Deborah Jones

The Mama Sanctum
www.themamasanctum.com

Birth Doula

Kia ora! I’m Deborah, a mum of two and based in Palmerston North offering full on-call birth support and prenatal education packages.

Pregnancy, birth and postpartum (the 4th trimester) amounts to at least one year of your life. It is a year of self-discovery and expansion - perhaps with insta-fuelled information saturation, endless questions and a sense of the daunting task of becoming a whole new version of yourself as you invite a new individual into your life and family.

In my work, birth consultation means being a sounding board for my client to work through her expectations of birth and motherhood and getting down to what matters for her and what kind of support she needs both now and on the day of the birth, as well as afterward. I don’t tell women how they should birth their babies, because I believe that when we are willing to sit with ourselves and do the interior work, we can know what it is that we need to do and what we need from the people around us to help us achieve that, and who those people will be. 

My job is done when a birthing woman has stepped into hope and belief in herself and is ready to surrender to the process of childbirth however it comes. I also hold space for the birth story and help mama to recentre and get clarity about what she needs after the baby has arrived. It’s not about checking boxes or going through the motions of a superficial birth plan, but serving the whole woman - body and soul - as she makes this monumental shift in her life.

So that’s a little about me. I look forward to interacting more with you soon.