With a holistic and practical approach, Kylie is passionate about supporting and empowering mothers in their journey through pregnancy and into motherhood.

Kylie has a professional background as an allied health professional and has worked with many families with young children from a range of cultural backgrounds. In addition to her training as a Holistic Birth Support Partner, she has specialist skills and experience in working with families who have children with complex needs, communication impairment and feeding difficulties.

Kylie has been attending at births as a doula since 2007. The trainings she undertook on her journey to becoming a Doula have included workshops trainings with internationally recognised birthing professionals including Michel Odent, Jean Sutton, Penny Simkin and Pam England. In addition, she completed a two year program with Birthing Wisdom in Devon. Kylie is also a VTCT certified massage therapist and has experience in Reiki, Breathing techniques and she is also a certified teacher of the work of Louise L Hay. Kylie is a
recognised Doula with Doula UK.

In 2010 Kylie has the opportunity to support a number of mothers who chose to have their placentas encapsulated. After seeing the amazing benfits they were experiencing, Kylie sought out specific training in placenta encapsulation through Placenta Benefits.

Kylie brings all of her ‘tools’ and knowledge together to meet each clients' needs through a holistic and individualised approach. Kylie aims for her clients to be relaxed and confident. She provides clients with information and gentle support so that they can make their own informed choices and decisions.*

Kylie lives in Cornwall with her husband, Prasad. In addition to pregnancy, birth, and placenta encapsulation, Kylie has interests in personal development, health and wellbeing, living foods and yoga.

* Sessions with Kylie can contain elements of the Birthing From Within ® approach.

Fiona is mother to two children who were both born at home in water. She is passionate about supporting women in their choices around birth, and this has led her to offering her skills as birth supporter or doula.
Fiona is a recognised doula with Doula UK.

Fiona offers an individualised service (within a 20 mile radius of Frome, Somerset) which can include antenatal support, Shiatsu, birth preparation for couples using Active Birth and Birthing from Within ® techniques, birth support, and postnatal support including Shiatsu and help with getting breastfeeding off to a good start.

Fiona is a qualified Shiatsu practitioner and has completed post graduate training in maternity care with Suzanne Yates.
Shiatsu is often likened to 'acupuncture without needles' as it works along the same principles and energy channels that acupuncture does - instead of using needles to correct the flow of energy and restore the body to health, Shiatsu uses pressure and massage and is often experienced as deeply relaxing.
Fiona is qualifed to teach acupressure/Shiatsu techniques to couples that are appropriate for pregnancy and birth.

Fiona also has some counselling skills, and is working to become a fully accredited Active Birth Teacher. Part of this training involved studying with Janet Balaskas and Michel Odent.  Fiona is currently deepening her yoga practice to enable her to teach others, and she plans to offer pre and postnatal yoga classes in the near future.

Fiona loves dance, and teaches belly dancing for pregnant women and new mothers, bringing the dance back to it's roots of celebrating and encouraging fertility.

Fiona has had training in breastfeeding peer support with the NHS, so can offer help around breastfeeding issues or difficulties.

Fiona has supported women both at home and in hospital with 'natural' and medically managed births, and has personal experience of home waterbirth.

Some of Fiona's clients have engaged her as their birth supporter (doula) for her Shiatsu skills for pain relief and emotional support antenatally and during labour and birth.

Fiona is also the contact for the local homebirth group.