i’m an emergency community doula
I have completed postnatal and abortion doula training as well as attended a private workshop on postnatal psychosis, however training is not a requirement for practicing as a doula in England. As a second generation doula (hi mum!) and someone who is immersed within the doula community, I feel comfortable offering full spectrum doula services, everything from conception, pregnancy, birth, postnatal, abortion/ pregnancy ending and pregnancy loss. As what I do not know, I will ask. Where I am not the best person for you, I will work in conjunction with or refer you to trusted others. I am held accountable and held in community with my fellow radical doulas. You can check out Doulas Decolonising, a community project I founded, to see some of the ways I work in community with other doulas.
Emergency doula support is an open for all people who may need access to a doula, but may not otherwise have access to one. That can be for a number of different and ever evolving factors, including financial. Doula support should not be behind a paywall or inaccessible. I do not charge for any doula support.
My focus is on working within my marginalised communities and those who are often do not have as easy access to this kind of support. This includes, offering support to people heavily targeted by the state to try to ensure that families can stay together and be brought into the community if not already supported by their community. I work in a radical way, focusing on full spectrum community care, whilst also being aware of all the many intersections of oppression by the state and white supremacist cis-hetero-normative society and I am supportive of trauma, mental health and difficult situational circumstances.
Each situation is entirely unique, so please get in touch if you are wanting to see if I’d be the best doula for you. I do not offer specific doula plans but we can develop something together.
Some ways in which I’ve mixed traditional doula offerings with life situation support previously have been, helping someone be placed in a temporary hostel and apply for council housing, helping access emergency financial support and council services, helping build and educate a postnatal community, supporting with asylum cases and being a specialist community voice at a parole hearing, amongst others.
who I support
- Both the birthing and non-birthing parents, including adoptive and birthed through others parents and parent/family structures of all kinds, including polyamorous, throuple, co-parent and other family dynamics.
- Black parents and other racialised parents, including mixed race and multi-race parents.
- LGBTQIA+ parents, including trans, non-binary, intersex and other gendered parents and lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer and other sexualities parents.
- Sex working parents, including full service sex workers, strippers and other forms of sex work.
- Disabled parents, including invisible disabilities. However I do not know sign language and I am disabled myself, so if I feel I may need additional support or that I am unable to support, I will signpost appropriately and with your consent.
- Asylum seeker, refugee and migrant parents.
- Working class and underclass parents, including homeless parents and people on benefits.
- People who are currently or who have previously been incarcerated or in detention.
- People with no recourse to public funds.
food doula
I also offer meals, meal plans and support with accessing food eg helping you apply for foodbanks, finding local culturally appropriate food shops and more. You can see more of my food pictures on my Instagram highlights, or are welcome to request anything from my Yemoja Foods menu!
