Birth Support Nottingham

Honest, Informed & Empowering

Barefaced Birth is about meeting birth as it truly is—raw, powerful, and deeply human. I support women and families to approach birth with confidence, clarity, and trust in their bodies. No fear-mongering, no performance—just evidence-based support, emotional safety, and space for you to make informed choices, every step of the way.

Barefaced birth offers pregnancy and hypnobirthing classes, birth doula support, postnatal care and birth trauma healing across Nottinghamshire.

My Approach

My passion is to support women and birthing people and their partners as they embark on their journey to meet their baby.

My approach is to empower you to feel informed, confident and in control of your choices.

Birth can take many different paths which can feel scary but knowing that you have an experienced independent doula by your side offering gentle guidance, evidenced based, knowledge and a good listening ear can make the world of difference to how you experience your pregnancy and birth journey.

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Birth & Postnatal Doula Support

Birth is incredible and I love to support all kinds of birth whether you choose a hospital birth, home birth, caesarean birth, VBAC, first time birth and subsequent births!

Birth support packages include birth preparation, antenatal information and hypnobirthing.

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"We hired Kerry for doula support for the birth of our son in April... It's hard to put into words how invaluable having her at our birth was, especially as I ended up needing an unplanned c section. Kerry advocated for us, and made us feel in control in a situation where without her, I think it could have felt traumatic and easily become a birth experience I don't look back at with fondness. Before and after the birth Kerry was there to help with any questions we had, nothing felt like too much and she created a relaxed, judgement free environment and provided me with the confidence I needed going into birth. I look back at my birth with so much joy and having Kerry there is absolutely a part of that - Thank you for everything❤️"
“The most amazing person!I cannot express enough how incredible Kerry was as my doula.I am so grateful for the incredible support she provided during my challenging birth experience. I had initially planned for a water birth at home, but after being induced, 4 days of hospital issues, intense contractions I then needed an emergency C-section, she was there every step of the way for. Her calm presence, encouragement, and guidance helped me stay focused and empowered, even when things didn’t go as planned.Her support during pregnancy and labour was beyond anything I could have imagined.She truly made a difficult and emotional experience much more manageable, and I’m so thankful for all her help in bringing my baby girl into the world 🙏❤️”
"Kerry was the perfect doula from our first antenatal session to our final post natal session. I only wish I had an angel like Kerry for the birth of my first son!! Kerry was cool and collected throughout every obstacle we faced ( which in the last 2 weeks was a few as I became "overdue") but equally always ready to advocate for me and my needs. She empowered me to listen to my gut and speak my truth throughout my pregnancy and really trust to my instincts. Armed with the facts and so much experience, we navigated every twist, and turn was so much more ease, thanks to Kerry's expertise and care. The day of the birth itself, I genuinely don't know what I would have done without her support practically with our homebirth, but most importantly, mentally. She was there for me and my fiancé at very moment. We feel so blessed to have met Kerry, and I can not recommend her enough!"
"Kerry is a fantastic hypnobirthing teacher who gives you all the information you need, backed with data in a non judgemental way. Even though it was my 3rd birth, I learned so much and felt like I had all the information I needed to make informed and safe decisions. Kerry was always on hand for advice and information, I don’t know what I would have done without her. She was also my postnatal doula, and she helped me with feeding myself and my other two children, advice with feeding my baby and someone to talk through my birth with. Kerry played such a huge part in my preparation, decision making and early post natal period and had a huge impact in making the experience as positive and wonderful as possible"
"I was looking for a doula specifically for postnatal support and came across Kerry - it ended up being the best decision working with her! During a period that can be completely overwhelming, she was there to help, both practically (making meals, helping set things up) and emotionally. If you are considering a doula, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her, she made the world of difference to me and my partner".
"I can't recommend Kerry's services as a doula enough! I didn't realise it before that she was such an important part to my birthing team, she was a huge support to me during labour but also to my husband, helping us both navigate the system but also helping my husband to be the best support. Kerry was so kind, she encouraged me when I needed it and also asked a consultant to leave the room, when I needed it! Hehe. If you're considering having a doula, I'd say do it!! It was the best decision we made, even though the birth wasn't exactly as I'd hoped, with Kerry's support, I was really confident with the decisions I made in the moment. Thank you!"
"Thanks sooo much for everything. I definitely wouldn't have got through any of it without you being there. You really did make a difference in how we were feeling through the whole process and allowed for Ash to really help with emotional support I needed at the time. Also your cake has been a godsend! It's sooo lovely and I'm still making my way through it. It gave me a 3am energy hit this morning when I was struggling"

Antenatal & Hypnobirthing Classes

Black and white photo of a newborn baby being held by a woman, likely the mother, in a hospital or birthing setting.

Preparing for birth can be incredibly empowering and can support you and your partner to feel confident, excited and prepared for birth.

My 5* rated birth preparation courses cover both antenatal information and hypnobirthing tools and skills you can use throughout pregnancy and birth. My course is evidence based using the most up to date information to help you make those important birth decisions.

As well as my full course, I offer hypnobirthing refreshes and power hours as well as caesarean birth course for those planning a caesarean birth.

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"Birth is an experience that demonstrates that life is not merely function and utility, but form and beauty"

— Christopher Largen

Birth Trauma Support

Pregnancy and birth can be a beautiful, empowering and transformative experience for some and for others it may be traumatic, distressing or a scary experience which can result in feelings of pain, anger, grief or even shame.

I am passionate about creating a safe space to talk through your experience, giving you space to process and heal from it.

We will work together to help you heal from your birth or perinatal experience in a safe and non-judgmental space.

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