Pregnancy and Birth Companioning

At The First Path Birth Companion, building a meaningful relationship with you, getting to know you and learning what you want and need in your pregnancy and birth is what my companioning support is all about. Your experience is yours and I fully trust that you are the expert in your own life. All birth journeys, choices and outcomes matter and are valid.

Your right to autonomy and agency does not change because you are pregnant, or because maternity care can be fast paced or one size fits all. Finding your voice and using it with power can be difficult in pregnancy and birth due to increased vulnerability, changes to who you once were and a new path being walked within often unfamiliar healthcare spaces. I will help you hold the space for informed decision-making so you can communicate your choices more confidently.

The support packages offered at The first Path Birth Companion are about you and for you. My pregnancy and birth support is offered entirely VIRTUALLY, allowing you to access care from your own space, without the added strain of travel, logistics or having to be physically present with someone when that feels too much. Virtual support can be gentle, flexible and responsive, while still deeply relational and supportive. I look forward to you reaching out to talk about what you need, even if you aren't sure, I am here to listen and to find a way forward with you.

Welcome to The First Path Birth Companion, a space to be seen and fully held in your pregnancy and birth. Whether this is your first pregnancy or beyond, a VBAC, a caesarean, an assisted pregnancy, a surrogate pregnancy, a pregnancy following a loss, a high or low risk pregnancy, an anticipated NICU baby, a hospital, birth centre, home or unassisted birth, you deserve support where you feel heard, respected, informed of your options

Virtual Pregnancy & Birth Companion Support

I offer a complimentary 15 minute consultation with no obligation, by phone or video call to explore your needs and ensure I am the right support for you.

The Artemis Birth Package
What this is

The Artemis birth package is a VIRTUAL comprehensive, non clinical, trauma informed pregnancy and birth support package centred around YOU. Offering you continuity, advocacy guidance, education and emotional holding throughout your pregnancy and birth journey.


What to Expect

During Pregnancy:

  • Text/whatsapp, voice note or email support - between the hours of 8am to 8pm, throughout your pregnancy for you and your partner, for emotional holding, reassurance, reflection, guidance and troubleshooting.

  • Exploration of beliefs, expectations and options - gentle discussion throughout your experience, around how culture, beliefs, life experiences and information may shape your views of birth and experience of care.

  • Power hour - one hour of dedicated time shaped entirely by what you want and need. This session is intentionally set aside as focused time to centre your wishes, wants and desires for pregnancy and birth, including anything you feel drawn to explore, emotionally, practically, spiritually or holistically. The power hour can be used at any point during your pregnancy prior to birth.

  • Appointment preparation - one hour video call dedicated to talking about how to get the most from your appointments, how to hold your boundaries, safeguard your autonomy and communicate your expectations.

  • Birth partner power hour - one hour video call dedicated to birth partner “tips and tricks”, followed up with educational resources.

  • Birth planning power hour - one hour video call dedicated to exploring what is important to you in planning your birth, followed up with educational resources.

  • Advocacy power hours - 1.5 hour video call dedicated to exploring your rights, navigating maternity care, informed consent and decision making, what it means to advocate for yourself and how to step into your power.

  • Explore evidence based information - to support your informed decision making and choices that are right for you

  • Guidance and resources on the following

    • Informed decision-making and consent

    • Understanding your rights within maternity care

    • Advocacy and communication strategies

    • Hormones of labour

    • Labour stages and the birth process

    • Comfort measures, coping strategies and partner support

  • Fetal movement awareness from 28 weeks - Count The Kicks.
    Learning how to recognise and document your baby's movement patterns and knowing when to seek medical care if you have concerns.

  • Explore self care and grounding strategies - to support your wellbeing throughout your pregnancy.

  • Spiritual support - an optional angel card reading and crystal suggestions, offered only if these approaches resonate with you.

  • On-call virtual support from 37 weeks - Available day and night as you approach birth.

During Labour and Birth

  • Early labour guidance - Support via message, phone or video call to help you decide when to contact your midwife or travel to your place of birth. Suggestions of comfort measures to support your labour progress.

  • Continuous virtual birth support - Real time emotional, educational and advocacy support throughout your labour and birth via phone, video call or messaging, wherever you are giving birth.

  • Communication and advocacy - Real time guidance with your birth partner, as required, to engage in productive discussions with you and with anyone around you, as a basis to your informed decision making.

  • Birth partner support - Real time communication with your birth partner to guide them to use skills learnt in the “birth partner power hour” in order to support you in your labour and birth.

  • Birth space environment - Real time guidance, as required, to support your birth partner to achieve as calm a birthing environment as possible, adapting as needed if circumstances or environments change.

  • Labour support strategies - Real time guidance and strategies to support the progress of your labour in the moment.

  • Evidence-based information - As required to support your informed decision making throughout your labour and birth.

  • Transfer support - Continued support during a home-to-hospital or unit-to-unit transfer if required, including support through unexpected or emergency transfer.

After Birth

  • Post-birth support - Real time check-ins by text or phone call with you or your partner, up to 3 hours after birth.

  • One virtual postnatal follow-up session up to 2 hours - A reflective session within the first 2 weeks of birth, to debrief your birth.

  • Signposting and ongoing resources - Referrals to community and online resources to support your transition into parenthood.

  • The goodbye - a 15 minute phone or video call for the final closure of our time together.

The Full Moon Pregnancy Package

What this is

The Full Moon Pregnancy Package is a VIRTUAL, non clinical, trauma informed pregnancy support package centred around YOU. This package is for you if you aren't looking for support during your labour and birth, but would like a nurturing space to be seen, heard and held emotionally as you journey through your pregnancy. This package is not antenatal preparation classes, it is a held space for you to be seen and heard as you journey through your pregnancy.

What to Expect

  • Text/whatsapp, voice note or email support - between the hours of 8am to 8pm, throughout your pregnancy until 37 weeks gestation, for you and your partner, for emotional holding, reassurance, reflection, guidance and troubleshooting

  • Exploration of beliefs, expectations and options - gentle discussion throughout your experience, around how culture, beliefs, life experiences and information may shape your views of birth and experience of care.

  • Power hour - one hour of dedicated time shaped entirely by what you want and need. This session is intentionally set aside as focused time to centre your wishes, wants and desires for pregnancy and birth, including anything you feel drawn to explore, emotionally, practically, spiritually or holistically. The power hour can be used at any point during your pregnancy prior to birth.

  • Appointment preparation - one hour video call dedicated to talking about how to get the most from your appointments, how to hold your boundaries, safeguard your autonomy and communicate your expectations.

  • Birth partner power hour - one hour video call dedicated to birth partner “tips and tricks”, followed up with educational resources.

  • Birth planning power hour - one hour video call dedicated to exploring what is important to you in planning your birth, followed up with educational resources.

  • Advocacy power hours - 1.5 hour video call dedicated to exploring your rights, navigating maternity care, informed consent and decision making, what it means to advocate for yourself and how to step into your power.

  • Explore evidence based information - to support your informed decision making and choices that are right for you.

  • Guidance and resources on the following

    • Informed decision-making and consent

    • Understanding your rights within maternity care

    • Advocacy and communication strategies

    • Hormones of labour

    • Labour stages and the birth process

    • Comfort measures, coping strategies and partner support

  • Explore self care and grounding strategies - to support your wellbeing throughout your pregnancy.

  • Fetal movement awareness from 28 weeks - Count The Kicks.
    Learning how to recognise and document your baby's movement patterns and knowing when to seek medical care if you have concerns.

    Your investment: £900

What this is

The Half Moon Pregnancy Package is a VIRTUAL, non clinical, trauma informed pregnancy support package centred around YOU. This package is for you if you would like a nurturing space for emotional holding throughout your pregnancy with less dedicated structured sessions. This package is not antenatal preparation classes, it is a held space for you to be seen and heard as you journey through your pregnancy.

What to Expect

  • Text/whatsapp - between the hours of 8am to 8pm, throughout your pregnancy for you and your partner, for emotional holding, reassurance, reflection, guidance and troubleshooting.

  • Exploration of beliefs, expectations and options - gentle discussion throughout your experience, around how culture, beliefs, life experiences and information may shape your views of birth and experience of care.

  • Power hour - one hour of dedicated time shaped entirely by what you want and need. This session is intentionally set aside as focused time to centre your wishes, wants and desires for pregnancy and birth, including anything you feel drawn to explore, emotionally, practically, spiritually or holistically. The power hour can be used at any point during your pregnancy prior to birth.

  • Guidance and resources on the following

    • Informed decision-making and consent

    • Understanding your rights within maternity care

    • Advocacy and communication strategies

    • Hormones of labour

    • Labour stages and the birth process

    • Comfort measures, coping strategies and partner support

  • Explore self care and grounding strategies to support your wellbeing throughout your pregnancy.

  • Fetal movement awareness from 28 weeks - Count The Kicks.
    Learning how to recognise and document your baby's movement patterns and knowing when to seek medical care if you have concerns    .

Your Investment: £400

The Half Moon Pregnancy Package

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The Empowered Birth Planning Package

What this is

Birth planning can feel really overwhelming but it is your right, and you can find your power within it. The Empowered Birth Planning package is a space to slow everything down, to consider what is important to you, to explore all of your options and to hold your power in the process. There is no right or wrong way to plan your birth, every decision is yours and I will hold you fully as you are and in the choices you want to make. This package is not an antenatal preparation class, it is a held space to plan your birth and think deeply about what you want and how to hold your power within it.

What to expect

  • 1:1 video call up to 2 hours.

  • Learn why birth planning is empowerment.

  • Explore your beliefs about birth, what is important to you and what you want for your birth.

  • Start writing your birth plan using the “Birth Planning” PDF.

  • Think about where you want to give birth and what your options are.

  • Explore your rights, informed consent and informed decision making as a foundation to having your choices respected.

  • Explore self advocacy, communication and why a birth room advocacy plan is important in addition to your birth plan.

  • Understand routine maternity care, policies, practices and interventions in the context of your birth preferences.

  • Explore your preferences within the different stages of labour and birth, the immediate hours after birth and the care of your baby.

  • Consider plans for different birthing outcomes.

    Explore alternative plans if your birthing journey changes from your preferred birth plan due to unforeseen complications or circumstances e.g. vaginal birth to cesarean, homebirth to hospital birth, baby requiring NICU care.

  • Explore how your birth partner can support you during labour and birth - “Birth Partner Tips and Tricks” educational resource.

  • Support to plan your birth bag

  • Explore a plan to meet your postnatal needs.

Your Investment: £125


Medical Disclaimer: The information throughout this website is for informational purposes only, and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your maternity care provider 2026 The First Path Birth Companion