Be Your Own Doula

Welcome to Be Your Own Doula, the app created for every mum-to-be. Our mission is to empower women to have a positive labor and birth experience.
It is normal for mums-to-be to wonder about their labor and birth, about how it will feel, and how they will manage when the time comes.
We recognise there is an abundance of reading material and advice out there, and we know this can be so overwhelming, and even a little scary. As a result, oftentimes women abandon their own ideas and preferences and resort to leaving everything to chance or ‘to the professionals’.
At Be Your Own Doula, we believe it is time for women to reclaim their own birth stories. It is our wish to give every woman back their voice, and their right to have a wonderful birth experience. It is our dream for every woman to look back on their birth experience with joy, pride, and love. The wisdom and tools provided within the app are aimed at equipping women with a sense of control, helping to reduce feelings of fear, mayhem and trauma.
Society has moulded us to believe we need to look outside ourselves for help to navigate major life events, but ultimately, when we look outside ourselves, we are giving away our power. While we agree, there is definitely a place for experts and guru’s, we also believe that your greatest asset is YOU. Beautiful, powerful, remarkable, courageous YOU.
We hope you agree, women are absolutely amazing-much stronger and more resilient than they allow themselves to believe. We believe, with just a little bit of guidance, and a little bit of know-how, women can take ownership of their birth, and their birth experience.
A doula is a woman who is hired to guide and support a woman through labor and birth. While there are many doula’s who do wonderful work, we recognise there are many reasons why a woman does not wish to hire a doula. We want to empower women to be their own guide, their own support, and their own greatest cheerleader.
Our mission is to firstly boost your knowledge. We provide you with just the right amount of information, the absolute essential information every woman should know before labor begins. We keep it simple, relevant and succinct, and we avoid any rabbit holes along the way.
Secondly, now that you know what is happening, we want to tell you how you can help these natural processes along. We introduce the concept of the ‘labor bubble’ and offer practical and accessible advice on how to personalize your experience.
Lastly, the app works with you to boost your confidence, self-esteem, and self-belief, through relaxation, breathwork, gentle movement and self-encouragement, equipping you with simple tools to allow you to tap into your inner strength and ability to listen to your body and your intuition.
The app is super easy, super relevant and user-friendly. Its sole focus is to prepare you for labor and birth. The skills and attributes you will uncover, will continue to support you as you navigate the journey into motherhood.
The author of this app has over seventeen years experience working as a midwife.She is a qualified pregnancy yoga teacher and is passionate about the woman's right to a positive birth. The idea was born through a desire to give women back their voice, in what has become an over-medicalised, pharmaceutical driven, and sometimes coercive approach to modern maternity ‘care’. As well as a whole host of positives, our aim is to reduce the risk of experiencing overwhelming and distressing emotions and reactions, and to avoid negatively impacting a woman’s health and well-being.
The content on this app should not replace professional medical advise. Always consult medical professionals for full diagnosis and treatment