Beela Martin Birth Attendant

25/10/2021

I hope everyone's doing well and enjoying the beautiful spring weather. My favourite time of the year! I'm loving watching the plants in my garden shoot up more every day and more flowers opening as the weather warms.
I'm in the process of reassessing and adjusting the way I support families through pregnancy and birth, both to support and nurture them in the most nourishing and effective ways and also to make sure this work continues to be sustainable for me emotionally, practically and financially in my busy life as a single mum of three girls, gardener, home keeper and woman in the world.
Part of this change is a decision to only support one family per month qt least for the next year or so.
I'm excited about this. It means I'll have a capacity to FULLY focus on each family that I work with. Be fully present to their story and their needs during this huge time of transition.

Will this in mind, I'm currently booked out untill May next year, so if you are someone, or know someone, who is expecting their babe in may or later and would like my support be sure to get in touch early. 🥰

21/09/2021

19/09/2021

There is absolutely no way I could do this work without the continued support of my family and community.

My sister and her partner who look after my dog (last week post-operatively) and give lots of love to my kids in the days after as I rest and recover.

My family and friends who take the kids at a moments notice, without knowing for how long, thankyou.

Friends who give me big hugs, gentleness, cups of tea and food when I turn up barely able to string words together and unable to make the decision to go home and sleep. The ones who drop food in my kitchen and the ones who check in when they know I've been at a birth. I'm so grateful for it all.

Without this support I wouldn't be able give support. I couldn't drop everything and go to be with families as soon as they call, sometimes for days on end. I couldn't be truly present in my support without knowing that my kids and animals and home were being cared for while I was gone.

04/07/2021

Hi Friends,
I have some space to support a couple of families due between the end of Sept and November this year. If this is you or you know someone who is feeling like they'd benefit from some gentle, nurturing support; my phone number is in my bio. I'm always happy to have a phone call or even meet up for cuppa to chat about what sort of support you're needing and whether we might be a good fit.
Lots of love!
📷 the sweet
- photo of the beautiful , baby Juniper and I during a postnatal visit.

23/06/2021

Winter

08/04/2021

Flowers from my garden for a day of post-partum visits

02/12/2020

Hi Friends!
I am finally in the process of increasing my online presence for my birth support work. Hopefully now if families are looking for Doula support in Central Vic they can actually find my details!
All this techy stuff is a steep learning curve, and something I have a lot of resistance towards - I'd rather just be out there doing the work I love - but I'm trusting that it will help me reach families that are needing the extra nurturing support and education that I can provide.

If you are someone who I have supported and you feel that my care helped you and your family, I would deeply appreciate it if you would like to write a few words about it, in the review section on this page, and also here https://g.page/r/CYJx2ILTjw1dEAg/review on my 'google my business' listing (even if you just copy and paste the same review).

Also please bear with me and the almost definite clunkiness while I work out how to actually use computer/social media/the internet 😅