London Doula - Michaela Kalusová

25/03/2025

I’m Michaela – birth & postnatal London doula, hypnobirthing teacher, pregnancy massage therapist, and placenta encapsulation specialist. Holding space for your journey with calm, care, and confidence.
Explore more: www.michaelakalusova.co.uk

09/12/2021

Beautiful dried umbilical cord keepsake 😍

29/04/2020

“It’s not a bonus or a luxury for someone to have care that is safe and respectful,” says Cristen Pascucci, founder of Birth Monopoly, an online advocacy organization that focuses on birthing rights. They argue that for some patients, doulas are an essential part of ensuring a healthy, safe birth – especially for marginalized populations like women of color, particularly black women, who bear the brunt of the maternal mortality crisis in America. There is evidence that continuous, one-on-one birthing support, particularly from a doula, reduces the risk of dissatisfying or traumatic birth experiences, unplanned C-sections and low Apgar scores – the method physicians use to assess a newborn’s health immediately after birth.

As coronavirus changes the way women experience pregnancy, doulas are caught between helping clients and the limitations caused by the pandemic

23/04/2020

Reposted from We originally shared this 2 years ago, but it certainly is worth repeating. . .
"Providers need to be transparent about their experiences and beliefs. If you don't know how to deliver a breech baby, don't say, 'Breech birth is too dangerous.' Say: 'Breech birth is too dangerous WITH ME.'" - Hermine Hayes-Klein, Human Rights Attorney -

23/04/2020

Reposted from .
💥𝐈𝐍𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒💥
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Pluristem Therapeutics is a biotech company in Israel that administered cell therapy to six critically ill COVID-19 patients. Four of those patients showed improved respiration.
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A NJ hospital has become the first in the U.S. to do administer placenta therapy on a critically ill patient.
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The process is simple, it involves removing placenta cells from a fresh placenta, placing it into syringes and injecting it straight into the patients muscle.
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The Food and Drug Administration cleared a Somerset County biotech company to conduct a clinical study to test the impact of placenta therapy on COVID-19. The study will involve up to 86 patients with COVID-19.
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23/04/2020

INTERESTING! FROM My Expert Midwife Did you know, since the Covid-19 lockdown began in the UK, mums and midwives across the country have seen an increase in the number of babies coming back up to their birth weight by day 5! - Something that has not been seen in decades!
It is totally normal for your baby's weight to decrease post birth, however in recent years, it's been known to take up to day 10, or longer, for babies to get back up to their birth weight. This meant, extra measures were advised if your baby's day 5 weigh-in didn’t reach the expected amount.

Interestingly, what the lockdown and self-isolation has shown us is that without a constant stream of visitors, mum and baby have had a better opportunity for uninterrupted bonding which seems to have hugely helped mums and babies to establish breastfeeding and feed for longer, helping them regain their weight far quicker!

Whilst this evidence from midwives and other professionals is only anecdotal, at this stage, we hope that, once the NHS workload has returned to normal, formal research can look into this data in greater detail as this could have a huge impact on how women and their partners prepare for postpartum and breastfeeding.

14/04/2020

AIMS' chair of trustees, Debbie Chippington Derrick, is quoted in The Guardian discussing a woman's right to choose to birth at home even if a midwife isn't available:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/apr/05/expectant-mothers-turn-to-freebirthing-after-home-births-cancelled

The AIMS birth information page on birthing without medical assistance is here: www.aims.org.uk/information/item/freebirth

AIMS' chair of trustees, Debbie Chippington Derrick, is quoted in The Guardian discussing a woman's right to choose to birth at home even if a midwife isn't available:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/apr/05/expectant-mothers-turn-to-freebirthing-after-home-births-cancelled

The AIMS birth information page on birthing without medical assistance is here: www.aims.org.uk/information/item/freebirth

14/04/2020

Yes!!!

09/04/2020

Beautiful project from Little Earth Baby Ltd

I am offering 10 viewers a 30 minute online consultation with visualisations and EFT (emotional freedom technique). Wouldn’t it be wonderful to see her calming face during labour or in your preparations for birth? 🙌🏼💚

I am is a doula, pre and post natal psychology educator and a mother of 2 beautiful children. Studied birth for years and helps other mothers-to-be with hypnobirthing visualisations.

www.michaelakalusova.co.uk

With medical resources currently focused on the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve set up this platform to bring you support and advice from experts. Michaela is al...

06/04/2020

There is no specific definition of freebirth, but broadly speaking, a woman freebirths when she intentionally gives birth to her baby without a midwife or doctor present. Some women prefer to use the term ‘unassisted childbirth’ or UC to describe this. This is different from the situation where a mother births without medical support unintentionally, either because a midwife refuses to attend a homebirth or because she births before her midwife can get there.

Freebirth, unassisted childbirth and unassisted pregnancy