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Notes from the birth room

Practical guides and honest stories from our doulas — the things we tell families over tea, written down.

BIRTH PREPARATION · 6 MIN

What to pack for every kind of birth

The hospital-bag list we give every family — home, birth centre or theatre, nothing forgotten and nothing you won't use.

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POSTNATAL · 8 MIN

The fourth trimester: a field guide

Sleep, feeding, visitors and your own recovery — how to spend the first twelve weeks so they spend you less.

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FOR PARTNERS · 5 MIN

Your birth partner's quiet superpower

Partners often feel like spare parts in the birth room. Here's the real job — and why nobody else can do it.

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