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Hello lovely, I am Georgia Gardiner, Radical birth doula, bringing you advocacy, empowerment, love &

11/02/2024

What if
Birth is just birth

Not a VBAC or CBAC or HBAC or even a TOLAC
What if it’s just birth, without the pressure and expectations

Let it be simply what it is, birth ❤️‍🔥

I understand the pride that comes with wanting to achieve a particular style of birth and the disappointment that comes with a not so desirable outcome- this isn’t that

This is just holding and keeping space for what it is 🤰

Something to ponder 💭
Much love G x

01/02/2024

📣📣 oh hey, I’m not sure if you’re aware but

I GOT INTO UNI 🥳🥳

Now little naive Georgia honestly thought she’d have room for some extras but …let me tell you, and I was appropriately warned too- I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT 🛑

This breaks me but it’s necessary to continue on in my growth

😢 I closed my webpage today
😢 I cancelled some doula specific memberships
😢 I booked my last postpartum session in with a Mumma and once that’s done - nothing

So what happens now I hear you ask 😜
You have two options-
☝️1️⃣Leave stage left, please don’t announce your exit it’s easier on my heart if you just go 😂
✌️2️⃣ Stick around for mostly life content, uni student life, mum life, fitness life, some birth stuff and then any news or announcements I have regarding working again and my midwifery journey

I hope that I can still provide some diamonds amongst the rough and create a safe community of people that are here cheering me on and excited for my future.
I hope to curate a space expecting mothers can come to to learn about me and why I might be the student/midwife for them and get to know me a bit

I’m never not a doula, always will be but for now, it’s time to hang up the birth sling, put away the books I read for leisure and study my ass off (whilst also building the best one I can 🍑)

I love you all
I’m so bloody sad to be leaving- beyond sad

G xx

21/01/2024

I’m just a girl sitting here
Trying to work out
How to step away from the work I love the most 💔
How to maintain and be true to myself
What value I want to give and offer via this little square of the internet
Where I want to focous with the little time I’ll have left after my life and uni take up 99.9% of it 💭

I’m trying to work out how I can still play the game, have my cake and eat it too. Knowing that this probably won’t work, but wanting to keep this space alive and growing so that when I do return to a full capacity I’m not starting from scratch 🤔

That’s a lot to work out
I want to offer things for 2024 but truth be told I have ZERO idea what my capacity will be, and the things I’d like to offer go under rated and not utilised by very many people because they don’t truly understand what it’s like to have someone backing you and in your corner- no shade just anecdotal things I’ve noticed.

So while I refine my ideas I will say this
💥 I’m thinking
📲 WhatsApp support packages
💻 Digital doula packages
🍪Cookies if I have time and capacity- you reach out and if I can I will or you can make a donation to my babysitting fund and I’ll share my recipe with you 📝
🗺️ Birth Mapping/planning sessions
🤰Limited birth only for very particular parts of the year

Look; I’m going to have a really big think, I’m going to really sit with myself and my family. I’m going to try be brutally honest with myself

But until then…whatever it is
It’s coming soon 🤣🤣

Much love
G xx

02/01/2024

More & Less

Happy New year everyone! Let’s go 🤙❤️

Full send 🚀🚀

Much love
G xx

If you have these I’d love to see them 💪🏼🌺

22/12/2023

Merry Christmas fam 😘

I love being here
I can’t wait for another year of amazingness

🎄❤️

Somehow managed to get it together this year and get us matching PJs 🤷‍♀️ I am really seeing that C**t is a mini me and Grayson is a mini Cam ..cute buttons ✨

Photo taken a few weeks back because I no longer have a husband

02/12/2023

It really is the worlds biggest game of Russian roulette 🧐

🥝The midwife’s and there experience
🥝The limits people are willing to push
🥝The rules they are willing to bend for you
🥝Even down to the OB you get

I’ve seen it first hand when the A team gather and just what can be done to facilitate magic in a hospital setting and when people just get a bad run, an OB that’s burnt out and tired and a midwife that’s not quite pushing there own limits just yet

It makes So 👏Much 👏Difference
So much so that your outcomes can be DRASTICALLY different 🫠

There is no real way to mitigate this, who ever is working is working but you do have options

🍄Hiring a private midwife if you can afford it to work with you during pregnancy and if they attend birth even better
🍄Trying to get into the MGP program if your hospital runs this
🍄Working with a doula to have a known person there to advocate for you every step of the way
🍄Requesting a different midwife if you aren’t compatible (I wish I had of done this with C**t)
🍄Requesting a different Dr, again this isn’t all way possible especially if you birth at 2am and there is only one on

The difference in outcomes is baffling. The difference in how you feel, how you are supported, how much your wishes are upheld. The people you have around you changes EVERYTHING

Choose wisely. Also let this be your reminder- you can fire anyone at any time during your labour and birth, you are the boss…and yes this includes your doula ❤️‍🔥

At the end of the day only you can birth this baby and you’ve got this 💪🏼

Much love
G xx

06/11/2023

This square means one thing
💣💣💣

Your mind will play tricks on you
People prepare for pregnancy and labour but it’s a wild ride
Your body can do the work, that part is nature BUT have you perfected how to sit with yourself and your minds racing thoughts?

The moments of crisis
The confidence that packs up it’s s**t and disappears during transition
The ‘oh s**t the only way out is through’
The, I am the ONLY person that can do this
Not my partner, not the midwife, not the doula- ME

It’s hard to explain to anyone unless they have been there BUT the brain…she will catfish you HARD

I almost want to say it’s something you have to experience to understand BUT I want to give you a heads up. Your mind can play tricks on you!

Master your mind, find ways to anchor yourself, be that with meditation, an altar, music, Mother Earth herself, water- whatever it is for you, find a way to be the pilot of your mind.

Not all people will struggle with this, and it’s very BOLD of me to assume that you would struggle with anything BUT my statement still stands
At some point during your pregnancy or birth, something will come up that you will have to work through and if you don’t, it will more than likely resurface at some point in your postpartum and most of the time it’s our mind playing games.

All birth prep should include mind prep 💪🏼
Stop stretching your god dam perineum and start stretching your mind, sit with discomfort💣

Thoughts provoked and inspired by

Much love
G xx

16/10/2023

Excuse me 🙋🏼‍♀️Breastfeeding is so hard…

I see you
I support you
I am here for you to vent, cry, express anger and frustration

If you want to be seen on your journey, tell me what’s happening bellow or in my DMs so you can feel held and validated.

No one talks about it, it’s not very often prepared for (I cover breastfeeding prenatally so I’ve got you covered boo)

I also have a breastfeeding highlights reel that has some tips and useful info.

What’s something you wish someone had told you?

It’s ok to feel all the feels. You can hold them all at once.

*If you are struggling with pain, latch, supply issues, weight gains/loss, oral ties please see an IBCLC so they can help you. Breastfeeding should not be painful and it’s not normal* If you aren’t sure if you need more support reach out and I can point you in the direction of some amazing practitioners ❤️

📸 One of the many messages sent from myself to a very special Mumma! You’re killing it babe! 💪🏼 But if anyone else needs this…re read it again until you feel it hit home 🏡

Much love
G x

25/09/2023

Birth musings 🌻

When the toes curl
The breath goes short and sharp
That all too familiar oooooh leaves her lips, lingering in the air
The frantic search for the tens machine to gain some relief
The embrace from her man
The soft glow from the tea lights
The safety of the bathroom
The dog not too far away

This is birth 🌻✨

30/08/2023

Hiiiii 👋🏼👋🏼

Quick reintroduction for everyone because I’m always changing so it doesn’t matter if you’re a long time follower or new around here

Welcome to my lifeee- this season is actually HECTIC! So if you stick around and make it out the other side with me- 🥳

2 kids that keep me on my toes but not in a good way, in the how did my 1 year old open the dishwasher and why is he wielding a steak knife around? 🫣
1 husband that works so much people question if he’s real or folklore 🥸
1 dog desperate for attention that is normally the straw that breaks my back - Soz pooch

I still love coffee, beach is my zen zone, I’m swapping beds with my oldest son each night but I know one day he won’t be waking me up so I’m kinda ok with it, I’m still a sucker for a cheeseburger.

I am officially on call for the rest of the year and I’m so bloody excited! I’m going to go back and rehash my own statistics, get some beads and back log a little baby jar because I think it would be cute to visually see how many bubbas and Mummas I’ve worked with!

Unsure what next year looks like yet IYKYK 😳 BUT I’m still pretty excited to wake up every day 🥰

I’m in a deep place of gratitude of late, something to do with mercury in the microwave 🙈🪐
I’m here for it!

Here’s my face because it actually has BEEN A HOT MINUTE and a cute lil dump of my last few days away in the country side 👩‍🌾

Got a question- ask away!
Much love
G ###

25/08/2023

❌FEAR TENSION PAIN ❌

Where is there fear? This inhibits your hormones and puts you into a fight/flight state, not good for you or baby, what haven’t you addressed that might be holding you back? Is it a potential threat, a person, a thought: what and where is this fear coming from.

Where is tension? Are you holding your breath? Do you feel your jaw clenched? Are you feeling your birth becoming out of control? Are you connecting with the people in your environment?

Where is pain? Everyone has a different pain tolerance but if you answered yes to the above two boxes, your pain is going to be intensified by being in this state, birth comes in all states of intensities and sometimes it will and can be painful there is no denying that but it’s a good pain- most the time.

No one single person, Dr, midwife or crystal ball can tell you how your baby should be born, how your body is working and doing a delicate dance together with your baby to bring them down and earthside
Ensuring you are in the right environment, magic can happen and keeping these enemies of birth at bay can be tricky but doable

This is also the time for .... my personal FTP guide 👍

💙Five minuets of alone time- give yourself some breathing room, drop back into your body and baby.
💛Touch from a lover or support person to ground you back to yourself and your beliefs, to feel safe, held and supported.
❤️Position change to be more comfortable and release and move through the physical tension in your body, aiming to alleviate any physical pain that can be altered by changing it up.

Sometimes this is the circuit breaker that is needed to release you from the hold of fear, tension and pain

Much love
G x

19/07/2023

The end
This hurts me more than it hurts you
I just wish I could remember the last time
I just wish there was one more time ..I feel like there isn’t going to be just one more time
You’re done
But I am not

Ohhh the emotional roller coaster that comes with every feed
Every time I have to pump because you don’t want me
My comfort
You don’t even want to be held by me

Oh my gosh it hurts
I’ve sobbed
So so much

We made it to 1 …honestly that wasn’t my goal. My goal was to go as long as I could.

I’m broken
I’m really fu***ng sad
Really. Fu***ng. Sad
Like day three baby blues kinda sad that just washes over you like the biggest tidal wave, ugly crying, deep breaths, sobbing kind of sad.
I feel sick to my stomach
The panic attacks
The sore b***s
The screaming and crying with nothing I can do
How long do you try for, leaving the room in tears and admitting defeat for the slight glimmer of hope that I hold onto that he latches?
How long do you go through what feels like heartbreak and rejection before you accept it and just stop offering?

I’m just so sad
You’ve been sick, for weeks, unable to feed properly. I kinda knew it was coming…doesn’t make it any easier.

I came out of your bedroom yesterday and fell into Cams arms, sobbing. He knew exactly why. He’s been so good. He’s held me, listened to me, validates me, reminded me of the hours upon hours we’ve sat together in your chair and fed with so much love

We worked really hard
We did good

This is raw, real time life events that’s happening right this second, in saying that I’m going to take a hot minute to recalibrate my life. Find my feet. Work out this new normal for me. Who knows, maybe tomorrow things might be different..in my heart I know it probably won’t be. All that’s left to do now is cry and be swept up in the waves 🌊

Much love
G xx

17/07/2023

You have now entered labour land ☁️☁️☁️

When labour kicks off most women get a beautiful burst of excitement and energy
The chit chat is happening and last minute organising happens…the buzz in the air is real 🐝
As labour establishes that chit chat will stop and whatever it is she’s trying to do will also come to a grinding halt, for me it was my beautiful shower..one moment excitedly washing my hair, the next I’m stopped in my track and it was like someone flicked a switch 🤷‍♀️
After a while it will become very difficult for Mumma to talk or communicate…especially during surges…this is labourland 🔥
During this state, your brain switches from your left thinking brain to your right primitive brain 🧠
The shift from left to right facilitates the surrender that is required for birth…

Don’t think
Just do

Isn’t the human body completely amazing!

Much love
G xx

16/07/2023

Doulas and birth statistics…
The stats make me sad
The fact that we have all these stats to show just how important it is to have a doula 🤯

Reducing labour times ⏰
Reducing medications 💊
Reducing interventions 👩‍⚕️

Doesn’t that also scream just how crazy birthing in a hospital is?
Doesn’t it also send out alarm bells or scare you…??

If you’re walking into a hospital without a doula are you doomed? Not necessarily BUT these stats should serve as a warning to what you are walking in to …

I’m not going to preach the stats, having a doula reduces your likelihood of XYZ, that tells you nothing of what I can do to help and instills fear- not my job at all 🤣

Having a doula gives you more than any of those things and sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes you can have a doula and still have the drugs/c-section/long labour.

We are not the variable in this scenario, what you do prior to birth, where you birth and just you and your baby as humans do.

Now USUALLY a doula would be using this information to speak to just how invaluable we are and how amazing we are and that you need us for your birth because the stats speak for themselves BUT for me …not the case

Statistics mean s**t all to me

Babies will baby
Birth is birth

You can not put a number or percentage on this
Yet another way to add masculinity to something that is the total opposite

I’m here bringing all the feminine energy, love and support to your space: I’m here holding you up so you can fall down, I’m here taking clocks off the wall because birth takes as long as it takes, I’m here squeezing your hips and rubbing your back because sometimes that’s enough for pain relief and sometimes it’s not and when it’s not, I’m here to talk about your options and cheer you on. As your doula I 100% bring more than these statistics 💪🏼

Much love
G xx

*📚Birthing From within, Pam England & Rob Horowitz

09/07/2023

You got this Mumma 🔥
I got you Mumma 💪🏼

This doesn’t just apply to birth, this applies to life

In life you go through hard times (contractions) to be reborn and stronger than you ever imagined (expansion)

Right now for me it’s the toddler years 🤣 what a trip!

What was your birth mantra or quote that got you through? Maybe you’re going through a hard time right now…my DMs are always open babes 😘

Much love
G xx

📸

07/07/2023

⚡️Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth ⚡️

If I talked about the cleaning I do in your home, you would probably just hire a cleaner 🧽

If I talked about the washing I fold, you would hire a laundry service 👔

If I talked about the dog walks at noon, you would hire a dog walker 🦮

If I talked about the grocery trips I make, you would get online delivery 🚛

I do so so much, it’s terribly difficult to put into words but mostly I provide…

⚡️Connection
⚡️Companionship
⚡️Ceremony

I find myself always trying to over sell on what I actually do to seem worthy of what I offer, to try show value in the pricing that I have…

Years of mistakes, my own births, births of others, nursing, navigating the system, liaising with Drs and Midwives, the trainings I’ve completed, my natural hawk eye ability to see what you need, read the room, manage moods, sit comfortably on your bed and chat to you about the intricate that is life, birth, death; being reborn again as a woman and mother.

Here’s the truth 💣and it’s a big one …

My prices are what they are and if you need to see worth in a physical list of things I do then you’re looking at the wrong doula for you because my ‘value’ comes from the things you don’t see written down anywhere…and maybe you’re not looking for a doula at all, maybe you just need a cleaner 🧺

I have at least tried to show you here what a postpartum package kind of looks like..kind of haha

Much love
G xx

05/07/2023

Inspired by , breaking down circle assumptions, I’d like to share with you my mothers blessing ❤️

Mothers blessings aren’t all just a bunch of half naked women hanging out 🫣 (this is an actual description I have received 🤣)altho my belly was 100% out haha

Mine was filled with r&b tunes, fluffy socks and a mass lasagne with my nearest and dearest- my explicit instructions were come in your comfy clothes and ready to eat!

It doesn’t have to be drumming (amazing tho and highly recommend!) or meditation or any particular thing
It is what you want it to be 🔥
You can have and incorporate as many rituals as you like or it can just be an intimate gathering of girlfriends that you want close by to basically hang out

Think of the energy
Think of the stories
Think of what you want around you
Think of what you need

Ask for it
Reach out

Go boldly
After my mothers blessing I had friends say ‘Man I wish I had of done this, that was so beautiful and powerful.’
‘Man I wish this was more common, that was magic!’

I’m not saying ditch the baby shower, do that too. There is no reason why you can’t celebrate and do both, but what I am saying is that sometimes your heart yearns for more OR this is something you didn’t even know existed to celebrate YOU as the birthing Mumma.
It’s not about the presents or about guessing the flavour of the baby food…
This is about being held, loved on, celebrated and supported leading into such a magical beautiful time. A mothers blessing is whatever you want it to be, it’s not what your preconceived ideas are at all 🤯

Tell me what you thought a Mothers a blessing was all about!? Did you have one? Do you want to have one?

Much love
G x

14/06/2023

✨ Vulnerability ✨

I meet you where you are
Zero judgment in the most private, intamate sacred places. Be it in the birth space or in your home it’s usually a vulnerable time

How do I ask that you are vulnerable with me, if I can’t show the same grace: I too am human, I too have the same roller coaster ride happening at the back of this fair ground.

It’s enjoyable and refreshing to not have to be 100% put together, all the time.
What even is professional, can we really continue to put on this show?

I saw a beautiful Mumma get pulled up on her spelling last week as it’s ‘not professional’ and she should really proof read and double check. Lordy…if you’re going to critique that so closely as what defines professional then …you can’t sit with me 🤷‍♀️

I’m messy, life’s messy, we’re all living and going through so much. I’m not sure I can see myself as this ‘professional’ person. I aim to be and am..authentically me: sometimes that’s put together with beautiful captions and sometimes that’s crying on your couch with you, snot flying, questioning life and holding one another…would you still see me as professional if I’m sobbing with you on your couch? Isn’t that what I’m here for…to hold you and see you in all your glory and all your sorrow?

When it comes to work of course I’m there 100% just like any job, dressed the part, organised, ready and professional BUT when I’m checking in on instagram it really is mostly me, bumming about in my comfy clothes. When I’m with you..I too am human and I won’t be anything less. I am more than the captions and squares you see here and I’m hopeful that you can see that in the way I show up on this space.

Much love
G xx

Me in all my sexy glory, two days postpartum, bleeding, adult nappy, compression socks, milk coming in hard and fast, tummy shrinking with the best little squish 🧸

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•REPOST @mothermoon_hypnobirthing Transforming your hospital space is one of the first things I aim to do to assist you in getting comfy! This video demonstrates just how much your hospital room can change and that anything is possible 💕 #doula #birth #birthdoula #homebirth #freebirth #waterbirth #VBAC #hospitalbirth #csection #love #support #empowerment #advocacy #discovery #soulguide #georgiagardinerdoula #postpartum #prenatal #bump #barenecessitiesbirth #healing #meetyouwhereyouare #breastmilk #hospital #morningtonpeninsula

•Choices & Advocacy Talk about JUMPING SHIP ⛴ This is a reminder that it's 👶 Your baby 🤰Your body 🤱 Your experience You are in the drivers seat! This Mumma, Nikya needed to have this beautiful healing experience, after 2 traumatic experiences in the past and shopped around at 36 weeks to get it! It is never too late to switch providers, they work for you! Birth changes you on so many levels and it's important we are heard, supported and valued during this time to have the best outcomes! Leongatha hospital had never done a maternally assisted cesarean but this outcome has me crying with joy. Nikya Im so proud of you for shopping around to get the birth you deserved 💕 You researched, you fought hard for this and you advocated for yourself and your baby. I'm sure this experience was healing and magical. Congratulations Mumma 💜 Much love Georgia Gardiner ### 🌿 *Shared with permission* Video of Mumma birthing her baby, onto her chest via C-Section @nikyatoomey #doula #birth #birthdoula #homebirth #freebirth #waterbirth #VBAC #hospitalbirth #csection #cesarean #maternallyassistedcesarean #love #support #empowerment #advocacy #discovery #soulguide #georgiagardinerdoula #postpartum #prenatal #bump #barenecessitiesbirth #healing #csectionmumma #bellybirth

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