Reclaim your Birth Experience
as a Rite of Passage
I support home birthing conscious women of the Hunter Valley / Newcastle to birth at home
Prenatal , Birth and Postpartum Support
Photographer | Doula | Advocate | Birth Keeper
Albury Doula
Hey I’m Sarah a mother of 5 children living in Newcastle , New South Wales.
I combined my love of photography and birth, after the birth of my 5th child.
I had deep regret that I only had one of five beautiful births photographed and on reflection very few images of myself existing in the chaos of motherhood.
My path to healing this wound is showing you through images how beautiful, messy and important (the images will mean more to you as the years go on)the season of motherhood truly is - even though it doesn’t feel like it when you're so deep in it.
I want to document it all - messy bun and all xx
Be supported Emotionally + have your Birth story documented as it unfolds
Holistic Prenatal + Birth Support
You know there is another way to birth then what you have been told.
If you desire another level of physical or emotional support than what’s on offer.
You want to confidently make decisions you might not know you can.
You know there is another way to birth but not sure how to access evidence based research for you to decide what’s best for you and your baby.
You are feeling like a number when you walk out of your care providers office and ask yourself why you keep going back for these routine appointments feeling disconnected to your unique experience.
You are looking forward to the powerful transformation of birth.
We are a good fit if …..
How I can support you as your doula ?
Support and encourage rest
Hands on interaction with older children playing, walking, playground hangs
Baby wearing your little one
Practical hands on help around the house/ Light house duties ie washing, dishes , cleaning
Cooking / nourishing postpartum food assist in recovery
Herbal bath
Meal train
Birth debriefing
Breastfeeding support
Setting boundaries
Belly binding to deepen abdominal support and post-birth rejuvenation
The Pillars of Postpartum Wellness
Extended Rest
Nourishing & Warming Food
Warming Healing Therapies
Integrative & Restorative Bodywork
Emotional Support & Witnessing
Community Support
There is no shame in asking for and receiving help.
Postpartum Care
Postpartum care and support to women has been an overlooked piece to the prenatal / birth continuity of care spectrum in modern society.
The “new” paradigm of postpartum care uses ancient Ayurvedic principles that focus equally on mother and baby.
Women receive the nourishment they require on a physiological, emotional and spiritual level to move through the fourth trimester/ motherhood with confidence.
This might look like nourishing warming foods to assist in your recovery, belly binding, bodywork , light house duties or wrangling siblings so you can rest- regardless on how you may have birthed.
When a woman is held and supported by family and her community in this transformational time from maiden to mother it is returned to community for other women to receive in this capacity when at the alter of birth and motherhood.
“Giving birth can be the most empowering experience of a lifetime - an initiation into a new dimension of mind -body awareness” - Ina May Gaskin
Birth Photography
I quickly came to realise that I'm not just a photographer in the birth space.
This means that I truly care about your experience. I want to support the birth that you’ve been envisioning, putting you at the centre of your birth.
I’ll be on call for you, from 38 weeks up until the birth of your baby and stay for a few hours after the birth to document all the little details that you think you’ll never forget * but do.
I’ll document your birth story as it unfolds so you don’t have to rely on remembering all the details. You will be able to process your birth in the postpartum with a tangible reminder of the day(s) you entered the birth portal and roared your baby earth side.
Take a look at my limited Birth Photography portfolio.
* Shared with permission
Doula Offerings
In the wild pregnancy package, regular visits throughout your entire pregnancy. These sessions are unique to you.
May include but are not limited to:
Visioning your wild pregnancy
Building a support team
Massage / outsourced
Nutrition and meal preparation
Healing pregnancy fears & concerns
Visioning & preparation for a birth on your terms
Evidence based research / resources on physiological, undisturbed birth
Visioning & preparation for a sacred postpartum
* Please see a licensed medical provider if you are looking for medical care.