Birth and Postnatal Services
Nottingham
Welcome to Barefaced Birth!
Hi, I am Kerry
I am a birth and postnatal doula based in Nottingham supporting families through pregnancy, birth and beyond. If you are looking for 1:1 personalised support and continuity of care - you've found yourself in the right place!
Birth can be an incredible empowering and transformative experience when women and birthing people feel supported, informed and empowered and this is what drives me as a doula.
I want you to enjoy your pregnancy feeling relaxed knowing you have someone at your side who you can trust to support you no matter what. What you want and how you want to feel is important to me. I will support you every step of the way helping you to plan for the birth you want feeling positive, Informed and confident.
I believe it is a privilege to be chosen as someone's doula and I love working with families at the most special time in their lives.
Birth & Postnatal Doula Support
I am passionate about supporting women and birthing people to give birth the way they choose to, feeling informed and confident.
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 can include hypnobirthing birth preparation classes alongside doula support.
"Birth is an experience that demonstrates that life is not merely function and utility, but form and beauty"
β Christopher Largen
Antenatal & Hypnobirthing Classes
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 full hypnobirthing hypnobirthing course covers 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.
It may sound a bit cliche but I just fell in love with birth! Birth changed me forever, it showed me what it was to feel truly empowered. It is the most transformative moment in a woman or birthing a person's life and being able to be there for another person and care and support them in the way that changes their life is such an honor. I feel so lucky to work with families in lots of different ways, whether it is helping them to learn about birth, supporting them during birth, caring from them postnatally or helping them to overcome trauma.
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.
This could be as a result of interventions, birth plans changing, feelings of fear, helplessness, not feeling listened to, heard or supported, obstetric violence and sometimes loss of control during birth. It may also be a difficult pregnancy or breast feeding experience that has remained with you.
I am passionate about creating a safe space to talk through your experience, giving you space to process and heal from it. You and your feelings matter.
We will work together to help you heal from your birth or perinatal experience in a safe and non-judgmental space.