Pregnancy & Postpartum
Pregnancy Support – Deepening Connection Before Birth
Pregnancy is a sacred threshold, a time of transformation, preparation, and deep listening. As your body grows new life, your inner world also begins to shift. This is not just a physical journey, but a spiritual and emotional unfolding for both you and your baby.
My work supports you to come home to yourself, attune to your baby, and prepare for birth not just logistically, but energetically and emotionally.
As a Bodymind Maturation Coach, I offer intuitive, somatic sessions that honour the full depth of your experience. Through grounding practices, drum journeying, and gentle guidance, we invite stillness, presence, and connection, within yourself and with the baby you are growing.
Mother-Baby Bonding in Pregnancy
Your baby is already conscious, connected, and in relationship with you. In these sessions, we open space for you to strengthen that bond. Using guided drum journeys, somatic awareness, and intuitive presence, we tune in to what your baby may want to share, and what you might need to hear.
This work may support you to:
Feel more connected to your baby and your intuition
Receive insights about your baby’s temperament or energy
Prepare emotionally for the rite of passage of birth
Release fear or tension and feel more grounded in your body
Access a sense of calm, clarity, and readiness
You don’t need to come with a question or an agenda. We simply follow what arises, allowing your body and baby to guide us.
This is gentle but deep work, it’s about trusting the wisdom already within you, and making space to truly meet your baby, even before they are born.
1:1 Sacred Preparation Session
90 minutes – In-person in Coleraine or online (Bodymind Maturation Coaching, Guided Drum Journey, Vocal Toning)Investment: £149
3-Session Deep Support Package
3 x Sessions – In-person or Online
Investment: £550
A transformative journey of deep preparation and healing:
Session 1: 90 minutes (Bodymind Maturation Coaching, Guided Drum Journey, Vocal Toning)
Sessions 2 & 3: 60 minutes each
Ongoing WhatsApp Support
Between sessions, receive ongoing support to help you integrate insights, navigate emotions, and feel held every step of the way.
Access to 5x Elemental Pregnancy Drum Journeys
This offering supports you in connecting the dots between your early imprints and current patterns, so you can rewrite the story and birth yourself anew alongside your baby. Birth is not a standalone event, it is a mirror of your inner landscape. Together, we will meet the roots of your fears, so you can birth from a place of power and wholeness.
"At almost 7 weeks postpartum I now feel I have the time and space to look back and reflect on my pregnancy and birth experience, and the support that I received during this intensely vulnerable, life-changing time. Despite the many "unknowns" faced during my first pregnancy and the run up to birthing my beautiful son, Ria played a fundamental role in me feeling strong, empowered, capable, and connected to my baby. Prior to conception, I already had a clear idea of how I wanted to birth my baby and Ria honoured and respected my vision - making me feel both seen and heard. During the final month of my pregnancy I received mounting pressure from medical professionals to abandon my dream of birthing Rui 'naturally' at home, having been told that my baby was on the 97th centile in terms of his size and that I should therefore birth in hospital. My intuition to birth at home as planned felt strong and with Ria's support I felt confident and held in the decisions that I made. I felt both relaxed, comfortable and supported in her care and trusted her advice regarding both my health and wellbeing, and that of my developing/newborn baby. Most importantly, Ria has helped me to further hone my ability to follow and trust in my intuition. This has already proven to be extremely important as I learn to navigate the transition from maiden to mother. Thank you, Ria, for everything!
Laura Gwilliam
“During the last stretch of my pregnancy which was filled with pressure and anxiety (Baby born naturally at 40+11), Ria’s gentle confidence, kind words, vast personal and professional knowledge gave me the confidence to listen to my instincts, and trust my body to do what it’s build to do. I’m so glad I had her by my side. I really felt like I could trust her to speak openly knowing there would be no judgment, just support.”
Rene Ravencraft
Postpartum Support – Nurturing the Mother Within
When a baby is born, a mother is born too.
The early days and weeks after birth are sacred, raw, and deeply transformative. Known as Matrescence, this threshold into motherhood invites you to surrender, recalibrate, and meet yourself anew, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
But too often, mothers are expected to “bounce back” before they’ve even had a chance to arrive.
My work is rooted in the belief that you deserve to be held, supported, and nourished as you navigate this profound shift. As your Postpartum Doula and Bodymind Maturation Coach, I offer both practical in-home care and emotional integration sessions, giving you space to rest, process, and feel whole.
This is a time to be nurtured as you nurture, to receive as you give, and to feel truly supported in your becoming.
3 hours in your home – £149
Available within 1 hour of Coleraine
All visits must be used within 6 weeks of booking.
A tailored in-home session to support your physical recovery, emotional well-being, and household needs. This visit may include:
✧ Emotional & Mental Well-Being
Grounding techniques, meditation, drum journeys, and gentle touch to regulate your nervous system and bring calm to your day.
✧ Birth Story Listening & Integration
Space to reflect on your birth experience — honouring it, making meaning of it, and releasing what’s ready to be let go.
✧ Nourishing Postnatal Care
Thoughtfully prepared meals, snacks, and a grocery list made and cooked in your kitchen to meet your healing and energy needs.
✧ Household & Family Support
Light housework, sibling care, or other practical help so you can focus on rest, bonding, and your own healing.
90-Minute Bodymind Maturation Session & Drum Journey
In-person or Online – £149
A deeply held space for emotional and spiritual integration after birth.
This session is ideal for mothers who are feeling overwhelmed, unsettled, or simply moving too quickly through the whirlwind of new motherhood. Through Bodymind Maturation coaching and a guided drum journey, we’ll explore what’s arising, release what no longer serves, and reconnect you with your own wisdom.
You may come to this session with:
Emotional overwhelm or numbness
Anxiety, grief, or intrusive thoughts
Fear of losing your identity
Disconnection from your body, baby, or intuition
Lingering trauma or intensity from your birth experience
Pressure to perform or “get it right”
Uncertainty about bonding, feeding, or parenting
Or simply to integrate the fastness of your experience - to pause, exhale, and be deeply held while you are holding so much.
60min. Mother-Baby Integration Session
In-person – £90
Sometimes, after a difficult or overwhelming birth, the bond between mother and baby can feel disrupted. You may sense a kind of “disconnection” - emotionally, somatically, or energetically. Or you may simply feel that something hasn’t quite landed yet, that your baby, or even you, haven’t fully arrived.
In these sessions, we gently hold space for reconnection between you and your baby. This is subtle, intuitive work - not clinical, and not hands-on with the baby. Your baby remains in your arms or close by throughout. We work together - mother and baby - through presence, nervous system attunement, and guided drum journeying to support:
Emotional or energetic integration after trauma
Softening disconnection or overwhelm in bonding
Encouraging a sense of arrival for both mother and baby
Co-regulation and nervous system settling
Creating space for mutual communication and healing
This is not about fixing or diagnosing - it’s about allowing space for what may have been missed, paused, or delayed during birth and early postpartum.
Each session unfolds intuitively, based on what you and your baby are bringing into the space. You are always in the lead. I am simply here to support what is ready to move, mend, or deepen.
"With Ria by my side I was able to put in place a support system which allowed me to relax into those early weeks with more confidence. Ria cooked beautiful nourishing dishes, cleaned the house and cared for my toddler so that I was able to take time to really rest and recover. Ria is so gentle and kind and really goes above and beyond to satisfy her clients and I am so happy that she was part of my postpartum experience. I cannot recommend her enough! Thank you Ria!”
Becky Cole
Hiring Ria as our postpartum doula was the absolute best decision for our family. Having the weekly support and care in our home brought so much calmness, giving my daughter and I wholesome time to bond whilst Ria took care of things for us. Something I learned postpartum is that taking care of yourself is part of caring of your baby. I spent a lot of time preparing for birth and how to care for my newborn and didn’t give enough thought to my own postpartum care - my health visitor suggested Ria and I’m so glad that she did! We will be forever grateful to Ria for all of her support and the space she held for myself as a first time Mum. We would highly recommend Ria to any postpartum family - she is a fantastic cook, great with baby, and an all round genuine, lovely person!
Catherine Conway
"Compared with my first postpartum experience, everything second time round has gone much more smoothly and I almost felt indulgent asking ria to come round for an afternoon. However, I’m so glad I did! Ria came prepped with delicious cookies and homemade food (enough for the freezer too!). In the space of a few hours she had cleaned my house, mixed up delicious herbal teas, played with my 2year old son and given me time out to have a much sought after bath! She then finished her visit with the most amazing massage in the sun and a cup of warm golden milk. By the time she left I felt so relaxed and refreshed - I hadn’t realised just how much I had needed this time for me. More than this Ria took time to listen to me, ask questions about the birth and how we were all coping as a family with the transition. It felt like a relief to talk through everything and feel understood. Would highly recommend this to any new mum, or as a gift to a new mum. Honestly it felt like a mini spa session for me in my own home! Even better when I climbed into a bed with fresh sheets that night"
Anna Isakson
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