Introducing Ourselves!
Welcome to the Phoenix Doula Blog!
This is our cozy corner of the internet and for our first post, we wanted to introduce ourselves and tell you all about how Phoenix Doula’s was born. Here, every new life is celebrated with warmth and care. We are dedicated to guide, support, and cherish you and your growing family every step of the way.
Images captured by the beautifully talented Inés Pesado Catrufo (@inespesado2.9 on instagram)
We are a collective of Birth and Postpartum Doula’s who met during our Postpartum training with DoulaCare Ireland towards the end of 2024. The three of us instantly clicked when we realised we were all coincidentally living in the Dublin 7 area, and throughout our online training we met in the Visitor Centre in the Phoenix Park for a coffee. Little did we a know just a few months later, we would be launching our own Doula website together!
We all absolutely loved the name as soon as we heard it (all credit goes to Svenja for thinking of it first!), and we couldn’t be more proud of what we are working towards with our services now. We are all so passionate about the role of a Doula. Whether it’s supporting you throughout labour, a listening ear postpartum, light housework/cooking, or minding baby while you rest, we are here to help you create a positive birth & postpartum experience, physically and emotionally.
Svenja, mum of two, left the world of corporate tech and became a postpartum doula after the birth of her second child! She was so inspired by her homebirth midwives, but also the absence of a grander antenatal support network. She started looking into how she could be supporting families that go through the shift of becoming first, second, third (and so on) time parents. Since then, she thrived to continuously engage and learn everything pregnancy and postpartum related. In her spare time, Svenja is an avid reader, she loves the outdoors, watersports and yoga.
Sarah, mum of one, graduated with a B.A. degree in Social Care in 2016. She left Ireland and lived in Canada before travelling around North and South America. In 2022, herself and her husband moved back to Ireland and not long after her first daughter was born, in her living room! Sarah’s passion for postpartum care came from the love, support and encouragement she received from all the wonderful women in her life during her postpartum period. Sarah’s other loves include hiking in the mountains, being by the sea and eating delicious food!
Erica has a background in psychological studies and when she graduated in 2020, she continued her career in the fashion and jewellery industry - leading her into working in marketing and web design, and eventually a freelance career in photography. After two years of working freelance, her second niece was born and she took some time away from the photography world professionally and cared for her sister and niece during their postpartum period. It was the lightbulb moment she was searching for, and followed her instincts into the Doula world! Outside of Doula work, Erica loves music, yoga, cooking and when she’s brave enough - a dip in the sea!
We have put a lot of hard work behind the brand, how we wanted it to look and what messages we wanted to portray - we really hope you love it as much as we do!
Small things to note if you are thinking of booking our services: although we are all working under the Phoenix Doula’s name, we are still working as individual doulas. By booking through our website, you can choose which one of us you would prefer to have a consultation and proceed with.
