"Don’t Hold Your Breath" workshop - Breathing for relaxation.
Online study day
As a perinatal practitioner and doula, I offer unconditional, non-judgemental support, self-help strategies and evidence-based information to parents-to-be and newborn families across Derbyshire and beyond.
I live in Belper with my partner, two children, a dog and two cats.
I’ve been working with parents in the transition to parenthood since 2006 when my first baby was born. Following a career in higher education (I taught anatomy and physiology at City University) I found myself on maternity leave. Inspired by my NCT antenatal course, I joined NCT as a volunteer and was soon running postnatal support groups, organising branch events, and working on my face painting skills. I quickly realised that I needed to do more to support other women so, following the birth of my second child, I trained with ABM as a mother supporter and with UNICEF and the NHS as a Breastfeeding Buddy. By 2015 I was training with NCT to become an Antenatal Practitioner, and in 2017 I added Postnatal Practitioner to my qualifications.
I currently run antenatal and postnatal courses across the region for NCT, as well as working privately as an antenatal, birth and postnatal doula having trained with Developing Doulas. I am an accredited Rebozo practitioner and a 3-Step Rewind birth trauma release practitioner. I am also a Slingababy babywearing consultant.
Please visit my shop page to see my artistic endeavours as The Crafty Lucy.
I aim to keep my knowledge and training as up to date and relevant as possible.
Here are details of my relevant qualifications and training, as well as CPD study days and courses I have completed:
Online study day
NCT Module
Royal Society of Medicine
NCT Study Day
NCT Study Day
Nicola Nelson, The Way of the Koi, RCM Accredited
NCT Study Day
NCT Module
NCT Module
NCT Module
NCT Study Day
Worcester University
NCT Study Day
Worcester University
Antenatal, birth and postnatal doulaing, education and support.
Working with families across Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.