Village for Me | Postpartum Doula Melbourne
As your postpartum doula I will help you to navigate the transformative period that is birth and postpartum, however that looks for you.
I'm here to ensure you feel held, heard and seen in this vulnerable and exciting time, and confident in your own intuition and ability to tackle the challenges that life as a newborn family presents.
Because you were never meant to do this alone
Hello! I’m Alice — a postpartum doula based in Yarraville, Melbourne. I am deeply passionate about providing new parents with physical, emotional and informational support as they navigate the transformative postpartum period. A whiz in the kitchen, a key part of my service is providing families with delicious, healing meals to warm the belly and lighten the load.
I bring a wealth of knowledge and lived experience to my support of new parents — having come to the world of postpartum from a career in family law, and experiencing my sense of purpose utterly transformed by motherhood. A firm believer that it takes a village, I hope to deliver to my clients that feeling of weightlessness and warmth that comes when someone who ‘gets it’ walks in the door and is there to help. I hope my practice as a doula can help new parents to avoid the isolation, stress, and feelings of self-doubt that new parents are left to face if the village support doesn’t arrive.
I believe that the care and support for new parents shouldn’t end when they leave hospital, and that postnatal care shouldn’t be limited to that which a maternal child healthcare nurse can offer. New parents deserve to be listened to, understood, fed and empowered with evidence-based information and support so that they can thrive in the fourth trimester, rather than just scrape through.
I provide in-home and virtual doula support — from postpartum planning in pregnancy to care after birth. My postpartum care is generous, flexible, and designed to hold space for whatever my clients need on the day. This can include the preparation of nourishing meals and snacks; caring for baby and older children to allow you to recharge; assistance with newborn care, settling, breastfeeding or bottle feeding; light massage (hello, back tickles) and movement; debriefing about birth or emotional challenges; and referrals to a network of experts and assistance in organising those appointments.
As your postpartum doula, my focus is on you — because just as much as a baby needs unconditional love and support, so too do new parents. You are going to be the best parents for your baby if your needs are being met, and too often they fall by the wayside in the haze of constant feeding, sleep deprivation, and physical recovery.
Let me tend to whatever needs doing to give you the time to focus on yourself and your baby, because that is what is important right now.
Listen to my journey into parenthood and experience of matrescence.
“Alice arrived with bundles of healthy, filling and delicious food. She swooped in …. giving me a much needed break. I then realised just how much I needed it. We chatted and debriefed on my birth and my challenges of that moment — support and comfort I had desperately craved.
Alice just got it, she understood it all without much even needing to be said — a kind, supportive and deeply understanding ear.”
— Madeleine
Alice helped us set a solid foundation as a new family unit and helped give me the confidence to be the mum I want to be. She gave me the space to rest, recover, heal and feel all the feels which made me feel seen, heard and understood - which is priceless as a new mum.
Alice's cooking is so wholesome and delicious, we still talk about it! I'll never forget the lightness I felt in the house and myself after she'd left.
Don't think twice about it, invest in yourself and your family and book a time to meet with Alice, you deserve it and you won't regret it, she's amazing.
— Cate
From the Journal
Let’s plan a fourth trimester and postpartum journey that leaves you feeling
SUPPORTED - NOURISHED - EMPOWERED - CONNECTED
