My journey started a little over 10 years ago, when, at the age of 28, pregnant with my first son, I realized that I know almost nothing about childbirth, and most things I knew are stereotypes with little connection with reality. This captured my attention so much that for 6 months my main point of interest, consuming hours of research, conversations, and practice was learning what is it really that can make my birth unfold easily, intensely, and beautifully. And that’s what happened to me, my first birth, not pain-free or a breeze, was a great experience. Then it was time for my friends to give birth, and even after what looked like them getting ready for birth, there was a lot of “I had no idea about that” or “I just forgot everything I learned in birth classes and did not know how to cope”. This brought me to become trained as a doula and support women in this important time so that less and less women I know will say “I wish I knew this before, but nobody told me. I wish somebody could understand me and know how to help me but did not have that”.

I am aware of differences in birth cultures in different countries and how to navigate Australian birth system. I supported births in most hospitals in Melbourne with different models of care, so I am ready and have relevant skills to support women in variety of settings, from homebirth to ceserean birth.