Headshot of Lyddie, a white woman in her early 40's with green eyes and dark blonde hair, cut in a bob. She is smiling, standing in front of a red brick wall. She is wearing a black poloneck top and leopard print dungarees.

Hi! I’m Lyddie, I’m a full spectrum doula based in South East London.

As a full spectrum doula I offer my care and support throughout the perinatal period. I’m especially passionate about supporting people through fertility journeys and those preparing for a physiological birth.

I’m committed to helping you figure out what’s right for you. My intention is that in choosing to work with me you feel supported and held, confident, informed and autonomous.

I’ll help you to develop an understanding of your options. We'll take a holistic approach. I'll encourage you to lean into your intuition. You are the expert on your body and what's right for you. We’ll also draw on the best available evidence to inform your decisions. Together we’ll explore, question and prepare in a non-judgemental environment. We'll work to ensure you are ready to advocate for your choices when you need to.

My service is as unique and diverse as the families I work with. I'd be honoured to be by your side on this path, whatever that looks like for you and your family.

Testimonials

  • Lyddie was beyond exceptional during labour and birth. I trusted her and felt completely comfortable with her. Lyddie enabled us to experience the water home birth I had been dreaming of. I will forever hold her in my heart for supporting me and my husband in that magical experience.

  • Lyddie was incredibly insightful and able to share a lot of relevant knowledge with us. Anything she couldn’t help with straight away she followed up on swiftly. A lot of the decisions we have made would have been much harder if it wasn’t for Lyddie’s signposting. Lyddie was very empathetic and left a lot of room for our thoughts and decision making, not once pushing her opinion on us. It was so great to have Lyddie with us during labour as it would have been hard for us to make good decisions on the spot without her consultation.

  • Lyddie provided us with lots of details and options around our birth choices, especially when we weren't sure if we'd have to have a c-section. She also made us feel like we could still think about birth choices even when having a c-section birth. Postnatally Lyddie was a huge help with her cooking and help around the house. She was kind, considerate and very easy to work with.

  • If you feel like hiring a doula is a lot of money, remember it is essentially the price of one beach holiday for two, but your baby will only be born once and you will only experience this birth once. In my experience the money is nothing if you actually calculate the hours you have your doula to support you, do research for you, advocate for you. If you’re lucky, you’ll make a friend along the way. Working with Lydia was the best investment I ever made.

  • I am incredibly sad to see you go. You have become like family to us through this experience. Overall you did so much more for us at every stage than strictly your “job description”, you went above and beyond every time, as a professional but also on a personal level.

  • No question was out of bounds for Lydia. Whenever we would message in our group chat she came back with extensive resources as well as really helpful questions to help us reflect on the situation and come up with a resolution that we were comfortable with, rather than pushing her preferences or opinions on us. She was always just there for my pregnant overthinking brain.

  • Lyddie was very mindful of my autism and I felt supported without having to make a huge deal of it. She allowed me to be myself and I never felt like I had to pretend or mask the way I would usually. As you can tell from this review, Lyddie was exceptional throughout every step of our pregnancy, birth and the early stages of life with the newest member of our family. She was incredibly knowledgeable, insightful and empathetic. With her guidance, we were able to have the perfect birth and we couldn’t be more content.

Accreditations

  • I am part of both Kemi Birthjoy Johnson’s Birthkeepers Collective, Dr Rachel Reed’s Reclaiming Childbirth Collective, and the Riot Birth Network through which I have access to and support from some of the most incredible thinkers in the birth world.

  • 6 hours online and 7 hours in person continued professional development. Developing my understanding of the biomechanics of birth. Learning how to best support the innate wisdom of our birthing anatomy and physiology with the incredible Shellie Poulter.

  • 6 hours of continued professional development, further developing my understanding of birth trauma and how I can work in a trauma informed, trauma responsive way. This course, run by Sheryl of Simply Natal Healing Birth has given me practical skills which I now use with every client, supporting them to feel safe and assured as we work together.

  • A comprehensive online course covering the physiology of the menstrual cycle, fertility and reproductive loss, assisted reproductive technologies and providing holistic support and signposting during reproductive journeys

  • An exploration of experiences of neurodivergent people perinatally, key challenges, and how the needs of neurodivergent women and birthingpeople can be supported and met.

  • I did my hypnobirthing instructor training with The Riot Birth Network, run by Jade and Alix of The Birth Uprising who, if you don’t know them, are legends. This is straight talking no nonsense birth prep with load of tools and insight to help you boss your birth.

  • The Make Birth Better course which includes five modules of online learning to upskill around birth trauma, the cost of caring and trauma-informed ways of working.

  • A 3 day online conference exploring birth, neonatal neuroscience and the microbiome.

  • Biomechanics For Active Labour, led by Shellie Poulter (The Serenity Doula)

    Shoulder Dystocia led by Shellie Poulter (The Serenity Doula)

    The biomechanics of rebozo for birth, led by Shellie Poulter (the Serenity Doula) and Dr Sophie Messager

    How to safely support traumatised parents in your care, led by Alex Heath (Traumatic Birth Recovery & College of Perinatal Emotional Health)

    Rebirth Mindset Workshop, led by Carmen Rocha (The Quantum Birth Doula)

    Introduction to Hypnobirthing and Trauma Informed Birthwork led by Sheryl Wynne (Simply Natal Healing Birth)

  • Birth Physiology led by Kemi Johnson (Kemi BirthJoy Johnson)

    ​Cultural Competency and Advocacy, led by Illy Morrison (Mixing up Motherhood)

    Perinatal Trauma, led by Hayley Coburn (Mother of Pearl Doula)

    LQBTQ+ Competency In Birth and Beyond, led by AJ Silver (The Queer Birth Club)

    Caesarean Birth, led by Carolyn Holt (The Caesarean Birth Specialist)

    Tongue Tie and Infant Feeding, led by Carmelle Gentle (The Tongue Tie Centre)

  • I chose to do my foundational birthworker training with the Original Birth Connection, led by the fabulous Alex Burner. I could see that the course was a good fit for me as it was radical, intersectional, trauma informed and expansive. I began the doula training course in September ‘22 and completed the accreditation process in January ‘24.