2Life Doula

2Life Doula Supporting You & Your Partner In The Birth Of Your Baby
* Doula Support
* HypnoBirthing Childbirth Education
* Placenta encapsulation specialist
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About me…

My name is Moran and I am a mother to three healthy, smart and beautiful girls. My journey into the world of birthing began when I had my first child Isabella. Isabella’s birth was one filled with fear, intervention and post partum anxiety, the way all births are not meant to be. I really doubted whether I would have any more children after her birth as I felt the power within me was taken away. However when I did finally summon up the courage to try again I decided to have a doula support me through this important time in my life and support me she did! My daughter Portia’s birth was a moment of pure empowerment and joy. I birthed her in my bath tub at the time when I was scheduled to go in to a private hospital but I was going so well and felt so confident in my body’s abilities that I decided to have a last minute unassisted birth at home with just my husband and doula present. At the moment of transition I remember my fears creaping up on me as I gazed into my reassuring doula’s eyes which gave me the strength to keep going and keep going I did! With my third child I had a very long back labour as she was posterior but again I had my doula that stayed with me for the whole time making sure that my confidence in my body’s abilities weren’t diminished in any way and I birthed her naturally with no intervention needed. I was so inspired and fascinated with the strength and confidence having a doula there gave me in comparison to my first birth and became inspired to want to give other women that same belief in their bodies and their ability to birth naturally that I got. My aim is to give my clients the trust to believe in their bodies and their abilities to handle anything and to let them gain the knowledge to the array of choices that are available so that they can make informed decisions when it comes to their birth. I have attended many births now as a doula and it is such a rewarding experience to be present for the parents that I work with in aiding them enjoy the birth experience which will leave an imprint for a lifetime. I work in births in any setting and all circumstances, from home birth, birthing centre to hospital births and have witnessed the most AMAZING births imaginable. I am a true believer that “when you change the way you think about birth, the way you birth will change’ ~ Marie Mongan

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Professional Affiliations and Continuing Education
* Childbirth International Certified Doula
* HypnoBirthing® – The Mongan Method Practitioner
* Sacred Pregnancy Instructor
* Birthing From Within Birth Art Mentor
* Placenta Encapsulation Specialist (PBI)
* Stillbirthday Doula
* Becoming Us Facilitator

* September 2016 - Becoming Us Facilitator

* September 2016 – Gentle Birth, Pleasurable Parenting ~ Dr Sarah Buckley

* August 2016 Education for Normal Birth – Rhea Dempsey

* September 2014 – Stillbirthday Doula Certification

* May 2014 – Ancient Postpartum Tools and Techniques for Birth Workers – Julia Jones

* March 2014 – Birthing from Within Couples workshop – Treana Jones

* January 2014 – Aromatouch Workshop for Doulas – Midwife Faye Read

* November 2013 – Hypnobirthing® Practitioner

* October 2013 – Placenta Encapsulation Specialist Training

* October 2013 – Bloodborne Pathogens & Infection Control For Placenta Encapsulators Certificate – Biologix Solutions

* 12th September 2013 – Birthrites Healing after Caesarean – National Caesarean Awareness Day with special guest Rhea Dempsey Author, Childbirth Educator, Doula and Expert from the film “The Face of Birth”

* July 2013 – DONA International 19th Annual Conference

* July 2013 – 4 day Sacred Pregnancy workshop – Injidup WA

* June/July 2013 – a 5-week distance course Using Birth Art for Childbirth Preparation and Healing, presented and taught by Pam England – the author of Birthing from within

* June 2013 – Miscarriage, Stillbirth & The Doula presented by Heidi Faith founder of Still Birthday

* 15th May 2013 -The Science of Skin to Skin and Kangaroo Care Talk by Hope Parish PA-C, Daniela Jensen and Nancy Holtzman, RN IBCLC CPN

* 11th April 2013 – Family Centered Cesarean Birth Talk by William Camann, M.D director of obstetric anesthesia at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School

* 3rd of April 2013 – Creating a Positive BIrth Space in High Risk Care Talk by Talulah Gough – Doula

* 17th March 2013 – Power, Peace and Pleasure In Pregnancy, Birth and Mothering Talk by Dr. Sarah Buckley – Author of Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering

* 7th March 2013, Perth – Fundamentals of Belly Dance for birth workshop – BellydanceBirth® presented by Maha Al Musa

Did you know… the first year after having a baby is the most common time for couples to fight more… and sometimes even c...
19/11/2025

Did you know… the first year after having a baby is the most common time for couples to fight more… and sometimes even call it quits?
Not because anyone’s failing but because nothing tests teamwork like sleepless nights, cluster feeding, hormones, and trying to remember who you were before the baby arrived.

Suddenly you’re negotiating who’s more tired, who last showered, and whose turn it is to eat with two hands.
Welcome to Level 10 Relationship Olympics. 🏅

But here’s the good news:
Most couples don’t break because they stopped loving each other…
They struggle because nobody warned them that a new baby also creates a new dynamic and you have to grow into it together.

Knowing this and preparing for it can make you come out of it a stronger couple together 💛

👇🏼 Tag a parent who needs this reminder.
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✨ Follow me for honest postpartum chats, empowered birth education & real support for the messy, magical seasons of motherhood. 💛
More info about birth and postpartum preparation in my book – link in bio!

17/11/2025

💪🏻 Birth is raw. Birth is primal 💛

Mama 🎥 ands repost by ➡️ .growing.abode

Every woman is primal in their own song when birthing.

Every birth has its frequency.

When I was watching birth videos before my births, I noticed that there weren’t many (if any) that shared the intensity of transition and few with bigger vocals of birth.

Many videos skip the “loud” the “ugly” the “cursing” but the truth is, not one bit of birth deserves to be skipped.

There are many videos with gentle music and romantic nature.
Many with quick pushing and a calm, quiet mama.
And all of this is beautiful and true.
And every woman has the right to share the birth they want to share.

AND sometimes mama is primal.
Each mama is on her own journey to bring her baby into her arms.
Roaring.
Releasing tears.
Cursing.
Begging.
Grabbing.
Processing.

Birth may surprise you like that.
Allowing parts of yourself to express outwardly that you may have not even known existed with you.

And…
It’s all right.
It’s all beautiful.
And none of it is wrong or too much of anything.

The birth of my daughter on my bathroom floor was exactly as it was meant to be as I moved through each step, releasing and opening, expressing and BEING.

And maybe it was relatable and meant to be shared in its raw form to show you that it’s powerful and peaceful with or without music and twinkle lights.

It’s okay if you show up to birth and you aren’t what you expected to be like in those moments because finding and loving yourself in that space wouldn’t be as magical✨

Mama: .growing.abode
Midwives: .birth

17/11/2025

What if I told you… birth doesn’t have to feel frightening, confusing, or out of your control?

What if I told you
✨ your body isn’t broken
✨ your intuition is powerful
✨ and you deserve care that listens, supports, and honours you?

And what if I told you… everything you need to feel informed, grounded and confident is inside the pages of my book.

Whether your last birth left you carrying fear, or you’re a first-time mum who just wants to feel prepared—this book is for you.
Because every woman deserves to understand her options, trust her instincts, and walk into birth feeling strong.

📖 Get 20% off ‘Birthing with Trauma and Fear’ this Black Friday weekend — Australia only.
🌍 International? I’ve added the Amazon link for you.

Comment BIRTH and I’ll send you the link.
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🎥 found on Peaceful Birth Now

17/11/2025

😞 I can’t even put into words how heartbreaking this was to watch.
A woman on the brink of meeting her baby, vulnerable, powerful, doing the hardest work of her life and she’s being dismissed, ignored, and spoken to with zero care.

How have we drifted so far from basic human decency? From simple empathy?

Every part of me wanted to reach through the screen, wrap her in a hug, and whisper, “You’re incredible. You’re safe. Someone sees you. Someone cares.”

Women deserve better. Always.
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✨Follow for more birth education, empowerment, and real conversations.
📕 My book Birthing with Trauma and Fear is here to support you through it all. 💛



Repost 🎥 Just in case anyone is wondering — this is not normal behavior when triaging someone who is in active labor or about to have a baby.
Unfortunately, it’s also not unusual… and that’s the heartbreaking part.

Witnessing things like this only fuels my commitment to continue offering a space grounded in peace, love, understanding, and respect. When you walk through our doors, you deserve to feel safe. You deserve to feel heard. You deserve to feel human.

I can only imagine how terrified she must have felt.
This is unacceptable, and she and her baby deserved better.

16/11/2025

✨ Birth looks like this when a woman leads her own birth experience. ✨

When a mother is trusted… when she isn’t rushed… when the room follows her instead of the clock, birth unfolds with a softness you can feel through the screen.

In this video you’re witnessing a woman in her power… a body doing exactly what it was designed to do… and a birth that is calm, connected, and deeply intuitive.

This isn’t “lucky.”
This is what happens when women intentionally prepare for their birth.

💛 If you want a birth that feels like this…calm, confident, women-led, my book Birthing with Trauma and Fear was written to guide you there. It’s the roadmap I wish every mother had. Link in bio.
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07/11/2025

💛 Birth, The Way It Was Always Meant to Be.

You know what I keep coming back to?
Birth used to be this, a family event.
It happened in our homes, surrounded by people we loved.

Somewhere along the way, we started to believe birth needed to be managed, timed, controlled.
But when I see moments like this one, the quiet, the trust, the presence,it reminds me what birth really is.
A natural, sacred process that’s always been meant to unfold within the rhythm of family and love.

It’s not about where you birth, but how you’re held through it.
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✨Follow  for more stories that bring reverence back to birth,
and read beautiful real-life journeys in Birthing with Trauma and Fear 📕 (link in bio)

06/11/2025

💛 A Caesarean is Still a Birth 💛

This video shows a beautiful, woman-centred caesarean, where the mother gently reaches down to welcome her baby earthside. It’s calm, sacred, and deeply human.

A caesarean is still a birth.
It’s still powerful. Still transformative.
When a woman offers her body to bring her baby safely into the world, through major surgery, recovery, and surrender that is the epitome of motherly love.

Let’s move away from the idea that caesareans are “the easy option.”
Every birth story deserves reverence. Every mother deserves to feel proud of the way she brought life into the world, no matter how her baby arrived.

If you’ve birthed by caesarean, this moment is for you.
You are no less. You are incredible.
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🤍 Follow  for more stories that honour every kind of birth and read powerful real-life journeys in Birthing with Trauma and Fear (link in bio)

🤍 Sometimes, nature reveals its mysteries in ways that are both humbling and deeply moving.This video shows something in...
05/11/2025

🤍 Sometimes, nature reveals its mysteries in ways that are both humbling and deeply moving.
This video shows something incredibly rare, a twin pregnancy where one baby was miscarried at 12 weeks, still perfectly enclosed in the amniotic sac, while the other continued to grow and thrive.

I share this not to sensationalise, but to honour the quiet realities of pregnancy, its fragility, its resilience, and the sacred balance between life and loss.

If you’ve walked through loss yourself, please know you’re not alone. 💛

Our bodies and our stories hold so much more than what’s visible on the surface.

🤍 If this brought up emotion for you, take a moment to breathe.

You can always find more supportive conversations around birth, loss, and healing on my page .
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Repost by A spontaneously aborted fetus still fully intact in the amniotic sac!!

This is a case of a 12-week dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy, spontaneous conception.
The patient aborted one twin at home—the fetus and its amniotic sac were completely intact when she brought it in to her OB/GYN doctor.
Incredibly, the other twin remained alive and thriving within its own gestational sac, with no sonographic evidence of fetal demise or complications.
She was closely monitored in the hospital for several days—and the surviving baby continued to grow normally.

In the video, you can clearly see the aborted twin enclosed in its intact amniotic sac — a rare and striking sight in obstetrics.

Video by .ozak

I’m not a freebirth doula, I’m a woman who listens to women, and a mother who chose a freebirth with my second daughter....
05/11/2025

I’m not a freebirth doula, I’m a woman who listens to women, and a mother who chose a freebirth with my second daughter.

When labour began and my inner voice finally spoke up, it was clear: I felt safest birthing at home. 🏠

Trusting that instinct changed everything

In my work as a doula, I’ve learned this truth again and again, women don’t walk away from support unless they feel unsafe inside it.

Freebirth isn’t a trend. It’s often a last resort.
And instead of attacking the choice, we should be asking why it feels like the only option for so many.

Taking the option away doesn’t solve the problem it only reinforces the power imbalances that pushed women out in the first place.

The real question isn’t “how do we stop freebirth?”
It’s: why are so many women choosing it in the first place?
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💬 I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

To read more, I’ve shared the full story and my reflections on the current landscape of freebirth in my latest blog post. 🌿

🌸 Follow for honest conversations about birth and reclaiming trust in our bodies.

✨ Birth doesn’t have to be feared ✨Birthing with Trauma and Fear is for every woman preparing for birth, whether this is...
05/11/2025

✨ Birth doesn’t have to be feared ✨
Birthing with Trauma and Fear is for every woman preparing for birth, whether this is your first baby or your fifth.

It’s about moving from fear to trust, from uncertainty to understanding.

This book brings together stories, insight, and gentle guidance from over a decade of birth work, to help you feel calm, capable, and connected in your birth journey.

💛 Available now worldwide.
Tap below or use the link in bio to order your copy.

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