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Hi! I'm Shellie, The Serenity Doula

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October 2024 Reader A wet welcome to Autumn! Course updates and a little technique info for you to enjoy snuggled up somewhere warm and dry hopefully. I hope you have been having a good 2024 so far. The summer was a little disappointing in the UK, though I hope you manged to enjoy the sunny bits where you could. I enjoyed a few gin and tonics on the roof of our narrow boat home when I wasn't on call and it was absolutely gorgeous in the sunshine. The day after this we had torrential...

September 2024 Bitesize Birth - Understanding Birth Rights September 25th 7.00pm GMT on zoom Reader I hope that you have had a lovely summer, despite the weather being somewhat variable! I don't like to send out too many emails as our inboxes are busy. So that is why you haven't heard from me in a while. I have been working on some resources since I last connected with you. On Wednesday 25th at 7.00pm GMT there will be a new Bitesize Birth Lecture - Understanding Birthrights. If you would...

August 2023 Reader August's Bitesize is about Pain and Natural Pain Relief for labour Wednesday August 23rd 7.30pm GMT on zoom This month's Bitesize Birth Lecture is Wednesday 23rd August, 7.30pm UK time and is about pain and natural methods for pain relif. The cost is just £10. If you can't make it live, don't worry, a link to the recording will be sent out after the session to everyone who books and it includes a PDF handout with further information and links to helpful resources. The...

Reader Would you like an opportunity to learn about safely facilitating breech birth? 2 days of learning and hands on experience. Course is £600 Dr Stuart Fischbein, world renowned obstetrician and advocate for physiological birth, from the Birthing Instincts Podcast, is coming to the UK and will be holding his reteach breech 2 day course. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from one of the world's experts in facilitating safe vaginal breech birth. Places are limited so that everyone gets...

July 2023 Reader July's Bitesize is about Perineal Injury and includes a pdf handout with information and helpful links to further resources Wednesday July 5th 7.30pm GMT on zoom This month's Bitesize Birth Lecture is Wednesday 5th July, 7.30pm UK time and is about perineal injury. The cost is just £10. If you can't make it live, don't worry, a link to the recording will be sent out after the session to everyone who books and it includes a PDF handout with further information and links to...

June 2023 Reader June's Bitesize is about Gestational Diabetes and includes a pdf handout with information and recipe ideas Wednesday June 14th 7.30pm GMT on zoom This month's Bitesize Birth Lecture is Wednesday 14th June, 7.30pm UK time and is about gestational diabetes. The cost is just £10. If you can't make it live, don't worry a link to the recording will be sent out after the session to everyone who books. The lecture will cover: What gestational diabetes is What increases and decreases...

May 2023 Reader just in case you missed it, Wednesday evening at 7.30pm UK time is Bitesize Birth - Shoulder Dystocia Wednesday May 3rd 7.30pm GMT on zoom This month's Bitesize Birth Lecture is tomorrow! Wednesday 3rd May, 7.30pm UK time and is about shoulder dystocia. The cost is just £10. If you can't make it live, don't worry a link to the recording will be sent out after the session to everyone who books. The lecture will cover: The incidence of shoulder dystocia & the potential...

April 2023 Exciting Upcoming Events including FREE webinar and In-Person Course Dates! Free Webinar with Sophie Messager April 24th 8pm on Zoom Reader Sophie Messager (the auther of Why Postnatal Recovery Matters) and I are teaming up to bring you a FREE biomechanics of rebozo for birth webinar. Sign up to attend by clicking the link or image above. The webinar will include birth stories, demonstration of techniques and biomechanic explanations of them and also some exclusive discounts to...

April 2023 Reader just in case you missed it, Wednesday evening at 7.30pm gmt is Bitesize Birth - emergence and the outlet Wednesday April 5th 7.30pm GMT on zoom Reader An outlet stall can cause worry in care providers and consequently intervention to happen, including augmentation of labour with medication, epidural, instrumental birth and cesarean... Often what people are really hoping to avoid. What tools do you have to help if this happens? If you haven't already signed up for Wednesday's...

March 2023 Bitesize Birth - The Outlet of the Pelvis and Emergence of the Baby Wednesday April 5th 7.30pm GMT on zoom Reader difficulty in emergence of the baby is when often unecessary and unwanted stress and interventions like forceps, ventouse, episotomy and cesarean occur. As well as one of the biggest worries for expectant parents, tearing. What if you had tools in your tool kit to help your clients avoid unecessary intervention and tearing? Well come and join us for April's Bitesize...