Trigger Warning: babyloss mentioned throughout episode

Kay King talks with me about supporting babyloss and her book which beautifully and sensitively discusses how this might affect families.

Dr Tessa Venuti Sanderson joins me for a chat about the 3rd Annual State of Birth Symposium, what prompted her to create the event and how we can support families who are still subject to service restrictions post pandemic.

Listeners can buy tickets at early bird prices using discount code DOULAUK

Doula and twin mum Sarah Hawkins joins me to talk about her work in the perinatal support of families who are pregnant with more than one baby and the upcoming Multiple Matters Symposium on 25th March 2023.

Doula Sam Reynolds joins me to talk about how her cancer and parenting journeys have been intertwined and why we need to give ourselves more recovery time after a physically life-changing event has passed.

*TW* - Trigger warning - mentions of miscarriage and abortion.

Author and campaigner Beverley A. Lawrence Beech joins me to talk about human rights in childbirth, consent and the updated version of her bestselling book.

Nickita Stark joins me to talk about her campaign to raise funds for Independent Midwives and how expectant and new parents can make their voices and choices heard and respected

Morgane Richardson joins me for a conversation about doulaing in a pandemic, the differences and similarities of birth culture in the US and how we can better support people who are black, brown, LGBTQ+ or otherwise marginalised

Doula UK member Sallyann Beresford talks to me about her new book Labour of Love - The Ultimate Guide to Being a Birth Partner and how it can help anyone who wishes to provide person-centred support to someone who is having a baby

Event link - Saturday 16th January - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-vision-board-event-tickets-136143957241

Sandra Igwe - founder of The Motherhood Group - speaks to me about the organisation, why the lived experience of Black mothers matters and how we can make changes to provide better support to those whose lives are most at risk in the perinatal period

https://www.themotherhoodgroup.com/doula-support

Doula UK Member Sophie Messager joins me to talk about what we can do to support families in the weeks after birth and why she has written her new book Why Postnatal Recovery Matters, part of the Pinter & Martin Why it Matters series