Doula Care
Doula Care,crafted for you
Doula care crafted for you: preparing before, presence during, and support in the weeks after.
15 min read · Last updated September 2026 · Written and reviewed by Emma, Birth & Mother
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Working with a doula
What isa doula
A doula is a trained companion. I am not a medical professional and I cannot practise medicine, but my training prepares me for the intensity of birth and for supporting you and your family through labour. I understand the physiology of birth and the common complaints of pregnancy, and I am aware of its most commonly occurring complications, so I can help you make sense of what your body is doing and of what you are being told.
I work with your family as independent support alongside your care team: with your midwife, but not within the system and not for the midwife. I know the German maternity system well, and because I am not part of the hospital or bound by its protocols, I stay wholly with you, helping you understand what is being suggested and gently speaking up if something feels coercive or does not respect your wishes. I follow the doula code and hold myself to strict professional guidelines.
My craft is mothering the mother: tending your wellbeing, your rest, and your recovery so that you are free to tend your baby. In the early days of adjustment at home, I help you establish nursing and settle into caring for your baby.
My Approach
How I WorkWith You
I walk with you from the first questions in early pregnancy, through birth if you would like me there, and into the quiet weeks of the fourth trimester.
For families anywhere in Germany, I offer the same support by video: a familiar voice you can return to.
What I want, more than anything, is for you to feel steady: to know your choices, to know what you are entitled to here, and to feel genuinely supported.
GroundedPresence
I am fully present in each moment, offering steady support and gentle hands so you feel anchored during pregnancy, birth, and beyond. When challenges arise, I am right there with practical solutions, not just reassurance.
ProtectiveCare
I safeguard a space where you feel safe physically, emotionally, and mentally, and held without judgement. When something does not feel right, I will safely signpost you to the right professional or resource so that no concern goes unaddressed.
Evidence-BasedSolutions
Drawing on current research, professional training, and lived experience, I bring clear evidence to the questions in front of you. You will leave every session with practical tools and clear next steps, not just emotional comfort.
HonouringIntuition
You already know more than you think about your own birth. I serve without agenda or bias and never arrive with a script, protecting your sense of agency so you stay in your own voice. My role is to help you hear what you know and turn instinct into clear decisions, so you birth confidently, in your own way.
Pregnancy, birth, and after
The CareI Offer
Choose where you are now: the trimesters before birth, the birth itself, or the fourth trimester after.
The first three trimesters
Preparing for birth
Emotional, physical, and practical preparation for birth: your hopes and fears heard without judgement, and the choices about pain relief, positions, and who is in the room made together before labour begins. I can come to appointments with you so your voice is fully heard. Read my guide to the German birth system.
Support in pregnancyThe birth itself
Held through labour
I stay by your side from the first waves of labour through birth: movement, positioning, massage, counter-pressure, water, warmth, and breathing, and your birth preferences kept present when the intensity makes it hard to speak up for yourself. Learn how a doula and midwife work together.
Birth supportThe fourth trimester
The weeks that follow
The postpartum (Wochenbett) is recognised in Germany as a 6–8 week recovery period. I come to your home for feeding and newborn guidance, meals and light household tasks, carrying your baby while you sleep, and quiet time to talk through your birth and the early days of motherhood. Read more about the fourth trimester in Germany.
Fourth trimester supportEither side of birth
Two focused planning sessions sit either side of birth: the Birth Planning Session helps you write your birth plan, and the Postpartum Planning Session plans the weeks after.
Everything I offer
ThePackages
Every way we can work together, in one place. Begin wherever you are and combine support as freely as you like.
Good things are coming to Potsdam
While we test everything behind the scenes, the full doula packages below open once we are past our soft summer launch. Their prices are shown so you can plan and compare. In the meantime you are invited to a free 30-minute call to ask about the care on offer, and you are welcome to get in touch to hold your place.
In pregnancy
When you understand what your options are and what to do if the day shifts, birth feels safer. The Power of Preparation is a set of practical sessions to take you through it before labour begins. It is more than a birth plan. It is the time to work out what you actually want, why, and what to do if things shift on the day.
Partner & Family
Your partner is welcome at every session. Most partners arrive wanting to help and unsure how. We work on the practical side of that: what to say, what to ask, when to step in, and when to simply be there. By the end, they have a clear sense of their role rather than guessing.
What This Offering Includes
- —Six hours of one-to-one preparation, scheduled around your week
- —Personalised work with your specific pregnancy, concerns, and chosen birth setting
- —Practical tools: breathwork, comfort positions, and grounding techniques for labour
- —Partner coaching: practical role, language, and presence in the birth room
- —Writing your birth preferences together, with the evidence behind each choice
Prefer to prepare from home? The same six hours run as live online sessions, anywhere in Germany. See The Power of Preparation (Virtual) below. €399
An introductory price for our launch.
A birth plan is not a script for the day. It is the thinking you do beforehand: what matters to you, what you would prefer, and what you want to happen if the day takes its own shape. This single, focused session walks you through all of it, using a dedicated Birth & Mother birth plan guide so nothing important is missed.
What This Offering Includes
- —A one-to-one birth planning session, in person or by video
- —A dedicated Birth & Mother birth plan guide that walks you through every choice
- —A printable birth plan you complete and keep
- —The evidence behind each option, so your plan is informed
- —The printable birth plan guide, yours to download when you subscribe
By video · 6 hours
The Power ofPreparation (Virtual)
The same six-hour birth preparation as the in-person sessions, live online, wherever you are.
€399
Enquire about this offeringVirtual · one hour
OrientationConsultation
One hour to orient you in the German maternity system and answer whatever is keeping you up at night.
€65
Explore the consultationIn-person workshop
Beautiful BirthWorkshop
A workshop in my home in Potsdam: conquering fear, understanding your rights, and practical tools for labour intensity.
€59 · 3 hours
See workshop detailsAt the birth
Birth Support is my most flexible birth support offering, shaped for families who are under the care of a community midwife or a birth house for their prenatal preparation and postpartum follow-up, but who have chosen to give birth in hospital. In that setting your own midwife usually cannot be there for the birth itself, and you are cared for by the on-call midwives on shift.
This is the gap I bridge. I get to know your midwife so we can work in cooperation, and I stay with you continuously so there is one familiar, steady presence from labour through to the early hours after your baby arrives. It is continuity, and peace of mind, when the faces around you change.
What This Offering Includes
- —Unlimited phone and message support in the lead-up to your due date
- —On-call availability from 14 days before your due date
- —Continuous presence throughout labour and birth
- —Physical comfort measures, partner support, and language for the room
- —Two hours of immediate postpartum support in the birth space
If you only need me with you at the hospital, with no support at home beforehand, the fee is €1,460
When you choose Continuity in Birth, you have one person who knows your story from beginning to end. We prepare together in pregnancy, I am on call as your due date approaches, I stay from the first sign of labour to the early hours after your baby arrives, and I come back to you at home in the first days of motherhood. Nothing needs explaining twice.
Why Continuity
In Germany, your care changes hands at every stage: different faces in pregnancy, at the birth, and in the weeks after, each knowing only part of your story. Continuity in Birth gives you one person who knows the whole of it, from the preferences we write together to the birth story we talk through after.
During Labour & Birth
When labour begins, I come to you and stay. I keep the room calm and unhurried, so you feel undisturbed. There may be long stretches where I am quiet. That is intentional. What I offer is steady: breath, positioning, physical comfort, reassurance through the intensity, clear information when decisions arrive, and a steady hand on your preferences.
After Birth
The first hours after your baby arrives belong to the two of you. I stay close for the first two hours, keeping those early moments after birth calm and unhurried, supporting the first attempts at feeding, helping you settle after the intensity of labour. A two-hour home visit follows, with time to rest and to talk through the story of your birth.
What This Offering Includes
- —Up to six hours of personalised prenatal preparation
- —Unlimited phone and message support in the lead-up to your due date
- —On-call availability from 14 days before your due date
- —Continuous presence throughout labour and birth
- —Physical comfort measures, partner support, and language for the room
- —Two hours of immediate postpartum support in the birth space
- —A two-hour follow-up home visit and birth reflection
A breech presentation, a planned caesarean, or a VBAC all come with their own specific considerations, and often more decisions to navigate than a straightforward labour. This offering gives you the same continuous, one-to-one support as Continuity in Birth, with preparation built around your specific circumstances.
Before Your Birth
Together we build a clear picture of how you want things to go: understanding your options in detail, knowing your rights and what to expect, and preparing the questions for your care team. The aim is for you to go in informed and clear-headed, not anxious.
If Your Birth Is a Caesarean
For a caesarean, usually only one support person can come into the operating theatre, and most often that is your partner. My rate for a caesarean is reduced to reflect this. I wait just outside the theatre, and sit with your partner if for any reason you find yourselves separated, then join you again in recovery. If you would prefer me to be the person beside you in theatre instead, you are welcome to choose that as part of my full birth presence.
What This Offering Includes
- —Preparation built around your circumstances: your options, your rights, and the questions for your care team
- —Continuous, one-to-one presence from the start, whether early labour for a VBAC or the morning of a planned caesarean
- —Steady focus on your comfort and your communication with the team throughout
- —Two hours of immediate postpartum support in the birth space
- —On-call availability from 14 days before, for a breech birth or VBAC
- —A two-hour follow-up home visit, with space to reflect afterwards
The weeks after
The weeks after birth are far gentler when they are planned for, and far clearer when someone helps you see what you actually need. This is a single, focused session you can take at either end of birth: in pregnancy to set things up while you still have room to think, or once your baby is here to take stock of how you are and what would genuinely help now. It stands entirely on its own, with no expectation of anything after it.
What This Offering Includes
- —Two hours of one-to-one care, in person or by video
- —Bookable in pregnancy to plan ahead, or after birth to take stock
- —A written postpartum plan you keep
- —Honest signposting to the midwife care, home help, and insurance-covered support you are entitled to
- —No assumption of any further booking
Each month I keep one of these sessions open at no charge, for a family for whom cost would otherwise put it out of reach. If that is you, please just say.
The early days after birth are not meant to be rushed. They are meant to be soft, protected, and held. Nurtured Beginnings is a steady hand through your fourth trimester. In-home postpartum care so you can rest, bond, and grow into the rhythm of mothering, without pressure.
What We Do Together
If you wish, we talk through the story of your birth, making room for what felt powerful, unexpected, or still unresolved. I offer clear, non-clinical newborn guidance: reading your baby's cues, finding feeding positions that work, settling you both into simple daily rhythms. I am a steady presence who notices when something feels worth raising with your midwife. And practical support, like company at appointments or a hand around the house, so your energy can stay where it belongs: with rest, recovery, and your baby.
What This Offering Includes
- —Eight hours of in-home postpartum visits, paced around your recovery
- —Non-urgent, unhurried feeding support and newborn care guidance
- —Space to reflect on your birth experience
- —Practical help including appointments and light household tasks
- —A steady presence who notices when something feels worth raising with your midwife
Prefer to talk from home? The same steady support runs as hour-long video sessions, anywhere in Germany, single or a block of ten. See Postpartum Care (Virtual) below. €65/hr
The German postpartum tradition takes recovery seriously: not rushing back to normal, but resting, healing, and being genuinely looked after. This offering brings that tradition into your home, across twenty hours of unhurried, in-person care structured around what you actually need each day.
The Rituals
Woven into the offering are four guided rituals that are genuinely therapeutic, not just relaxing extras. The Warm Touch Ritual uses warm oil and herbal compresses to ease physical tension and support nervous system recovery. The Herbal Bath uses carefully chosen herbs to support healing and restoration. The Nourishment Circle brings a warm, nutrient-dense three-course meal cooked for you, with meat, fish, or vegetarian options, alongside a proper check-in on how you are doing. Birth Story Processing is a gentle close: at your own pace, you tell the story of your birth in full, making room for what was hard and what was tender, and drawing your Wochenbett to a close.
Because the rituals are hands-on, the warm-oil touch, the herbal bath, and the meal cooked in your kitchen, Daily Healing is in-home care, offered around Potsdam. If you are elsewhere in Germany and would like postpartum support by video, that is a separate offering, Postpartum Care (Virtual), below.
What This Offering Includes
- —20 hours of dedicated in-home postpartum care
- —Visits structured around your needs and recovery
- —Four guided rituals: Warm Touch, Herbal Bath, Nourishment Circle, Birth Story Processing
- —Feeding support and newborn care guidance
- —Space to process your birth experience and find your feet as a mother
Read: the Wochenbett tradition & rituals
By video · session by session
PostpartumCare (Virtual)
A steady, one-to-one point of contact over video in the weeks and months after your baby arrives, wherever you are. Single sessions or a block of ten at 20% off.
€65/hr
Enquire about this offeringA gift of care
The Gift ofWochenbett
A four-hour postpartum visit, given as a baby-shower gift: rest, warmth, a nourishing meal, and a hand with the early days.
€280
See the giftA note on cost
When cost isthe worry
Each year I support two families through birth on a donation basis, and one family through the early weeks with an eight-hour Nurtured Beginnings package, where you pay what you can. If cost would otherwise be the deciding factor for you, please reach out. We will find a way.
An open invitation
Let's explore your support options
You're warmly invited to book a complimentary 30-minute video call with me. Whether you're pregnant, preparing for birth, navigating the early weeks of motherhood, or supporting your growing family, this is a chance to ask questions, understand your care options across Germany, learn more about the support I offer, both in person and online, and see whether we're the right fit for each other.
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For Birth Partners
You matterin this room too
Partners often arrive at birth feeling unprepared. Not for any lack of care, but because so little of what is written about birth is written for you. I work with both of you, from the first prenatal session, through labour, into the early weeks, so you can be beside her with purpose rather than at the edge of the room.
The gift of support
The Gift of Wochenbett
This one is coming with our full launch. Leave your email and we will send you the details, and how to give it, the moment it opens.
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Perinatal support that stays with you. Certified Nurturing Birth Doula.
Certified Nurturing Birth DoulaPhilosophyMy Craft
I trained with Nurturing Birth in London. The training showed me what a doula actually does on the day: holding the room, reading what is needed, offering evidence-based information, and staying when staying is the thing that matters most.
It also showed me the value of continuity. One person who knows your story from the first conversation through the weeks after birth. Someone who speaks the language you think in, notices the smaller things, and creates space for the questions that can be difficult to ask elsewhere.
I bring that approach into every birth I attend in and around Potsdam, and into the support I offer online to families across Germany.
A note about my work
My work sits alongside your care team, never in place of it. For anything to do with your health or your baby’s health, your midwife, doctor, or care team are the people to turn to. What I bring is the continuous, personal support that runs between and around their appointments. If you are still looking for a midwife, Ammely is the national search, and if you are near Potsdam, I am connected with English-speaking midwives locally and can help you find one.
