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Mother. Birth Doula (20yrs). Childbirth Educator. Writer. Circle-Keeper. Walking beside women through pregnancy, birth, and all thresholds of becoming.

I create spaces for truth, grief, rest and expression. Based in Aotearoa, working worldwide.

29/09/2026

Pic of me in my natural habitat- lying down amongst the washing.

Maybe resting is something you “sacrifice” a lot,
maybe resting is challenging,
maybe you’ve told yourself you don’t deserve to rest until everything is done,
maybe the to do list is so big you cant really see where you can slot it in...
maybe its foreign,
maybe something else...(insert here).

Pregnancy Soup begins tomorrow night.
For those expecting a baby and moving through the big transition of birth and Motherhood.
We are gathering together to rest and soften and breathe, to listen and lie down.
Join me online for 6 weeks.

Come in your comfy clothes, bring a cushion, bring your pot of tiredness, bring all that you are holding.
There is room for a couple more at the table.
We begin tomorrow online.
Cost is $445 Payment plans welcome.
***this is the last Pregnancy Soup of the year****
Dm to book.

19/09/2026

After a month of “writers block”,
I dreamt that the mangroves were calling me.
I couldn’t deny the mud any longer.
I had to go in…

I spent the week dating my depression.
I didn’t try to cheer up.
I let depression choose what we did.

I bought a sloppy dinosaur tee shirt and wore it all week,
I wrote miserable poems,
I whinged through a whole Pilates class,
I drank a bottle of red w**e with a friend,
I ate the hangover carbs,
I yelled some Alanis Morrisette,
I laid in the sun and watched bugs in the grass,
And then...

We went to the mud.

It wasn’t cold when I walked slowly in.
It wasn’t terrible or salty or bad,

It was warm
and soft
and I sunk right in.

After a wonderful week together, depression and I parted ways.
My “writers block” went too.

07/09/2026

There are so many voices telling you what you need during pregnancy. Creating space to hear your own may be the most valuable thing you can do.

Join me for 6 weeks of spaciousness- “Pregnancy Soup”.
Starting online Wednesday Sept 23rd 7:40pm.
Dm for more information 🌱

01/09/2026

And just like that, the whole world has changed.

31/08/2026

It’s noisy out there!
We are in an information overwhelm…

I’m dishing up a bowl of Pregnancy Soup- an offering quiet enough that you can hear your own inner compass.

10 women, 6 weeks, $445
Take the space.
Dm to book.

Photo credit Billie Blue Studios | Commercial Photographer NZ

30/08/2026

Julia, taking space to drop in as her labour begins.
It’s all there, awaiting for you to listen.

I’m running a pop-up online “Pregnancy Soup”.
A six week bowl of nourishment.
Sustaining, Wholesome, Warm.
A small devoted circle, walking pregnancy together.

We begin Wednesday 23rd Sept $445
10 spaces available. Take your seat at the table, email [email protected]

25/08/2026

I adore these snaps of Julia’s labour and birth. These are the extraordinary sights I get to see on the regular!

I had only arrived for a cuppa tea but labour began as we chatted in the sunshine drinking tea. I was thrilled that I had my camera in the car!

The later stages of Julia’s pregnancy was spent preparing for her baby to arrive breech. This meant a lot of internal processing with much to consider and decide pre-birth.

It wasn’t until her water broke that the midwife discovered baby was now indeed head down!

Julia worked through a “hard and fast” labour, with her man Taylor holding steady in support- and also catching his son when he arrived! All 9 pound 13 of him!

24/08/2026

Eat Pray Write- what happens when women gather to rest and create ❤️

A nourishing weekend on all levels.

Thanks again to our chef Emily Sage Baby Doula | Birth & Postpartum Support | Tauranga who fed our bellies desires!

19/08/2026

I had only called in for a cuppa.
I asked Julia if I could snap this first photograph as I had my camera in the car and she looked particularly beautiful.

2.5 hours after this photo she had a baby in her arms!

Birth story to come…

16/08/2026

“Come meet your baby brother”
“Awwww! I’m so happy!“ said newly big brother Yari.

“Yari was home with me all day while labour quietly and slowly crept up on me. We discussed ideas for homemade bird feeders and watched how to make them on youtube together. I was feeling some tightening every few hours and spent majority of the day laying down and waddling to the toilet.

By 2.30 I was calling my doula and texting my best friend that things were starting, by 3pm I was telling Ezra to come home and that this baby was coming alot faster than I’d originally thought.
Yari was concerned for me when active labour began and the sounds were getting primal.
After the birth he expressed how worried for me he was, I told him that was the sound of me being strong and how hard I had to work to bring his brother to us.

Grateful to have had an intimate birth at home with my family, just a normal Saturday afternoon, with the small miracle of welcoming a new life into the world” - Ainsley ❤️

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Papamoa
3110

Website

http://www.motherscircle.co.nz/

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