Doula Services

Within our Somerset based practice, we offer guidance through the sometimes bewildering array of choices, helping you to make informed decisions at your own pace.

We have much experience in the birthing room and have supported women alone and women working closely with their partners, in hospitals, homebirths and in water.

We often spend pre-natal sessions working with partners/husbands also, in order to help facilitate their abilities to be of most support to you in your labour. We help to inform and empower men so that they can participate more fully in the pregnancy and birth and be of most assitance to you on the day.

Initially, we will have the opportunity to meet up or chat on the phone informally, to establish whether we feel we could work together.

Once this is established, we offer full and committed support; we are available via e-mail and both landline and mobile phones.

There are usually two prenatal appointments, roughly two hours long each. We remain on call for you from two weeks before until two weeks after your due date, and attend your birth throughout, staying afterwards until you are ready for us to go; usually at least a couple of hours later.

Kate Woods also offers individual Childbirth Preparation sessions in Somerset or in your home, should you not require birth attendance. Please contact me for further details.

At the Birth, we offer the use of acupressure points as a natural alternative to pain relief, exhaustion and nausea, plus homeopathic remedies specifically for childbirth, to alleviate many other common 'complaints'. We teach Active Birth positions to encourage easier descent of baby and help prevent tearing, act as an advocate and protector of your wishes, and help also with the little practical things, like remembering to light candles and put your music on, should you request it!

The cost of this service is £550, and in some cases travel expenses may apply. This fee can be paid by instalments should that be preferable, or where there is need, a concessionary rate is available. We will come to your home for appointments and your labour, travelling on to the Maternity unit or hospital with you, should that be your chosen birth venue.

Please contact me for further information and appointments. 

"I felt that Kate knew just exactly what I needed; she is a very intuitive person" - Debi

"I wouldn't have had the extraordinary birth I had without Kate - she has a gift. I wish more women could have the opportunity to experience what I have experienced." - Natasha

"Kate instilled me with confidence." - Steve