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Kerry Fountain
Doula | Hypnobirthing | Birth Trauma Support
Honest + Informed + Empowering

31/12/2025

Happy New Year ✨

2025 in photos full of wonderful memories thank you all 🤎

22/12/2025

AND THAT'S A WRAP FOR 2025 🎄

Last week I supported my final birth of 2025 to such a wonderful couple ✨ What an incredible year it has been!

I will be taking a short break before I go back on call on 5th January 2026 to support my first birth of the New Year!

Thank you to everyone who has chosen me to support them on their journey, I feel truly honoured.

I am excited for 2026 and cannot wait to be supporting more wonderful families 🤎

I will also be bringing more offerings such as closing the bones ceremony ( it was out on pause as I was busy with lots of births this year!)

Wishing you a lovely lot a wonderful Christmas! 🎄✨

15/12/2025

LOOK AT PLACENTA 👀

I think placentas are incredible!

12/12/2025

REMEMBER THIS!

This is for those of you that are playing the waiting game ready for your little one to arrive, whether you're nearly at your due date, you've reached your due date or your past your due date.

Don't be afraid to take yourself away from that pressure, away from the questions of when will your baby arrive.

You are exactly where you need to be right now. Your body is preparing and getting ready, even if you can't feel or see any signs yet behind the scenes are powerful things happening.

Your baby isn't late, no baby is (due dates are not evidence based) and no matter what you do (exercise, dates,clary sage, reflexology etc) if you baby isn't ready to be born then these things won't kick start your labour!

If you want to do all those things because YOU want to and it makes YOU feel good, go for it and see as birth preparation.

One of my favourite podcasts is by Rachel Reed "Induction of Labour from the Baby's Perspective"

It focuses on all those important behind the scenes preparations that your baby and body are getting ready for labour.

I promise that your body is doing what it should be doing, trust it!

11/12/2025

Last year's beautiful home birth ✨

I had the incredible honour of supporting this family to welcome their second baby, born at home in water!

"Kerry was cool and collected throughout every obstacle we faced ( which in the last 2 weeks was a few as I became "overdue") but equally always ready to advocate for me and my needs. She empowered me to listen to my gut and speak my truth throughout my pregnancy and really trust to my instincts. Armed with the facts and so much experience, we navigated every twist, and turn was so much more ease, thanks to Kerry's expertise and care"

Thank you for letting me support and be a part of your birth team! 🤎

04/12/2025

November 🎆

Little November recap!

1. On call for two lovely families
2. Went to sip and paint Picasso 🖌️
3. Lots of doula antenatal sessions which meant cake!
4. Supported a gorgeous birth 👶
5. Celebrated my birthday ( perfect gift for a doula!)
6. Hat ready to gift a family I supported!
7. Purchase some gorgeous birth & postnatal learning cards for our doula antenatal sessions!

01/12/2025

My DOULA TIPS ON USING A TENS!💪

1. Make sure you have read the instructions (yep the boring stuff including contradictions) and your partner knows where to place those pads!

When the time comes to use it you don't want to be faffing about!

2. Test it out to see what those sensations feel like so it's not unexpected on the day. Both pads need to be connected and on the skin to work.

Remember, not to be used until 37 weeks gestation!

3. Have all the pads set up and everything plugged in ready to use (makes it so much easier). Pads can stay in their little bag so they don't stick to everything.

4. Don't wait until you are in active labour or if you are birthing away from home until you're at the hospital.

To maximise the benefits of using the TENs it works best using in early labour when your contractions have started to establish (you will be able to bank and store those amazing endorphins ready for when you need them the most!)

5. REMEMBER to make sure the boost button is not pressed in when you first use it and switch it on as you will get an extra sensation which you might not like until you have gotten used to it!

26/11/2025

Women are incredible!

Last week I supported the most incredibly strong and beautiful family to welcome their fourth little one into the world.

We navigated some unexpected challenges but it was an honour to be beside them and witness their incredible birth!

Birth is beautiful, birth is raw, birth is powerful 🤎

As I take a week off call I get ready for one more little one to arrive which will be the last birth of 2025 ✨

05/11/2025

WHAT'S THE ALL THE FUSS ABOUT?

There have been three known main studies on date consumption that support some benefits to eating dates during pregnancy such as:

-Spontaneous labour, lower rate of induction
-Shorter first stage of labour
-Increase the chance of a vaginal birth
-Lower blood loss for those who consumed dates after delivery of baby and the placenta.

Although the studies are small and are of a lower quality it is thought that the dates contain compounds that work on the oxytocin receptors in the uterus which could help create contractions.

It also showed that those who had consumed dates (six date fruits per day for 4 weeks prior to their estimated date of delivery) were found to have increased cervical dilation in comparison to those who had not consumed any dates.

So do they work?

If your baby hasn't released those lovely hormones and is ready to be born then eating dats won't necessarily get things going BUT if you enjoy them and want some relatively healthy yummy snacks that may have some benefits to labor then these are great to ass to your snack bag as they freeze so can make in advance and easy to eat.

My favourite is peanut butter stuffed dates with cacao and sea salt 😛

03/11/2025

Auturmn🍁🎃

This is a mix of September & October highlights as I forgot to do September's 😂

1. Supported an incredible couple to birth their baby 🤎
2. Back to school and conker hunting!
3. A new birth pool arrived!
4. Supported a client to heal from birth trauma with 3 step Rewind Process
5. October was busy with lots of antenatal sessions! 💪
6. Lovely walk and coffee with a new client for March 2026 ☕
7. Made a million bath salts for gifts!
8. Half term began!🤪
9. Half term ended with Halloween crafts🎃

24/10/2025

Little did I know here that in 3 years time I would be doula supporting some incredible families across Nottingham to birth their baby.

If i was to describe the last three years of my work it would be in this beautiful quote:

"We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong”

Laura Stavoe Harm

You are stronger than you know!

20/10/2025

Today's birth affirmation!

Sometimes in pregnancy the unknown can bring worries and anxiety that we never thought of before.

The way we may feel or think about birth is often from our past experiences, what we have seen/read watched about birth ( which often is a very unrealistic view of birth).

Preparing for birth can definitely help ease those worries and the biggest part of birth prep is working on your birth mindset.

It can take time, finding the right tools that work from you and support along the way.

I often tell my clients to take one step at a time, one day at a time.

Sometimes the biggest part of my role as sometimes doula is supporting emotionally along that journey.

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