About Us

Kate Woods

Kate has been involved with the process of pregnancy and birth since 1994, when she had her first child. The experience was so immense and utterly life changing that through it, her passion for this phase of life was initiated.

Shortly after, friends began to request Kates' presence at their births, and by the time she qualified as a Doula in 1998 with Michel Odent, she had already attended five home births.

In the years since, 'In Good Hands' Doula practice has evolved and Kate continues to work closely with pregnant and birthing women and their families, whilst facilitating holistic pregancy and childbirth workshops and retreats for groups.

Kate's continuous studies have been with Michel Odent, Ina May Gaskin, the Holistic Childbirth Educator Foundation, Janet Balaskas at the Active Birth Centre and Suzanne Yates at Well Mother (Shiatsu for Labour). Kate is a registered member of both Doula UK and the British Doula Association and is a qualified Holistic Childbirth Educator.

Kate also trains Doulas and Childbirth Educators in Cornwall and Somerset, within her practice, and in London, within a University Doula training programme.

For Kate, pregnancy and birth is a truly bountiful time, which deserves to be reclaimed as the powerful rite of passage which it has always been; learning, honouring and celebrating this with others is her passion and her life’s work.

Kate has two children and lives in Glastonbury, Somerset, working in many neighbouring areas as well as further afield.

To contact Kate about Doula and postnatal services or for professional training, please contact us.

"She travelled with me every step of the way, enabled me to trust the process of birth, to meet the pain of labour and to experience the profoundness of giving birth." - Natasha

Jady Mountjoy

 Jady joined the practice in 2006, inspired by the birth of her son and the incredible support she received throughout her own journey to motherhood. She has worked in a wide field of holistic therapies for the past 10 years and nurturing others has always defined her path. Training as a doula was a natural progression for Jady as her own life as a mother unfolded.

Jady feels there is no right or wrong way to birth and that what defines an empowered birth experience is the consciousness with which we choose to journey through it. She sees herself as a guide and witness, an advocate and nurturer in all aspects of antenatal, birth and postnatal care. She offers additional shiatsu treatments and facilitation of ceremonial celebrations.

She trained with Kate Woods primarily and later with the Holistic Birth Trust Foundation in Wells, Somerset. Additionally she studied with Suzanne Yates of Well Mother, specialising in shiatsu for pregnancy and birth and the postnatal period for both mother and baby.

In her work, she honours the uniqueness of every mother and father’s journey to parenthood. She encourages them to engage with their own inner wisdom and intuition and guides them to draw upon and trust these as they move through one of life’s most transformative rites of passage.

To contact Jady about Doula and Shiatsu services, please contact us.