Options & Pricing : I consider all my costs very carefully as I want to make my offerings, support and experience accessible to local families. If you would like to discuss paying in installments then please ask me. Thankyou, Rachel.

I have made a menu of my packages. However I am happy to discuss any combinations of support from Natural Ultrasound painting with your family in pregnancy to coming to your home for breastfeeding support. I charge £30 an hour for individual sessions + fuel at 55p a mile.

1.Hypnobirth course at your home I have trained with Judith Flood and Katherine Graves Hypnobirthing techniques. I tailor my course to meet your needs. I will suggest a book and record my own relaxations for you on whatsapp. HB is a great way to learn about how your birthing body works and techniques and strategies that you can practice and use throughout your pregnancy and birth. It can be an excellent way to feel more confident and empowered in yourself wherever you decide to birth your baby.

Costs : £180 for 3 sessions at home with you and your birth partner. This includes travel to your home within a 10 mile radius of Talgarth.

2.Your Nest Support & friendship throughout your pregnancy to listen, celebrate , advocate and empower your birth, baby and you!

I have been immersed in birth for more than 30 years as a midwife, doula & volunteer. I have trained/worked in Hypnobirth, biomechanics, mexican rebozo, maori foot massage, breastfeeding , craniosacral therapy and more.

As your baby grows I can be a source of heartfelt honest support that places you and your baby at your centre.

Included : I suggest at least 12 hours of time together, so this might look like 6 meetings together. For example: this may be taken as 3 x two hour sessions learning hypnobirth techniques, time discussing how birth works and what your partner can do to support you, learning & practicing biomechnics understanding your birth ethos and what your birth plan and place of birth might look like. Or something more joyous such as Maori foot massage which is a wonderful way for your partner to bond with their baby in your womb as well as being relaxing for you! or painting your baby on your belly with makeup ( called Natural USS) another fun and beautiful way to bond with your baby and friends or family around you.

Sometimes you might just want to check in with me on the phone or a zoom call. Sometimes you can attend a small group workshop and many times we can meet at your home and practice and work together.

Cost : Pregnancy Nesting & Nurture complete package is £380 and includes travel within a 10 mile radius of Talgarth.

3. The Bird & the Bee -A complete holistic ‘full circle’ package of individualised care for you that respects your mind , body and soul connection with your growing baby.

I can offer , teach and practice with you and your partner :Hypnobirth techniques, Biomechanics skills, gentle freeing Rebozo massage, Craniosacral therapy, a beautiful Maori foot massage, Mexican Natural USS which involves painting your baby on your belly, Mindful breastfeeding antenatal information, aromatherapy, motion and movement for pregnancy and birth. The list can go on ….. Postpartum I understand the huge importance of time for recovery and healing. I have a depth of experience supporting mothers with breastfeeding, craniosacral therapy for themselves and their baby, cooking nutritional meals that aid recovery, gentle rest and recovery rebozo massage.

The Home visits can be split into pregnancy and postpartum.

Included :

8 home visits and at a date of your choice ‘Closing the Bones’ nurturing ceremony 3- 12 months postpartum.

‘on call ‘ from 38 weeks.

Attendance during your labour and birth virtually /physically.

I can offer you my Mexican rebozo, birth biomechanics information, accupressure combs , birth ball,birth sling, aromatherapy oils and hypnobirth recordings if you wish to use them.

I suggest 3-5 pregnancy meetings, 3-4 postpartum visits.

I love to be able to offer a full postnatal ‘Closing the Bones’ ritual at between 3-12 months. This takes place over the whole morning or afternoon and includes revisiting your and your baby’s birth story, a warming full body massage, a hot herbal steam bath, a time cocooned in blankets to integrate and finally a rebozo ritual that involves being rocked and swaddled up and down your body. This beautiful treatment I have learnt from my highly respected teacher and friend , midwife sister Naoli Vinaver.

Price £1600 includes the complete package of care within a 25 mile radius of Talgarth.

Please contact me if you would like to discuss any of these details further. Thankyou Rachel 07484295235

4.New Dawn Postpartum Doula for 40 days . Quiet Postnatal support for your rest & recovery after birth. You have worked hard physically and emotionally throughout your pregnancy and labour. Now is the time to slow down and get to know your baby, understand their needs whilst being gentle on yourself.

The first 40 days postpartum healing, rest & recovery.

In many cultures the first 40 days are a protected time, essential space for you to rest, recuperate and heal.

Time to get used to being with your new baby every day and night.

Time to heal your sore muscles, your backache and your sitiches.

Time to breastfeed and learn with your baby.

Time to accept help with preparing nutritious broths, snacks and foods that aid healing and recovery.

Time to recieve rebozo massage and Craniosacral sessions to all soothe your nervous system.

Time to talk through your birth story and reflect.

Time to be with me and i will listen and offer whatever is needed in those days to ensure you are on the road to a holistic recovery in your mind, body & soul.

Included : I suggest 2 visits a week for the first 2 weeks when I can provide time for birth reflection, gentle breastfeeding encouragement and advice, craniosacral healing, nutritional broths and foods which promote healing.

1 visit in week 3 & 4 . I can provide whatever listening ear, rest & recovery, light housework and looking out for your baby whilst you rest.

1 visit week 6. I can provide a therapeutic Recovery & Healing massage with aromatic oils or a craniosacral therapy session for yourself & baby and your partner.

1 visit week 8 to bring closure to this time with your newborn. By 40 days as a Mama you are settling into your life with baby, your body is feeling like it is healing and your life has established a new pattern. I love to offer a final, Rest & Recovery massage, which includes Rebozo Closing the Bones. I rock you and wrap you in Mexican rebozo scarfs to mark the end of your postpartum 40 days. It is a beautiful way to end our time together too.

Cost : £480 includes travel within a 10 mile radius of Talgarth

5.Closing the Bones Ceremony This is a beautiful offering that I have only learnt about in the last 6 years. I wish I had known about it when I had a baby 27 years ago! I met my teacher and absolute blessing during Covid. I met Naoli Vinaver, a mexican traditional and clinical midwife online and since have studied alongside her in UK and Brazil ( where she lives). She has taught me the art of using the Rebozo. This is a 3 metre long woven scarf that can be used to cradle, wrap and rock a Mama in pregnancy , during birth and finally in the postpartum time.

Included Closing the bones involves 4 stages, hearing your birth story, warming the emotions with a full body massage, sweating your body in a small portable sweat lodge with herbs brewed from my garden, grounding your emotions and integrating your experience wrapped in warm soft blankets and finally integrating and bringing closure to your mind, body and soul held by 7 rebozo scarves.

It can be a beautiful gift to yourself to honor and recognise your transition and to help your physical and emotional soul that has had to be so open and now can come back to your centre.

CtB can be offered to new mothers , women at any time of transition, after a heartbreaking loss and to celebrate joy.

I often come for 4 hours ( or as long as it takes) and we eat some food together at the end. It is lovely to do it when your baby can be cuddled in a room nearby and brought to you if they want to feed.

Cost £200 includes travel within a 10 mile radius of Talgarth.

Three Step Rewind : This is a safe, trauma informed method that can help you to release yourself from intrusive birth memories. Your memory of the event will remain but your connection to the associated stress and emotions will be laid to rest.

I offered this therapy when I worked in the health service ( when I trained with Mia Scotland) and since then I have refreshed my training with Mark Harris (@birthing4blokes).

included 1:1 sessions over 3 consecutive weeks. The process uses deep relaxation, visualisation and outcome focussed meditation. You do not have to retell your birth story or experience although many people find it helpful and a release when they do.

Cost £120 for the 3 sessions at my house . This can be done on Zoom although you do need to ensure you are not disturbed by your other family members or animals!