Fiona is a DONA International Trained Birth Doula as well as a GentleBirth™ Instructor.

She discovered a healing modality called Holotropic Breathwork™ in 2007 and experienced profound positive changes within herself working with her own entry into this world, and subsequently giving birth in 2011 to her son.  This made her very conscious of the importance of birth for both mother and baby.

After being privileged to be a birth partner for a friend in 2016, she decided to train as a birth doula and subsequently as a GentleBirth™ Instructor in 2016. She had attended a GentleBirth™ workshop as a birth partner and found it a wonderful workshop, noticing in particular how all of the Dads or other birth partners felt excited, confident and really well informed after attending.

She left the corporate environment in 2017 to fully focus on this work. She believes strongly in every woman feeling supported, safe and empowered – emotionally, physically and practically by being informed and prepared as they begin their pregnancy, birth and parenthood journey. She also believes that having a birth partner equally supported and informed makes such a difference.

Fiona believes in empowering her clients and supporting their own inner wisdom to make the choices that are for them. She is passionate about the power of birth as a game changer, a rite of passage. You determine what a positive birth is for you, whether it is scheduled cesarean, hospital birth, induction, medicalised birth or a home birth.

Fiona is inspired by her colleagues working in this field as they collaborate and champion each other. She feels privileged to share in the birth journey with clients and being present and holding space for babies entry into the world.