The Birth Base
Doula Packages
As your doula...
I will be your biggest cheerleader and confidant, & provide continuous physical, emotional, and informational support from pregnancy, to birth and beyond.
I am hugely passionate about you having the best possible birth experience. I would love to help guide you to approach birth feeling calm, confident & excited to experience the amazing transformation that is about to happen. I will also be honest with you and would love for you to be realistic - knowing that it can sometimes be hard to fight for what you want in the medical maternity model, but with the right support, it IS possible and absolutely worth shooting for the stars.
I will be with you every step of the way.​
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I would highly recommend you check out all my Google reviews here, to see my client’s own words of their experience with me and to get a good sense of the sort of person I am.
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I'm happy to support all kinds of birth, free birth included.
​Sounds good? Let's start with a 'doula interview', to see if we're a good fit for one another.... ​​​
What IS a doula?
I’d describe myself as a doula who is….
A professional birth partner
A calming presence
A protector of the birth space
An extra pair of (very useful!) hands - able to provide both physical support (like massage and hip squeezes for example) during birth, and provide wonderful postnatal care too
An expert in supporting physiological birth
An expert in understanding the NHS maternity system and how to effectively navigate it
A neutral person who’s well trained in advocacy, and will speak up for you, to ensure your birthing wishes are respected by medical health care professionals
All of this is done to help facilitate the best possible birth experience for YOU.
Benefits of having a Doula
Did you know evidence shows us that having a doula for your birth hugely improves outcomes?
​’There is evidence to show that having a doula can mean:
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Reduced risk of Caesarean birth
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Reduced risk of instrumental birth
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Reduced need for painkillers or epidural during birth
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Reduced rate of induction of labour
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Shorter labour
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Increased parental satisfaction with the birth experience
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Increased likelihood of initiating breastfeeding
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Increased likelihood of successfully establishing breastfeeding & breastfeeding at 6 weeks
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Lower incidence of depressive symptomatology
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Improve equity and provide culturally responsive care
What's my role?
Hiring me as your doula makes for a a fantastic addition to your birth team. I help take the pressure of your birth partner by sharing the load that comes with the huge task of supporting you in labour. I only add to your birth team, I do not take away roles or responsibilities from your birth partner. I also provide you with continuity of care throughout pregnancy and postpartum which is invaluable.
Through my doula services I provide continuous physical, emotional, and informational support from pregnancy, to birth and beyond.
How does it work?
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Typically, I will meet with you and your birth partner/family, during your pregnancy, to provide you with evidence based antenatal education and hypnobirthing skills, to get you fully prepared for your baby's birth, and to of course, get to know me really well. I will go 'on call' for you from 10 days before your EDD (estimated due date) until your baby is born. When you go into labour, contact me and I will come out to you at whatever point you’d like my in person birth support to start. I’ll then stay with you for a few hours after your baby has been born to ensure you’re settled into your new family life.
'Joining Kristina’s hypno birthing course was definitely the best investment of my pregnancy. Labour had been a big fear of mine for a long time, but throughout the course I learnt so much and ended up feeling confident, calm and empowered about my birth. Although it didn’t go to ‘plan’ I definitely felt empowered to be able to make informed choices about my birth and Kristina was at the end of the phone whenever I needed her, advocating for me the whole time I was in hospital and for that we will be forever grateful as it made all the difference to us. Kristina has built a wonderful community of women who support each other and regularly meet up, it is also amazing that she will support you for as long as you need, a true gem!'
Katie Darvell, Client
'Kristina has been there throughout most of my pregnancy from when we started looking into hypnobirthing after our 12 week scan right through to now in the 4th trimester. Her knowledge and support has been invaluable and continues to be. She's always at the end of the phone to support and check in and organises mama meet ups regularly for mums and mums to be. Hypnobirthing made a huge difference to my birthing experience, even though it didn't go the way I envisioned in the end. We cannot recommend Kristina & her fantastic business enough :)' Emma Gray, Client
The Birth Base
Doula Packages
‘The Full Whammy’
Doula Package
£1355
Perfect for first timers, and those who’ve had a baby before, but haven’t previously completed ‘The Birth Base’ hypnobirthing course
Includes…
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8 hours of hypnobirthing/antenatal prep sessions
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Doula ‘on call’ from 10 days before your EDD, until your baby is born
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Birth doula in person support during labour and first few hours afterbirth
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4 hours of postpartum doula support
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Personalised WhatsApp support from Kristina from booking, to birth & beyond
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‘The Birthy Bit’
Doula Package
£995
Perfect for previous clients
Includes…
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2 hours of hypnobirthing/antenatal prep sessions
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Doula ‘on call’ from 10 days before your EDD, until your baby is born
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Birth doula in person support during labour and first few hours afterbirth
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2 hours of postpartum doula support
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Personalised WhatsApp support from Kristina from booking, to birth & beyond