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The second Home Birth Support Group meeting in Bodmin will be held on Tuesday the 7th July. It will start for 6pm and end by 7.30pm. Partners and children are very welcome.

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Positive Birth Choices

Positive Birth Choices offers a Holistic Birth Doula service to mothers in Cornwall and South Devon. The highest importance is placed on supporting women to have a well supported and positive birth experience.

We hope you enjoy exploring our site, and if you have any questions about how we may be able to assist you then please contact us.

What is a Doula?

A Doula is a woman who provides a pregnant mother or couple with emotional and practical support during pregnancy and birth. She can enable and empower a woman to have a more positive and satisfying experience through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

Doulas can support birth in a range of settings. They can assist a mother during her birth whether she has chosen her own home, a birthing centre or a hospital as the prefered place to birth her baby.

To support a mother through the experience of birth, a Doula has completed training that has equiped her with practical experience and a good knowledge and awareness of the birth process and the mother’s needs during this time. A Doula is not medically trained and does not replace the need for a midwife.

While typically seen only as a support for the mother, the presence of a Doula can help fathers to also have a more positive experience at the birth and in the pregnancy and postnatal phases. When a mother meets with her Doula during pregnancy, it is ideal if her partner can be involved in some elements of the visits. A Doula does not replace the mother's partner, she can support couples through the birth experience together.

A Doula does not give advice, she provides support, information and is a good listener.

"The support, presence and 100% sense of having Kylie by my side pre, during and post birth, provided me with such a sense of safety, calm and security" - Naomi