By your side in motherhood.

A doula offers continuous emotional, physical and informational support: staying present, helping you work with pain and tension, helping you think through your options, and supporting your partner too. Medical care stays with your doctor or midwife, and the doula works alongside them.

Any time, though most families reach out in the second trimester. For birth support it helps to have time for two or three consultations beforehand. For postpartum support you are welcome to write even after your baby has arrived.

I work in Budapest and the surrounding area. The first consultation can also be held online; after that we meet in person. For birth support I join you at home or at the hospital of your choice.

English, Hungarian, German and Dutch, so international families living in Budapest can be supported in a language close to home.

Book a time, and based on the needs we talk through at the first consultation I will put together a personal quote. Consultations, massage and postpartum support are charged by the hour, while birth support is quoted as one overall fee. Besides my personal presence and support during your birth, that fee includes:

• continuous availability in the three weeks before and the two weeks after your due date (during this time you can reach me by phone day and night, I join your birth within 2 hours of your call, I stay within 60 km of the birth place, I do not drink alcohol, etc.);
• the support of a jointly chosen backup doula, whom you can meet in advance and who can step in if needed, so that a doula is present at your birth;
• the cost of the pain-management tools I use — essential oils, massage oils, a water heater, compresses, a TENS/EMS machine;
• parking fees at or near the hospital and any other expenses on my side.

In art therapy, creating helps you understand and process feelings, and no drawing skill is needed. As a complex art therapist I bring this perspective into perinatal care and women's circles.