Zainab the Doula

29/09/2025

At Raham Project, our Monthly Lunch Club gives mothers, babies, and families from ethnic communities a safe, welcoming space to share a home-cooked, nutritious meal, make friends, and find support. 💜

We need £10,903 to run the Lunch Club for a full year — ensuring every mother can eat well and feel supported. Every extra pound will help fund Walk & Talk sessions and coffee mornings, creating even more social spaces for families to thrive.

💌 Donate today:
Gofund me: https://gofund.me/7ae4813b9
Donate directly to Raham project: https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QB5EQA8F

Together, we can make sure no family feels alone. 🤝

21/03/2024

Pelvic Floor Listening Event

Discussing the importance of pelvic floor and listening to Mums stories!

11/03/2024

14/06/2023

Check out my new flyers.
They highlight the services I provide. Old and new!
Contact me for more details.

09/01/2023

This is our new leaflet! Please connect with us if you need information or support.

We would love for you to share this amongst your networks. If anyone wishes to have some copies for their local families so that they could use our online support support group then please message us via our inbox and we can arrange this for free.

21/06/2022

This about sums it up. Each doula is different, and will be able to provide you with a slightly different version that suits you and your family and not a generic version that is the same for everyone.

What does a doula do?⁠
⁠
If someone hadn't heard of the role of the doula before, it could easily be assumed that the majority of the work a doula does takes place in the birth environment, during the hours of labour. ⁠
In reality, the majority of birth doulas also spend a large amount of their time helping women to prepare for and plan their birth. Helping a client to understand the physiology of birth, to trust their own body and to know their rights and options can play a huge factor in reducing fear around birth and helping them to have a positive and empowering birth experience. ⁠
By the time it comes to the birth, a doula can then have a deep understanding of their clients wishes and will work to ensure that the choices of their client are respected.⁠
⁠
⁠

25/03/2022

🏥 🤰🏽Learn what Pharmacological options are available to you to relieve pain during labour pain.

Labour can be painful, so it's important to learn about all the ways that you can relieve the pain. It's also helpful for whoever is going to be with you during your labour to know about the different options, as well as how they can support you.

Want to know about Non-Pharmacological Pain Management Options During Labor? That’s already covered in our previous post 👉🏽

What’s your preferred pain management option for pain in labour and during birth?
Reposted from

25/03/2022

What form of non-pharmacological pain relief did you/ or would you use to cope in labour? 💜
Reposted from

25/03/2022

Did you have a plan for how you wanted to labor and give birth? What type of pain relief did you take? Where you told about the different types of pain relief?

There are many different ways to labor and give birth. Not everyway will work for everyone. As Doulas, we support your choice to labor any way you want.

We tell you about different pain relief methods, some you may not even have heard of. I didn't, and I gave birth 4 times. I found out about some wonderful pain reliefs during my doula course, and I wish they were more widely known.

Not everyone wants a clinical birth, with drugs. Check out info graphics on pain relief, you may be surprised at how many there are, medical and non medicinal.

At the end of the day, no matter how you choose to labor and birth, I will support you and make sure you feel safe and happy.

22/03/2022

Dont take my word for it.
There is plenty of research done proving that having a doula is good for you.

*Reduced risk of Caesarean birth
*Reduced risk of instrumental birth
*Reduced need for painkillers or epidural during birth
*Reduced rate of induction of labour
*Shorter labour
*Increased parental satisfaction with the birth experience
*Increased likelihood of initiating breastfeeding
*Increased likelihood of successfully establishing breastfeeding & breastfeeding at 6 weeks
*Lower incidence of depressive symptomatology
*Improve equity and provide culturally responsive care

From - https://doula.org.uk/research/

That doesn't include that fact that you get continuous support from us. We see you from your pregnancy, during birth and even after your baby is born.

22/03/2022

Happy World Doula Week!

Doulas make a difference. We fight for your rights, we provide you with information to make a choice thats suits you and best of all, we DON'T BULLY YOU! Your birth, your choice. We understand and support you in all your decisions. We hold your hand and remind you that you are strong and can do anything you set your mind too.