Doula

”Eftersom jag var ensamstående funderade jag mycket på vem jag skulle be att närvara vid förlossningen. Min mamma var en självklarhet, men både hon och jag kände att ytterligare stöd skulle vara välkommet.

Första gången jag träffade Ulrika tilltalades jag direkt av hennes lugna och varma sätt och kände att hon skulle vara perfekt för uppdraget. Min känsla stämde! Ulrika fanns vid min sida under hela förlossningen, pratade lugnande med mig, stöttade och påminde mig om andningen. Inte nog med det, Ulrika var även ett stort stöd till min mamma under hela processen och tillsammans utgjorde vi ett mycket bra team.

Idag är min son 6 månader gammal och jag tänker ofta tillbaka på förlossningen och är så tacksam att Ulrika var med och bidrog till att det blev en trygg och fantastiskt upplevelse!”

”Ulrika thank you so much for giving us the most magical and perfect birth I could have hoped for. Your strength, grace and love was so powerful I cannot thank you enough, you are a very special woman.

Also the midwife and her assistant came to visit and both said how wonderful it was to be part of our birth, how the energy of the team was so nice in the room when they entered and it stood out from all the many births they assist. The midwife said she could feel me tapping into my inner power. And I only could do it with you all.”

“From the moment we met Ulrika, after interviewing a few others, we knew she was our doula.  Open, loving, calm, knowledgeable, and grounded, she was exactly the presence we were looking for as our birthing partner. She never imposed her opinions or presence on us, but was always ready to contribute her ample knowledge and experience when called on, both before, and at the birth.

In the preliminary sessions, she gave us a lot of technical support and guidance, helping us with our birth plan, with exercises leading up to the birth, and whenever we had a question, she was quick to respond with an answer.  

It was at the birth itself that Ulrika shone most brightly.  Her knowledge of Kundalini yoga, breathing, and body awareness was extremely helpful and supportive throughout the labour. She wasn’t limited to a fixed role that a doula plays, but was extremely flexible, and lived the experience with us from moment to moment. This meant she always knew where we were, and what support would be most useful. Also, crucially, she was perfectly able to simply be in the background for long periods, active only energetically in holding the space with us on this precious birthing journey.  She was extremely helpful to both mother and father during the whole process both physically and energetically.  For the actual birth, she was just as ready to assist the midwife in delivery, or to be there physically for me. Our wish was for my partner to receive the baby; this meant Ulrika’s role was to support me physically, which she did at a moment’s notice, and with complete calm and confidence. I could not have felt safer. Having been tuned into our experience already for the hours of labour, she knew exactly what to do, what to say, and how to be with me in that life-changing moment. 

We were blessed to have the most beautiful birth we could have imagined as first-time parents. It would have been unimaginably different without Ulrika.  We are eternally grateful!”