Adorabirth

14/07/2026

Wellness doesn’t begin with supplements or complicated routines.

It begins with the everyday choices we make.

The meals we prepare.
The ingredients we choose.
The time we take to nourish ourselves.

Wholefood cooking is one of my favourite forms of self-care. Nutrition meets creativity, mindfulness, and love.

It’s also one of my favorite ways to nurture my clients during pregnancy and postpartum. Every dish feels like a warm hug from the inside 🥰

This one is an Apple Teacake made for my nearest and dearest.

Isn’t it satisfying creating beautiful food from simple ingredients?? ✨

11/07/2026

I’m very excited to announce that I’m writing the manuscript for a book 📇
It started as a postpartum planning worksheet, but has now evolved into much more - including education about preparing for postpartum in a holistic sense, with the evolution of the mother through the lens of matresence in mind.
I’ll share more as it becomes the resource I am dreaming of!
These winter mornings have such special quality about them don’t they? The constant blue sky against sparkly frosty grass is just magic. I’m thoroughly enjoying my local river walk as the light slowly builds and we move towards Imbolc🚶‍♀️❄️

03/07/2026

Basmati rice and pink lady apples on the simmer for my Nepali Rice Pudding 🍚🍎
Next to go in are ginger, cinnamon, pepper, coconut sugar and ghee 😋🧈
Then some milk to finish it off 🥛
This dish is just the right amount of sweet, as well as moist, creamy and perfectly spicy!
It’s a big favorite for many of my clients, I find it usually reminds them of delicious dishes that we’re made for them in childhood.

25/06/2026

Both mum and dad sorted for lunch and all the housework done. Nothing to do but keep falling in love with their precious bundle of joy 🥹💗🍛

23/06/2026

17/06/2026

I am part of the Friends of The Birth Centre consumer group working on lobbying for the government to follow through on their promise to provide a free standing birth centre for our growing community. Please reach out if you’d like to be added to our WhatsApp chat!! We need your voices 📢

13/06/2026

Feeling so grateful for my health right now. At 44, having gone through early menopause at 38, I could easily find things to complain and criticize myself about. However surrounding myself with a tribe of empowered friends and with the unconditional love of my family, this ‘maga’ phase of my life is turning out mostly easeful and joyous! Witnessing so many people I know and care for experience chronic illness, cancer, heart issues, clotting, anxiety, cognitive decline and so much more has helped me love my body, mind and spirit as deeply as I can, while I can. Knowing I could be next, but crossing my fingers and toes that all the work I do to support myself, friends, family and my gorgeous clients to live the healthiest lifestyle possible will put me in good stead to be around to see my great grandchildren thrive.
This season may occasionally be a bumpy ride, especially when it requires me to step fully into self expression even if others don’t like it 😆 but it really is an empowering time in such a beautiful life. Thank you all for sharing it with me 🙏

03/06/2026

We had the best night dancing on Saturday at .au for Bed Before 10pm! 2 of these incredible women were on call too 😆 Highly recommend this event, it seems to come to Canberra pretty regularly. So nice to be able party at a reasonable time of day 🎉🪩👯‍♀️

01/05/2026

What incredible colours nature has on display at the moment! 💛🧡❤️💚💙
As much as I love the hot days of summer, this steady wind down into cooler weather is just lovely.
Lately I’ve been practicing much more reiki at than doula work, and it’s been a process of surrender for me - trusting that this is how I’m being called to serve our community at this time. I’ve been doing reiki for 20 years now for my family and doula clients (!!!), however working with people of such varying ages, stages and genders is a real step outside of what I’m used to. I love that reiki is becoming more acknowledged for its simple yet powerful ability to support wellness, by giving us access to the abundance of universal healing energy. It’s got me feeling very much in balance and at peace - since the energy flows through me as I give a treatment I benefit greatly too!
If you’re in need of an energy tune up and would like to give reiki a try, please reach out. It would be an honor to share the joy of it with you 🙏🥰✨

20/04/2026

A 2025 study published in AJOG adds powerful, up-to-date data showing associations between doula care and improved maternal and newborn outcomes.

Key Maternal Outcomes:

More vaginal births after cesarean (VBAC): For every 100 patients who received doula care, there were 15 to 34 additional VBACs compared with those without doula care.

Higher postpartum follow-up attendance: 5 to 6 more per 100 received postpartum office visits.

Key Neonatal / Infant Outcomes

Increased exclusive breastfeeding rates: Babies whose families had doula support were more likely to breastfeed exclusively.

Fewer preterm births (and early preterm births): Doula-supported births showed a reduction in preterm birth rates.

In short, the study links doula care with improvements in birth outcomes — across birth mode (more VBACs), infant health (less prematurity), and early infant care (breastfeeding, postpartum follow-up).

Read more: https://internationaldoulainstitute.com/2025/11/evidence-for-doulas-new-ajog-study-finds-doulas-improve-outcomes/