ABOUT ME

HI, MY NAME IS ALANA. I’M A 25 YEAR OLD WIFE AND MOTHER TO TWO BEAUTIFUL BABIES.

I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN BIRTH AND AFTER BECOMING PREGNANT AND HAVING MY OWN BABIES, I DELVED DEEP INTO ALL THINGS PREGNANCY, LABOUR AND BIRTH AND STUMBLED UPON DOULAS. I HAD ENLISTED AN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PERSON IN MY SECOND PREGNANCY, MY LOVELY STUDENT MIDWIFE CASEY, AND HAVING SOMEONE I COULD MESSAGE TO ASK QUESTIONS, WHOM CAME TO MY APPOINTMENTS AND PROVIDED ME WITH BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT I DIDN’T REALISE WAS MISSING FROM MY FIRST PREGNANCY AND BIRTH. I FELT SO MUCH MORE CONNECTED TO HER THAN I DID WITH MY OBSTETRICIAN AS I FELT MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER PREGNANT LADY ON THE BOOKS TO HER.

IN MODERN SOCIETY, THERE IS THIS STIGMA AROUND BIRTH THAT CAUSES MAJORITY OF WOMEN TO GO INTO BIRTH BOTH BLIND AND EXTREMELY FEARFUL. MY MISSION IS TO HELP WOMEN TO FEEL CONFIDENT IN THEIR OWN BODIES AND APPROACH THEIR BIRTH WITHOUT FEAR. MY ROLE AS A DOULA IS TO HELP INFORM AND SUPPORT WOMEN THROUGHOUT THEIR PREGNANCY, SO THEY GO INTO THEIR BIRTH WITH THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, LEADING TO A POSITIVE BIRTHING EXPERIENCE.