Hi, I’m Jemma
Your trauma-informed birth and postnatal doula, helping you feel excited about birth rather than dread it.
Nice to Meet You
I'm a birth and postnatal doula, hypnobirthing teacher, and birth educator based in Cheshire. I trained as a midwife but chose not to practice within a system that didn't centre women the way I believed it should. Instead, I co-founded The Doula Training Foundation, where I train the next generation of birth workers across the UK.
I work with women and families across Cheshire, Wirral, and surrounding areas who want to feel genuinely supported through pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum days.
I believe birth should be something you look forward to, not something you endure. My job is to help you feel prepared, informed, and held…so you can walk into your birth feeling confident, not scared.
"I would love for you to feel excited about birth rather than dread it."
I work with families planning home births, free births, hospital births, VBACs, and everything in between. Whether you're healing from trauma, planning something unconventional, or just want someone steady in your corner, I'm here.
I believe every woman should be able to give birth exactly as she chooses—and as your doula, I'll support that decision 100%.
Want to give birth in a woodland glen surrounded by baby animals? Fine with me. Want to give birth in hospital with all the drugs? Also completely okay. I'm even happy to travel if someone wants to give birth with the dolphins in the Maldives!
My Philosophy
Seriously…as long as you have the information you need to make fully informed decisions, I'll support you wherever birth takes you!
What matters most is that you have all the information you need to make fully informed decisions about your care. That's where doulas excel. We have access to evidence-based information and can present it in a non-biased, balanced way so you can decide what feels right for you and your baby.
What I Believe
I feel very strongly that every woman should be able to give birth in a way that she chooses and as your doula I will support that decision 100%. If you want to give birth in a woodland glen surrounded by baby animals that's fine with me. Equally, if you want to give birth in hospital with all the drugs, that's okay too. As long as...and this is the important bit...that you have all the information you need to be able to make fully informed decisions about your care. Doulas are very good at helping you with this! We have access to loads of information and can present it to you in a non biased and balanced way so that you can make up your own mind and decide what is important for you and your baby. I would love for you to feel excited about birth rather than dread it.
All women and birthing people deserve to feel supported, cherished, and able to birth with dignity. Your birth partner should feel involved and part of the process, not sidelined or scared.
As your doula, I help you achieve this by giving you the confidence and knowledge to trust your body's instincts and its ability to do what it's designed to do. Even when things don't go to plan, I'll help ensure your birth experience remains positive.
Creating Your Birth Space
For labour to progress naturally, your body needs to produce oxytocin, the 'love hormone.' That only happens when you feel safe, calm, relaxed, and loved.
As your doula, I create and protect this environment whether you're at home or in hospital. I'm experienced working in medical settings and can communicate professionally with hospital staff, then translate their medical jargon into language you actually understand.
You'll have all the information you need to make the right choices for your baby's birth and I'll be standing right beside you as you make them.
My Story
My journey to becoming a doula wasn't a straight line, it was shaped by my own experience of birth, the stories I heard from other women, and a deep conviction that birth care can and should be better.
I've always been fascinated by birth. Not just the mechanics of it, but the way it changes people, the power it holds, and the vulnerability it requires. That fascination led me to train as a midwife. I thought I'd found my calling.
But as I trained and observed the system from the inside, something became painfully clear: the system was broken. I could see that I'd never be able to work in a way that truly centred women, that honoured their autonomy, that gave them the time and support they actually needed. The institutional pressures, the defensive practices, the tick-box approach to care, it all ran counter to everything I believed birth could and should be.
So I made a choice. I didn't practice as a midwife. Instead, I kept my clinical knowledge but found a different path, one where I could actually support women the way they deserved.
When I had my own child, I experienced this duality firsthand. My birth was positive and empowering, I felt the raw power of what my body could do. But the antenatal care? The postpartum support? It was lacking in all the ways I'd witnessed during my training. Appointments felt rushed. My questions were brushed aside. The support I needed simply wasn't there.
I saw how easily women's voices could be drowned out in clinical settings. How partners could be left feeling helpless. How lack of information could lead to decisions made in fear rather than confidence. And I saw how transformative it was when women felt truly supported.
That's when I knew with absolute certainty: this was what I was meant to do. I trained as a doula, qualified as a hypnobirthing teacher, and co-founded The Doula Training Foundation to help shape the next generation of birth workers. I've since supported hundreds of families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, the way I wished I'd been supported.
Every birth I attend teaches me something new. Every family I work with reminds me why this matters. And every time I see a woman walk into her birth feeling prepared and empowered instead of scared and overwhelmed, I know I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
This work isn't just what I do. It's who I am.
Beyond Client Work
Training the Next Generation
Supporting families one-to-one is deeply meaningful work. But I also wanted to create ripples; to help shape how birth support is delivered across the UK.
That's why I co-founded The Doula Training Foundation, where we train aspiring doulas to provide the kind of trauma-informed, evidence-based, non-judgmental support that every family deserves.
Teaching other doulas has made me a better practitioner. Every question a trainee asks pushes me to examine my own practice more deeply. Every conversation about ethics, boundaries, and evidence challenges me to stay current and thoughtful.
What this means for you: When you work with me, you're getting someone with the clinical knowledge of a midwife combined with the time, autonomy, and woman-centred approach of a doula. You get the best of both worlds…deep understanding of birth physiology and the system you're navigating, without the institutional constraints that prevent truly individualised care.
I'm passionate about raising standards in birth work, ensuring every doula understands trauma-informed care, respects autonomy, and provides truly unbiased support. The families I train doulas to serve benefit from better care and so do the families I work with directly.
Interested in Becoming a Doula?
If you've ever thought about training as a doula yourself, I'd love to tell you more about our approach to doula education.
Training & Experience
Certifications
✓ Midwifery Training (Qualified but chose not to practice)
✓ Certified Birth Doula
✓ Certified Postnatal Doula
✓ Hypnobirthing Teacher
✓ Co-Founder, The Doula Training Foundation
✓ Ongoing CPD & Training including, human biology, baby loss, biomechanics for birth, trauma informed birth, infant feeding, breastfeeding peer support, human biology, closing the bones
Families supported
Non-judgemental support
On-call from 38+3
Let's Connect
Ready to explore what support could look like for you? Let's have a gentle, no-pressure conversation about your hopes for birth and how I might help.