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- Lesley Hilton
- - contact:
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293 1400
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Doula UK
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- About
me
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live in Leeds and I've spent most of my working
life in the media. So why am I now a doula when for years
I had never heard of the word?
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- Well,
my three children are now grown up, but I
found their births a fantastic experience, and I have since supported friends and other women during pregnancy and
afterwards.
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have also run post-natal support groups and dealt with a wide range of post-natal problems through
those.
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about three years ago my daughter had a baby, and I was her birth
companion. Looking back I was also an ante-natal, birth
and post-natal doula. I enjoyed it immensely - helping to get them
off to a good start was one of the most satisfying experiences of my
life.
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knew I could do this for other women, but other
than training as a midwife I couldn’t see how. Then I heard about
doulas and a light bulb went on in my head - I thought: “I can do
this!”
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have private clients and I also work with my local Sure Start - a
doula for women who have no support and often speak
no English.
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- My
skills and experience
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my personal experiences I’ve have done several courses endorsed by
Doula UK and am bound by their code of practice and philosophy - www.doula.org.uk
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UK also has a complaints procedure.
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- I’ve been police checked.
- I’ve done counselling and mediation courses.
- I’m very used to problem-solving and finding information fast.
- I’m used to dealing with medical professionals and have good communication
skills.
- I have a qualification in Indian Head Massage.
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- Member of Leeds (East) Research Ethics Committee
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(an advisory committee to Yorkshire and The Humber Strategic Health Authority).
Member of Leeds Maternity Services Liaison Committee.
- What
I do
- I’ll
provide emotional and practical support during the ante-natal,
labour and
post-natal periods by doing more or less whatever is needed.
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- I can help with a home
or hospital birth by providing continuous support throughout
the labour to the mother and her partner, if she has one, to achieve
a positive outlook and memory of the birth.
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- I’ll
do light housework, walk dogs, look after older children, look after
the baby while you sleep, shopping etc. etc.
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idea of a doula is that she “mothers the mother”……and
that’s what I do!
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- Charges
- Please
contact me for details.
- I
work in the Leeds area of West Yorkshire.
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