em.powered.birth

If you are navigating your pregnancy journey in Essex right now, pull up a chair. This space is for you. ✨

When you find out you’re pregnant, it’s easy to feel swept away by the sheer volume of information, timelines, and clinical hospital policies. It is incredibly common to feel like your birth is something happening to you, rather than something you are actively taking part in.

I know exactly how that feels because I’ve been on both sides of the maternity system.

My first birth was a highly medicalised hospital induction, in a unit now officially categorised as unsafe. I was told what to do, my individual circumstances were ignored, and I simply went with the flow.

My second birth was a completely transformed, deeply empowering, physiological homebirth. The difference? I looked at the actual evidence, understood my choices, and took full control of my decision-making. I OWNED my birth story.

As an independent Doula and Birth Educator (and a former science teacher who loves digging into data!), my mission is simple: To make sure your birth is yours.

You deserve to feel safe, respected, heard, and completely in control of your birth and postpartum experience, however you define it.

Whether you need a focused strategy session to troubleshoot a hurdle, a tailored antenatal workshop, or dedicated virtual and postnatal care to protect your precious newborn bubble, I am here to walk alongside you.

💬 Ready to figure out what level of care is best for your journey?
Comment CALL below to book a free, completely no-pressure discovery call, or you can DM me/drop me an email right now. My door is always open.

With love from Emma xx

I cannot wait to get back to work ✨

Watch this space for more information on my available services and offerings 👀 I’m planning something new that I’m so excited about!

Don’t let your birth just happen to you, take an active part in the decision making ✨

But how do you make these decisions?

Here are my three favourite tools to help when making your birth decisions.

Which of these have you used before? Which do you find most helpful? Let me know 👇

Are the rumours true? ✨

Take your experience into your own hands!

Put as much thought into how you want to feel on the big day (and for the weeks/months following) as you would your wedding day!

No matter how it goes, the way you feel during pregnancy, birth and postpartum will stay with you your whole life. You deserve to be a priority during one of the most significant experiences of your life!

💬DM to book a discovery call. From a one-off power hour to a full package of support, we can find the right level of care you deserve.

This time 3 years ago ✨

The induction that started it all was about to KICK OFF

I can’t believe as of tomorrow morning I will have a 3 year old 🥹

✨ Postpartum Food Prep ✨

I honestly can not explain how much of a difference it has made to have food in the freezer, ready to go.

I highly recommend squeezing in a food prep day or asking your friends/family/community to get involved with a meal train 💕

This chicken and sweetcorn soup has been absolutely *chef's kiss*.

I am so grateful to my mum and sister for facilitating this for my family 🥹

✨ One week ✨

It has definitely been a week of two halves.

One minute I'm filled with confidence, peace and "I've got this".

And in the next minute I'll crumble.

In the throes of my second postpartum it is clear that I suffer from debilitating postpartum anxiety.

However, I was prepared this time, and although the mix of hormones/sleep deprivation/resurfacing trauma is a particularly hard one to weather, this time I have the support and practical steps in place.

Sending love to all going through it, we are certainly not alone 💕

I am so grateful to be able to be more present in this experience this time around, and this also means that I have been able to experience all the magic ✨💐. I have been able soak up all the lovely moments, everything that I didn't manage in my previous experience that was purely in survival mode.

Deep breaths, one day at a time 🥰

✨ Still Waiting ✨

This photo was taken on my Due date, full of hope and excitement and optimism.

And yet I am posting this at 41 + 5, in the bath again, with my final handful of bath salts 😅

The emotional rollercoaster has been unbelievably difficult. I have been flip flopping between confidence & trust, and frustration & anxiety.

I have a whole new understanding of this period of time 💕