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My name is Kathryn. I am a birth and postnatal doula working in North Wiltshire. I hire out my birthpools and TENS machines.

As your doula, I will be there to help and encourage you, to be your advocate, to be on your side and by your side throughout your labour and birth and to provide emotional and practical support to you and your family during the first few weeks of parenthood. As your postnatal doula I will offer both practical and emotional support, as well as advice on caring for your new baby. I trained as an IPEN placenta encapsulation specialist, to prepare placenta and umbilical cord remedies and keepsakes. I am also a trained babywearing consultant and run Swindon and Devizes Sling Library, which aims to help parents choose the right sling(s) for them through, sling meets, a lending services and individual consultations.

13/11/2025

Optimum Bumps is a free antenatal support group, which I run. It allows anyone with a baby bump the opportunity to meet others, in a friendly and informal setting, while learning a little something about pregnancy, birth and babies along the way.

Each week we cover a different topic. You can choose to come to every meeting or just to those that are of particular interest to you.
Our upcoming topics are breastfeeding, hypnobirthing, sleep and pain relief.

The meetings are from 7:30pm to 9pm on Thursday evenings, at Optimum Corner.

Although the group is free to attend, you do need to book, as places are limited. Please follow the Eventbrite link to book your places: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/optimum-doula-39763881283

11/11/2025

How we are looked after and cared for as babies affects our mental health and emotional wellbeing as adults. It can affect every aspect of our lives, from coping with stressful situations to forming romantic relationships. Being held, being responded to, being comforted when we are upset, having adults show us that they care for us, that we are important to them, and that we bring them joy helps us develop an emotionally healthy brain.

The Centre for Early Childhood’s Explainer on growing a healthy brain explains why early relationships, surroundings and experiences are central to children’...

08/11/2025

"A rigorous review in 2017 found that compared with stethoscope monitoring, the electronic version did not reduce stillbirths or cerebral palsy. . . The tool did decrease rare neonatal seizures, though that did not change the baby’s risk of neurological injuries later on. And the technology increased a woman’s odds of cesarean delivery by 63 percent"

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and legal concerns, The Times found.

07/11/2025

Lara and I are ready for this afternoon's Devizes, Melksham and Calne Breastfeeding Support session, at Optimum Corner.

02/11/2025

All set up at the Little Pickles Markets Somerset And Wiltshire Devizes market. Come along to Devizes Leisure Centre, between 10am and 11:30am today (Sunday 2nd) to grab some pre-loved baby bargains, and maybe come say hello to me.

30/10/2025

This post is for anyone who's wondering what living with a newly toilet trained, almost two year old, is like.

24/10/2025

It's amazing what is comfy enough for a quick power nap, when the only sleep you've had in the last 34 hours, was a half hour snooze 12 hours ago!

22/10/2025

Slightly early for Devizes, Melksham and Calne Breastfeeding Support at the Lansdowne Strand, in Calne, so I'm catching up on my reading (while Max chills on the play mat).

Address

Optimum Corner, 50 Eastleigh Road
Devizes
SN103EH

Website

https://www.optimumdoula.co.uk/

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My name is Kathryn Beale and I am a mum of two. My first daughter was born in the Great Western Hospital, in 2008 and my second was born at home, in 2010. I am a birth and postnatal doula working in and around Swindon. I run a free antenatal support group, called 'Optimums-To-Be' and a homebirth support group called 'Swindon Homebirthers'. I hire out TENS machines and birthpools. I have trained as a maternity and nursing bra fitter and am currently training to be a breastfeeding counsellor. I am also a fully qualified babywearing consultant and run Swindon and Devizes Sling Library.

As your birth doula I will support you during your pregnancy, labour and birth as well as the first days after your baby is born. I will assist you in achieving your desired birth experience and prepare you for your new arrival. I am there to make you aware of the options available, enabling you to make your own informed choices, to listen to your concerns and to provide a calm and reassuring presence for you and your partner during labour.

As your postnatal doula I will offer both practical and emotional support, as well as information and advice on caring for your new baby. If you want to know more, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am happy to discuss my services in more detail, answer any questions you may have or to set up a free, no-obligation, face-to-face meeting.