Would you like Rehana to be your doula?
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About Rehana
Rehana lives in Tooting & Mitcham, South London, with her husband, their three adult children, two cats and some quails!
Rehana is a dual qualified Birth and Postnatal doula, licensed with NCT and Doula UK, providing support in pregnancy, birth, and postnatally, providing both day and night support.
She would love to support you and your family during pregnancy, labour, and postnatally in the early sleep-deprived months after having a baby, helping you to find your voice in the maternity system and can guide you with strategies to make your new life with your newborn work for you.
Rehana believes that every woman and every birth is unique, and aims to help you find your voice, and can advocate for you where you need it. She puts you at the heart of the support she provides. She feels it is a privilege to be able to support you through this life-changing, and at times challenging, phase in your life; exploring your options, supporting you to make informed decisions about your maternity care, wherever and however you choose to birth.
Why not book a no-cost call to explore your individual hopes, beliefs, and thoughts about how and where you would like to give birth, giving you an opportunity for us to get to know each other.
As your doula, Rehana will help put together individual customised plans to include all your support needs.
Birth can be unpredictable, and good planning and preparation of mind, body and spirit will help you feel positive about your birth experience, even if the outcomes differ from the original plan.
Qualifications
- NCT Birth Doula - trained at University of Worcester.
- Birth & Postnatal Doula - dual qualified with Doula UK
- Breastfeeding Peer Supporter - trained with Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM)
- Biomechanics For Birth - trained with Molly O'Brien, Optimal Birth & Shellie Poulter, Serenity Birth Doula
- Rebozo & Massage for Pregnancy, Labour and Birth - trained with Sophie Messager
- Aromatherapy For Childbirth - www.aromatherapyforchildbirth.org
- Baby Massage Instructor - International Association of Infant Massage
Practicalities
Rehana will provide customised support by:
- Meeting with you (and your partner, if you have one), in person up to three times before birth to get to know you, explore your options, discuss your birth preferences and any concerns, offering supportive, empowering information for your family.
- Practising breathing techniques, massage, and birthing and labour positions, using rebozo and biomechanics to prepare and balance your body. Using practical tools which may aid your labour and birth.
- Be available by phone, text, WhatsApp, and email in between meetings - from when contract is signed up to 6 weeks post-birth.
- Be on call for you up to 4 weeks around your estimated due date.
- Stay with you throughout your labour and for up to 3 hours after the birth to sure you and your baby are both settled, helping you, until your baby has successfully had their first feed.
- Using good latching or positioning to help, getting feeding off to a good start, whichever way you choose to feed your baby - breast or bottle.
- I can also provide Postnatal Doula Day and Night support, visiting you in the early days/nights in the weeks after you go home. Providing customised practical support and care, for both you and your baby. Helping to ease the transition to your new life - exploring strategies with feeding, safer sleeping, and providing much needed respite and care.
When labour begins, she will come to you, staying until the baby is born. Offering support, comfort, advocacy, helping to maintain a positive birth environment.
Supporting you to feel calm and in control. Guiding you to use the physical skills, massage and breathing techniques we’ve explored together, helping you feel as comfortable as possible during birth. She will advocate for you, and cheer you on whenever you need it.
Offering information, techniques and practical tools so you can make the decisions that feel right for you throughout birth and beyond.
Working with your chosen partner before and during birth to help them feel prepared, confident and equipped to support you.
Rehana is also a member of the Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) for St George's Hospital, Tooting, and also Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, with the aim to help improve services for expectant and new parents. Through this she has developed contacts and good relationships.
Testimonials
Rehana was amazing throughout my pregnancy journey. She helped me and my partner advocate for ourselves and stayed in hospital until the last day (I was in labour for 3 days). I'd highly recommend her services.
Rehana was my doula for the birth of my second child. She is calm and conscientious and takes great care in providing both emotional and practical support and is willing to go the extra mile. Whilst I'm not a type-A personality, I like to have a plan and am good at problem solving. In looking for a doula I was looking for someone who would be able to do these things for me when I wasn't able to, and Rehana fit the bill really well. I was grateful to have her as my doula.
My husband and I had a wonderful experience working with Rehana for a home birth with our second child. She was there throughout the pregnancy with any questions or concerns I had and helped us prepare for having baby at home with natural pain relief methods. During the actual labor she was so skilled at keeping me calm and offering various ways to manage the pain. Her knowledge of biomechanics, massage, aromatherapy and the physiology of birth were so valuable. I would recommend her to any family wanting to work with an experienced and knowledgeable birth advocate.
Rehana helped me tremendously with the birth of my daughter, my husband and I had a really positive experience with her. The meetings we had with her were really helpful and informative, and my husband and I felt far better prepared for the birth than we were before. This was the first time I had a doula and I felt I was more prepared and informed than my last pregnancy, which was a while ago. I felt happy and confidant to have her help and advice throughout the birth to talk through things and support us. She’s kept in regular contact with us to see if we’re all ok and seeing if we have any questions. Overall, we’d highly recommend Rehana as a doula and are really grateful for all her support.
Rehana was reliable, friendly, knowledgeable and very good with our small baby - helping us with night feeds, so we could catch up on some much needed sleep.
I came across Rehana whilst doing the baby massage course online and then reached out to her for post partum doula services. Rehana helped me in multiple ways when I was really struggling with a 1 month old newborn. She helped give me more confidence and the time to finally have a shower! I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for a kind, knowledgeable and emphatic doula. Working with Rehana made such a positive difference to my post partum journey. My baby girl also very much appreciates the baby massage skills I’ve picked up!!
Rehana was a great help to me postpartum, providing support around the home so I could focus on bonding with my new baby. She also listened to any concerns I had and offered informed opinions, advice and reassurance. Overall I felt well looked after and supported, which made my postpartum experience much more enjoyable. I would happily recommend her services.
Rehana is a warm, caring empathetic person. She demonstrates her profession with ease and clarity. We have had such a profound experience with her such that I can't recommend her enough. I sincerely wish I had met her sooner.
Rehana is empathetic, nurturing and compassionate - she brought a lovely energy to our home and supported me really well in the postnatal period. Definitely recommend!