Jen Culley is a birth and postnatal doula, hypnobirthing instructor and breastfeeding counsellor
The overarching philosophy of Natal Nurture is to enhance parents’ emotional and physical wellbeing during pregnancy, birth and continuing through to life as a new family. Natal Nurture offers a range of services providing bespoke support for all pregnancy and early parenting needs. Here are just a few examples of the support we provide;
Free 20 minute online taster sessions (limited slots availa
20/04/2026
Who you have in your birth space matters. Someone who knows you, what you want to avoid and what’s important to you. Not just in conversations in pregnancy, but at your birth. Supporting you AND your partner.
THIS is Doula care.
So many people tell me ‘I wish we’d had a doula’.
Don’t let that be you!
DM me for more info or check out my website jenculley.com
35 million additional investment into Maternity Services over 3 years - Okaaaaaayyyyyy sounds better than nothing, right? But when you realise they’re investing over 19 million PER DAY on HS2 , it lands a bit differently 🫠
Good news is you don’t have to outsource your entire pregnancy and birth to the system 🙌 There’s another way!
The NHS don’t rule birth: they’re a piece of the puzzle but people have been seeing them as the whole shebang for too long. Find out what’s going on in your commmunity. If you want something different I can guarantee they’ll be plenty other too!
Natural, physiological births are no longer a normal occurrence in the Maternity System. This means healthcare professionals my not be used to witnessing or supporting the type of birth you’re planning. They’re becoming deskilled in this area. I wish this weren’t the case but that’s where we’re at.
Who you have in your birth space MATTERS. Preparation is really important but so is this.
As an experienced Doula supporting lots of home and birth centre births, it’s completely NORMAL for me to see women in active physiological labour. It’s my area of expertise.
I provide family centred holistic support, often for a type of birth that’s becoming evermore rare. I bring knowledge, compassion and advocacy. Check out my website jenculley.com to find out how we can work together 💖
12/04/2026
A confession: before I had children I used to LOVE watching OBEM. I genuinely felt like it was great preparation.
What I know know: It is good preparation, but only if your aiming for conveyor belt care that causes the sky high trauma and intervention rates were seeing. And I don’t think anyone would willingly and knowingly choose that. But if this is the image of birth we’ve been presented with since childhood, it becomes deeply embedded.
The births I witness as a doula (I’ve supported 75 now!) don’t look anything like what’s portrayed on OBEM.
The main difference?
People who hire me as their doula don’t want to be passive in what is one of the most important days of their life.
They’re planning on avoiding trauma and they’re doing something about it.
This is echoed in the testimonials I get.
I have a few remaining spots left for summer and autumn birth support. DM me for a chat!
06/04/2026
Patience can be really HARD. But it’s key for early labour. Trying to get things moving can often have the opposite effect, this becomes a problem when the cutural narrative is ‘here’s all the thing you can do to progress labour’
Most spontaneous births I support as a doula start ramping up in the evening or overnight, exactly when your mind and body naturally start to wind down - if that’s not the biggest clue, then I don’t know what is!!
Resting, sleeping, conserving energy while you can in early labour is WHAT GETS YOU THROUGH!
I spoke about this when I guested on ‘The ultimate Birth Partner Podcast’ with Sallyann Beresford - check out episode 163.
Your philosophy and plan for early labour is SO important. This is why it forms lots of the work I do with my Doula clients, we discuss in depth what that time might look like. ❤️
If you’ve ever thought you have no choice in your pregnancy or birth, or you say ‘I’m not allowed’ - You’ve been misinformed.
The law is VERY CLEAR when it comes to this. EVERTYTHING is a choice; every test, scan, intervention is a recommendation you can accept or decline.
But the language used by most health care professionals doesn’t imply this AT ALL. ‘I have to book you in for a scan’ doesn’t remotely imply choice. ‘You need a gestational diabetes test because you meet the criteria’ sounds like you have to do it. It doesn’t make it ok if the person telling you you have to do something is nice and friendly, they are doing you a disservice!
This isn’t about saying no to everything, it’s about your basic human right to make your own decisions about your body and baby. Because guess what - no one wants better for that baby than you!
Planning a homebirth? In terms of the general population, you are not normal!
But the good news is there are absolutely loads of people out there who 100% get why you’re planning this: they’re in the same boat, they’ve done it before or they support it regularly. You just need to find them.
Don’t underestimate the isolation that can come when you feel like you’re ‘going against the grain’ and no one you know gets it. There is a world where your choices are celebrated, supported and normalised.
The simplified view is to just do whatever works for you, who cares what anyone else thinks?! But the reality is, when you don’t know anybody who gets what you’re trying to achieve coupled with the barriers put up by the NHS, it becomes so easy to doubt yourself.
Communities passionate about home birth are out there whether they be online or in person. If you’re struggling to find them DM me and I’ll point you in the right direction!
19/03/2026
This is a place for people who are ready to demand MORE.
More for themselves, more for their children and more for society. Everything starts with birth.
How families are supported throughout pre-conception, pregnancy, birth and parent hood, shapes literally EVERYTHING.
It shapes the society our children grow up into.
Don’t accept the status quo which is frankly ROCK BOTTOM.
I will share things that feel challenging, things that might make you question what you’ve always been lead to believe. But that’s ok because nothing this worth while is meant to be plain sailing!
Finding stuff really tough? My DMs are always open 💖
Most people want to have a water birth in a birth centre but 95% of people aren’t getting it. It’s time to wake up to the NHS Maternity services in 2026. What are you doing differently to everyone else, because I’m here to tell you that a different approach is required! I’m not hired by people who cross their fingers and hope that they’ll be one of the 5% by the skin of their teeth. I’m hired my people who are ready to CLAIM their birth experience and not take any chances with one of the most important days of their life. It’s time to wake up beautiful people!
01/03/2026
I’m not here to bestow birth preparation on you.
I walk alongside you as you work out what YOU need to learn / unlearn / uncover .
A doula is a tool, like a course, a book or a podcast - only elevated / extra (when you want some makita in your tool box rather than screw fix basics 🛠️).
I’m not here to fix you or to give you all the answers because it simply doesn’t work like that. Only you have the power to make decisions about your birth and baby, only you can decide how much prep you REALLY want to do.
For the people that are ready to go ALL OUT for themselves and their family - Hi 👋
If you’re looking for someone to walk along side you as you navigate birth in 2026 check out my website, jenculley.com or DM me ✨