and describes the time of a woman`s life where she is becoming a new self while simultaneously is being asked to let go of the old. Ria is offering mothers a deep holding, she is walking alongside them while they refine their sense of self and reconnect to their intuition and roots.

Hannah Dahlen is Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR and Midwifery Discipline Lead in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University. Hannah is a leading midwifery researcher in Australia, with an international reputation as an outstanding midwifery scholar. This is demonstrated through the publication of over 200 papers and book chapters, despite only being an active researcher for the past 10 years and maintaining clinical practice.

Suzanna Miller is a holistic preconception, birth and postpartum doula, yoga teacher and Reiki practitioner with a comprehensive background in Ayurveda, child developmental psychology, behavioural health, and neuroscience autism research at Yale University. She teaches the physiological wisdom of conception, pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. 

I chat with Newborn Mothers educator Antonia Anderson from Peaceful Postnatal, who teaches two modules on Breastfeeding in our Postpartum Education and Care Professional training. Together we discuss the social, historical and cultural structures impacting women's ability to breastfeed. At the core of this conversation, we challenge the belief that women are responsible for their own breastfeeding success. Instead, we explore the social and systemic change required to support mothers' breastfeeding journey.

Ashley believes that women are born with the strength, wisdom and confidence to birth and become the mothers they want to be.

She works intimately with pregnant women who plan to freebirth by working through fear and challenges while providing emotional support so that they feel heard, seen & validated while taking the steps to intuitively birth their baby their way.

Tzaddi is a mother, artist, yoga teacher, spiritual guide and founder of Bija Garden of Wellbeing, an initiative that seeks to reclaim our indigenous wellness as well as ease current suffering. Considering herself a Universal Soul, her Caribbean origins spring forth from Africa and India and she has lived in the UK, the US and India. Tzaddi specialises in Restorative practices with a focus on Pre and Postnatal care. She is delighted to share tools and jewels and techniques that will help reassure, restore and rejuvenate women at different stages of their pregnancy and postpartum journey.

A video on breastfeeding basics for family and supporters.