About Me

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Hello! I'm Ruth and I live in Formby, Merseyside, with my husband and our two children. 

'Anamchara' is the Celtic term for 'soul friend' and this is what I aim to be for my clients. 

Whether this is your first baby or your fifth, we all need a little extra TLC during the topsy turvy postnatal period.

By the time my youngest was born we had moved to West Yorkshire to be closer to my family and my experience was SO. MUCH. BETTER. Even with a toddler in tow! This time, I planned for my postnatal period. I filled the freezer with batch-cooked meals, I already knew where the parent and toddler groups took place and I arranged for my parents to come over and help regularly so that I could rest.

My second postnatal period was still a vulnerable time of transition, but I came out the other side with my mental health intact. I imagine that having a postnatal doula would have made the transition even smoother for the whole family as my husband and parents really picked up the slack for the things I was not doing while I recovered and worked to establish breastfeeding. However, we don't know what we don't know! It is now my mission to spread the word about postnatal doulas. 

New parents should not be left to muddle through these life-changing transitions alone! As they say, it takes a village to raise a child and a postnatal doula might be part of yours.