Hello again, I’m Lou.
First and foremost, I am the mother of two spirited boys and the wife of a thoughtful man, Shaun. We live on the Mornington Peninsula and couldn’t imagine raising our family anywhere else.
Becoming a mother changed me in ways I never expected.
In 2019, Shaun and I welcomed our first son. I felt completely untethered - disconnected from myself, from the people I love and from the world around me. That’s when I learned about matrescence - the profound transformation of becoming a mother and began to understand what I was moving through.
In 2021, in the middle of a lockdown, I birthed my second son just weeks after my father passed away. I was one of the most challenging periods of my life - navigating grief, recovering from birth and getting to know baby all at once.
Eventually the dust settled, I began to find my rhythm as a mother of two.
I felt a strong pull towards this work. It was a knowing that I wanted to support other women through some of these transitions. To help them feel more connected to themselves, their babies and their own intuition.
It is now a privilege to do this work as a Birth and Postpartum Doula, supporting families whether it is their first baby or their third.
I bring both lived experience and professional training to the way I support the women and families I work with:
Birth and Postnatal Doula Training | Australian Doula College 2022
The Hospital Birth Course Birth Worker Edition | Karli Smith Doula 2024
Birth Cartographer Training | Catherine Bell 2023
Spinning Babies Workshop Melbourne 2024
200hr Yoga Teacher Training | Power Living 2018
Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga | Bliss Baby Yoga 2023
Current First Aid + CPR
Current Working With Children Check
Currently furthering my Yoga studies with Amy Carmody