Doula - Kent & London

Posts tagged motherhood

My Motherhood, ambivalence

Ruth PayMarch 30, 2020motherhood, first time mum, new parent, birth doula, postnatal doulaComment

Two

Ruth PayMarch 16, 2020postnatal doula, motherhood, kent poet, mother poem, love poem, birth dupportComment

Guest Post - Sarah Turner of The Informed Family: Why I care that women can breastfeed...and why I don’t judge you if you aren’t

A beautiful piece on breastfeeding and why it IS political and why is DOES matter if we care about it or not by Sarah Turner of The Informed Family.

Doula BusinessRuth PaySeptember 4, 2018Mother Mother Doulabreastfeeding, normalise breastfeeding, motherhood, family, informed is best, happy baby, new mother, newborn, formula, politics of breastfeeding, low milk supply, healthy babies, mental health, supportComment

Instagram post - C-section, 'natural birth's and failure

Doula BusinessRuth PayJuly 30, 2018pain relief, labour, c-section, breastfeeding, birth, doula, baby, motherhoodComment

Instagram post - postnatal fog

Doula BusinessRuth PayJuly 12, 2018mental health, mother, fourthtrimester, encouragement, postnatal, women supporting women, newborn, 4thtrimester, doula, motherhood Comment

Instagram post - when I became a mother

PersonalRuth PayJune 1, 2018c-section, mother, birth, newborn, new mother, parenthood, motherhoodComment

International Doula Month - Book Club : Steve Biddulph, Raising Boys

My mum sent me Raising Boys after we spoke about the challenges of childcare. Looks like it might help us on this mission to raise a strong, gentle, happy, healthy, kind, feminist man. Also, it'll be nice to have someone to blame when we cock it up.

PersonalRuth PayMay 19, 2018boys, feminist, , bookreview, book club, family, parenting, men, motherhood, fathers, feminismComment

Feed me: the impact of a mother's choice to breastfeed. Or not.

I want to talk about feeding babies. More specifically about how mothers want to feed their babies. How they want to feed them but don't.

Ruth PayMarch 18, 2018Mother Motherbreastfeeding, doula, mother, motherhood, rochester doula, london doula, rochester breastfeeding, kent doula, formula feeding, is my baby getting enough milk?, am I breastfeeding right?, how long should I breastfeed?Comment

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Antenatal, Birth & Postnatal Doula for Kent and London

Towns and areas that I can cover

Ashford, Aylesford, Allhallows-on-Sea, Bearsted, Biddenden, Bonnington, Brenchley, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Charing, Chatham, Chiddingstone, Cliffe at Hoo, Cobham Cranbrook, Crockenhill, Dartford, Deal, Detling, Dover, Dunton Green, Dymchurch, Eythorne, Edenbridge, Eastry, Faversham, Folkestone, Gillingham, Goudhurst, Gravesend, Greenhithe, HawkhurstHeadcorn, Herne Bay, Higham, High-Halstow, Hildenborough, Hollingbourne, Horsmonden, Hythe, Kemsing, Kingsdown, Kings Hill, Lamberhurst, Langley, Leigh, Linton, Longfield, Lydd , Maidstone, Manston, Marden, Margate, Martin, Martin Mill, Meopham, Minster-in-Thanet, Minster-in-Sheppey, Maxton, Monkton, Nettlestead, Nettlestead Green, New Ash GreenNew Romney, Northfleet, Otford, PaddockWood, Pembury, Penshurst, Postling , Queenborough , Ramsgate, Rochester, Sandwich, Seal, Sevenoaks, Sheerness, Shoreham, Shorne, Sittingbourne, Stone, Sturry, Swanley, Tenterden, Thurnham, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Upnor, Upchurch, Walmer, Westerham, West Kingsdown, West Malling, Whitstable. Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark