Sherpabirths

Welcome! 
I’m a doula and I'm here to walk alongside you—offering steady, continuous support to help lighten the emotional load and gently guide you through the powerful journey of pregnancy, birth, and beyond.


My role is to complement your partner and care team, creating a calm, grounded presence that centres your voice and needs.

Because when you feel safe and supported, you begin to trust your instincts, build resilience, and step into parenthood feeling empowered—on your own terms.

This is the journey of your life!

Who am I?

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Through my own motherhood journey—raising a family across different countries—I’ve developed a deep respect for people from all walks of life. These experiences have shown me how essential personal and community support is, especially during major life transitions when family and close friends may be far away. 

I understand how vital it is to feel genuinely cared for and valued during the emotional ups and downs of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. As a doula, I’m here to offer calm, comforting presence and trusted support—while you make the choices that feel right for you

I’m based in the beautiful tri-border region of France, Switzerland, and Germany, near Basel, and support families within a 1-hour radius.

I'm backed up by a trusted team of seasoned international doulas.

Fluent in English, Spanish, and French, I believe the most powerful form of communication is one rooted in kindness and respect.


What is a Doula and why choose one?

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The word doula comes from ancient Greek, meaning “a woman who serves.” It was revived by anthropologist Dr. Dana Raphael to describe lay support for women during the perinatal period.

Today, a birth doula is a companion who offers calm, continuous support through preconception, pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. Doulas also accompany people through other major life transitions—such as puberty, menopause, loss, and death.

A doula is someone who listens without judgment, offers steady reassurance, and walks alongside you as you navigate your own path. We're trained to support your emotional and physical well-being in an open-hearted way, and it's important to emphasise that we don't provide medical care or advice.

While healthcare professionals focus on medical needs, a doula complements them and also supports partners—offering uninterrupted, personalised care that centers on you. We’re also part of a wider community, helping you connect with trusted specialists and peers along the way.

What do perinatal doulas do?

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Listen to your dreams, hopes and concerns as you find your way along your personal journey of parenthood.

• Become a resource connecting you with a variety of professionals, organisations and communities supporting you before and after birth and at other times of life change.


 • Provide links to evidence-based and unbiased information taken from respected organisations such as Evidence Based Birth, and World Health Organisation. Being informed supports your capacity to make choices that are yours, suited to your personal situation.


 • Offer ways to help you feel more comfortable before and during labour: breathing, visualisation, movement, acupressure, massage and Rebozo techniques for pain relief, according to your wishes.

Empower the birth partner, for example with knowledge of how to use the above techniques during pregnancy, early labour and labour. Having some skills and techniques such as these can make them feel calmer and reduce fears about not knowing what to do, or experiencing a sense of helplessness in challenging situations.

Support the partner through the birth, offering them an ear and reassuring them that continuous care is being provided, even when they need to take a break or to attend to other family members.


  • Provide reassurance (online or in person, when requested) for the new mother, partner and family during the early days of parenthood, listening and supporting her through the new challenges, providing contacts of any additional health professionals such as lactation consultants and osteopaths.

•  Connect pregnant, new and experienced parents through local support groups and communities, help facilitate groups to ensure everyone feels fully listened to and respected whatever experiences they have had and decisions they make on their journey.

Debbie Mitchell

Complementary Skills


Dreambirth

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Short guided visualisations which can help bring mind and body into closer alignment - a technique frequently used by performers and athletes to help bring them into 'the zone'. If this seems a little 'out there' for your way of thinking, you can consider it as something that will at least leave you feeling more relaxed and calm.

Rebozo

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The rebozo is a long, colourful textile has been traditionally used by Mexican women for many different purposes, not least as a massage tool and baby-carrier. Being massaged using a rebozo can give a sense of being held all over and different movements can feel profoundly calming, relaxing or invigorating - from gentle squeezing holds, swaying and cradling to the quicker 'chocolatina' rubbing.
In pregnancy, labour and birth, the support your partner and doula can provide using the rebozo can help you maintain active birthing positions that allow you to use your body movements to help you and your baby towards birth.

Spinning Babies

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Does it sound crazy? Well, maybe you didn't know, but babies do corkscrew their way through the pelvis as they are born! It's a spin, it's a spin that takes time, but so does the planet every day! And to bring everything back down to earth - to help baby come 'earthside', as it transitions from being a 'wombonaut', there are comfortable movements and positions using gravity that can be supported by birth partners that ease the way and help to make space for the baby or babies making this journey. It's all about loosening up in circles and spirals and if you've ever watched a 'belly' or 'hula' dancer, you may understand a little why!

I strongly believe that better care comes 

when everyone fully understands the role of doulas.

These open lunches bring together diverse specialists supporting woman-centred care in a cosy and comforting setting. If you are a birthworker near Basel, join us! You will leave feeling nourished and connected within this wonderful community.