Claire Davies Doula Services

Claire Davies Doula Services A doula in Cornwall. I provide pregnancy & birth support, particularly supporting women with trauma

I'm a doula living in Cornwall providing birth services through pregnancy, birth and postnatally. I first trained in 2016, but have since enhanced my knowledge and skills with experience of working with many women with different needs. I am have particular experience of providing support to women who are living with the impacts of sexual abuse and domestic violence, both historic and recent. I am skilled at helping women navigate through our healthcare and social systems, providing support and information wherever needed or wished for. As a doula I will never advise you on the best course of action, however I will make sure you feel empowered to make the right decisions for you and your baby, using evidence-based information.

Marching tonight with my two girls alongside the amazing women of The Women’s Centre Cornwall.A vigil honouring all of t...
24/11/2023

Marching tonight with my two girls alongside the amazing women of The Women’s Centre Cornwall.

A vigil honouring all of the many women and children killed through male violence in the last year, followed by a celebration of feminine power in the form of dance by KBSK

Looking forward to hearing the words of Viv Gordon Company for the second time in a week ❤️

Join us at 6pm, Killacourt, Newquay, Cornwall

This is hard to listen to, and includes parents talking about their own experiences of baby loss. It's a harrowing liste...
07/11/2023

This is hard to listen to, and includes parents talking about their own experiences of baby loss.

It's a harrowing listen, but my take-away from is it to never ignore your gut feelings, never be scared to question and never be scared to ROAR!

Be powerful! Be difficult!

Krupa Padhy asks how safe are our maternity services.

This is really very beautiful, and I can imagine singing this in a women's circle, under a dark sky, by a roaring 🔥 http...
03/06/2023

This is really very beautiful, and I can imagine singing this in a women's circle, under a dark sky, by a roaring 🔥

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tegev08KyHY&feature=youtu.be

“I am my mother's savage daughter
The one who runs barefoot
Cursing sharp stones
I am my mother's savage daughter
I will not cut my hair
I will not lower my voice

My mother's child is a savage
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones
In the faces of cats, in the falling of feathers
In the dancing of fire
In the curve of old bones

I am my mother's savage daughter
The one who runs barefoot
Cursing sharp stones
I am my mother's savage daughter
I will not cut my hair
I will not lower my voice

My mother's child dancеs in darkness
She sings heathеn songs
By the light of the moon
And watches the stars and renames the planets
And dreams she can reach them
With a song and a broom

I am my mother's savage daughter
The one who runs barefoot
Cursing sharp stones
I am my mother's savage daughter
I will not cut my hair
I will not lower my voice

We are all brought forth out of darkness
Into this world, through blood and through pain
And deep in our bones, the old songs are waking
So sing them with voices of thunder and rain

We are our mother's savage daughters
The ones who run barefoot
Cursing sharp stones
We are our mother's savage daughters
We will not cut our hair
We will not lower our voice

We are our mother's savage daughters
The ones who run barefoot
Cursing sharp stones
We are our mother's savage daughters
We will not cut our hair
We will not lower our voice

We are our mother's savage daughters
The ones who run barefoot
Cursing sharp stones
We are our mother's savage daughters
We will not cut our hair
We will not lower our voice”

~ Wyndreth Berginsdottir, “My Mother’s Savage Daughter”
🎨 Lucy Campbell, “The Calling Home”
🐺 🐺🐺

It's a really beautiful, calm evening and the scent of my garden roses is heavy in the air. I've been slowly harvesting ...
25/05/2023

It's a really beautiful, calm evening and the scent of my garden roses is heavy in the air.

I've been slowly harvesting petals to dry and make a simple rose petal oil. It's a real treat for my skin and last ages. There are lots of methods to follow, but I use a carrier oil that suits me, and don't need anything else.

It's good to slow down and sn**ch a few grounding moments after a particularly hectic day.

This is beautiful. It's important for us as a society to see mothers breastfeeding and view it as completely normal. We ...
04/04/2023

This is beautiful. It's important for us as a society to see mothers breastfeeding and view it as completely normal. We learn so much by everything we see around us; and bringing up a baby is no different.

A nursing mom (and zookeeper) was brought in by the Metro Richmond Zoo to teach a struggling oragutan breastfeeding techniques. Category : Viral & Trending

When I've supported women who have felt free, empowered and unconstrained by those around them, they have invariably cho...
02/04/2023

When I've supported women who have felt free, empowered and unconstrained by those around them, they have invariably chosen to birth upright or on all fours.

Women instinctively know what is comfortable for them and how their baby can arrive most easily.

¿Sabías que antes del 1600 las Mujeres Occidentales daban a luz en cuclillas, sentadas y de pie?
Esto cambió cuando el rey Luis XIV de Francia dispuso que para poder él presenciar el nacimiento de sus hijos, sus mujeres debían dar a luz acostadas.

Aunque esa postura hace más difícil y doloroso el parto, pronto se generalizó, y los médicos franceses tuvieron que inventar los fórceps para evitar algunas de sus consecuencias. En poco tiempo se multiplicaron los instrumentos obstétricos, y se llegó a creer que el parto siempre era una urgencia que exigía atención médica para que fuera sin complicaciones.

Cada vez se populariza más la idea de que la mujer debe guiarse por su propio instinto en lo que se refiere al parto. El número de futuras madres que optan por el parto natural -entendido como aquel parto en el que la intervención externa es la mínima posible- va en aumento.

El obstetra francés Michel Odent, uno de los defensores más notables del parto natural, afirma que la parturienta no debe atenerse a ninguna regla, sino obedecer a su instinto, que la hace experta en dar a luz. Odent daba a sus pacientes entera libertad para proceder como quisiesen, e incluso les permitía sentarse en una tina de agua tibia para aliviar el dolor de las contracciones uterinas. De ahí surgió la idea del parto en agua.

Los conocimientos actuales de fisiología han demostrado que el parto vertical -de pie o en cuclillas- permite que el nacimiento del bebé sea más rápido y menos traumático. Sin embargo no existe una postura universal para dar a luz. En las comunidades más primitivas, las parturientas primerizas se guían por el consejo de mujeres más experimentadas.

World Doula Week 2023The theme this year is 'Then & Now', although searching for photos it feels more like 'count the wa...
24/03/2023

World Doula Week 2023

The theme this year is 'Then & Now', although searching for photos it feels more like 'count the ways I've aged'

I trained in 2016 with a huge desire to support women and their families through a transformative stage in their lives. I felt very positive about being able to experience being in an empowered birth space, and helping women make choices that reflected their needs and wishes. I had visions of gentle, respectful births where women are listened to.

Moving on to 2023 and sadly I feel battered by our maternity services, and in fact 'our' is the wrong word, because it doesn't feel like working together, it feels like women are railing against a broken system. I choose to do much of my work with particularly vulnerable women, so I know I often see the worst of it, but we often don't have cohesive services and women are battling on all fronts around mental health issues, social services involvement, lacking maternity services, uncertain immigration status and racial bias, among many other things. I sometimes leave a birth feeling that the difference I have made is to make a crappy situation, just a little less rubbish and that is kind of depressing.

This sounds very negative, and I'm sorry for that, but we can't gloss over it any longer. Being a doula is a vocation, and one that often takes it's toll on my welfare, but the last 7 years have taught me a lot about myself. I have dug deep for strength for myself and other women and will continue to do so because how you experience pregnancy and birth matters. How you are treated affects your bonding with your baby and your own mental health for years to come. Birth Matters ❤️

Happy International Women's Day 2023 ❤️Today is a really important day for me. All of the work I do as a doula is to sup...
08/03/2023

Happy International Women's Day 2023 ❤️

Today is a really important day for me. All of the work I do as a doula is to support mothers as they step into their new role.

Babies are gorgeous and squishy and delicious, but my job is not about cuddling them (as nice as that can be), it is to walk alongside a woman as she prepares for a birth, brings her baby earthside and finds her feet as a mum.

Having a baby can mean sleepless nights, little rest, no time for yourself, and a million new worries. I can make that time a little easier, provide nourishment, encouragement and I'm an amazing cheerleader.

17/02/2023

Re-watching Moxie with my two daughters.

A brilliant movie tackling feminist issues through the experience of teen girls. Exposing the r**e culture and misogyny faced by our kids in school. It's not 'bants' ❤

An interesting TedX talk."...A consistent theme of women not being listened to, not being believed....."Unfortunately th...
14/02/2023

An interesting TedX talk.

"...A consistent theme of women not being listened to, not being believed....."

Unfortunately this is often my experience, but part of my role as a doula is providing time to listen, and helping women to ensure their voices are heard.

Florence Wilcock begins her TEDxNHS talk like no other. Reflecting on her years of clinical and personal experience, she shares stories, challenges the statu...

Jo and I make a great team, keep a look out for more information on how you can benefit from booking us together ❤️ Jo K...
13/02/2023

Jo and I make a great team, keep a look out for more information on how you can benefit from booking us together ❤️

Jo Kidman Doula Cornwall - Birth in your Power

It’s always lovely to catch up and spend time with Claire Davies Doula Services my lovely local doula friend. We work both independently and together to support families during pregnancy and birth, sometimes by providing shared care and sometimes backing each other up.

We are aligned in many ways, but also bring our own unique skills and approach to the families we support (and if you work with both of us, it’s double the experience and skills!) 🥰

We also both have three children of similar ages so when we get together they can mostly entertain each other and let us have a good catch up over coffee and cake (always cake!)

It’s so important to connect with other doulas as this work can be wonderful, but also challenging. Doulas together work it out and there is an amazing community building here in Cornwall doing just that.

https://mydoula.co.uk/2021/easing-into-the-new-year/I haven't posted on my website for a while, so thought it was about ...
13/02/2023

https://mydoula.co.uk/2021/easing-into-the-new-year/

I haven't posted on my website for a while, so thought it was about time for an update.

Posted on 13th February 2023 by Claire DaviesEasing into the new year Image credit After quite a stressful end to 2022, I have chosen to ease myself into the new year and decided that January and February are good months to try to focus on my needs and those closest to me. I think th...

11/02/2023

I completed my doula training in 2016 and set up a business page. Sadly that page was recently taken over and is completely irretrievable, so I have had to start again. Please share this page with anyone who may be interested in my birth services.

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Wadebridge

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