Hi there!! A little about me….
My name is Shelley, and I am 42 years old. I am a mum to 3 WILD children, my eldest being a girl and 2 younger boys. It’s a juggle, but I love them dearly and motherhood is teaching me a lot.
I have been on a long journey to find my “calling”. I started out as a receptionist and administrator, whilst also completing a Certificate IV in Counselling. Then after having my daughter, I trained and studied to become a yoga teacher, completing my Diploma whilst heavily pregnant with my first son. Unfortunately, the pandemic hit us so when my son was 6 months old, I decided to start putting my yoga teaching to use by instructing classes via zoom. It was a good way to start delving into teaching. I continued to teach via zoom and introduced face to face classes at a local community house, but then we had a little surprise pregnancy with my youngest son, so I made the decision to hang up my yoga mat during that time.
We moved up to Queensland from Victoria in August 2023 and settled in the beautiful sunshine state. I started to think about what my next step would look like. I started to feel a pull towards midwifery as I have always loved babies and found childbirth to be amazing, and I am in awe of what the female body can achieve. I found my own births very humbling and felt a deep sense of privilege to birth my three babies into this world. A friend of mine suggested looking into becoming a doula, before embarking on such a demanding degree like midwifery, so I started to research courses and got a gut feeling to enrol into the Doula Training Academy with Vicki Hobbs.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the course content and have decided on postnatal support as my area of interest, in supporting women and babies. I am lucky I have my yoga teaching background to further support women during the early stages of motherhood and the newborn phase. I have learnt a lot, and I am grateful to have experienced this course, and all it’s had to offer.
I look forward to supporting you and your family during your postnatal period. Please don’t hesitate to get in contact with me, I would love to assist you in any way that you would feel would be of most benefit.
My name is Shelley Duncan, and I am a certified doula who has completed the training at the Doula Training Academy, and I will be servicing the northern suburbs of Brisbane. I will be able to assist you for postpartum support. If you would like more information about my doula services, please contact me:
Phone:
0438 558 439
Email:
[email protected]
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bloom.birth_Doula/
Website:
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