Bristol Doula Network
Olivia Raeburn - Yogi Oli Doula
Birth Doula, Food Doula, Postnatal Doula, Antenatal classes, Yoga, Aromatherapy, Holistic Therapies
I became a birth worker because I wanted to be able to empower parents to be supported in their choices and create a safe, sound and secure environment for physiological birth to take place. As a Birth Worker I am supportive, compassionate, honest, practical and holistic.
I believe that every person should be born into the world undisturbed, gently and with love and nurture. As a doula I believe I can facilitate this environment for my clients. I support homebirth and freebirth as I believe this is where physiological and undisturbed birth is statistically more likely to take place. I also supported antenatal appointments to those having elective belly births and have a wide range of postnatal offerings. I am an active advocate and member of the LGBTQ+ community and work with a whole range of family systems.
Testimonials:
Bonnie ''Where to begin.. we are beyond grateful to have had Oli as our doula on our journey through pregnancy and birth with our first baby. From the minute I met Oli, I felt heard and held. She understood all my wishes and led me through my rights and choices, leaving me feeling empowered and informed. She helped us connect with one another and our babe and gave us tools to support one another throughout the journey. Every session with Oli left us feeling more prepared and more excited, not to mention more relaxed about everything. When it came to the birth, I knew Oli would help me to feel supported and safe - as soon as she entered our space my body relaxed and my labour ramped up. For the most part, she was there for the moral support and took a background seat - trusting my partner and I to tune into what we needed. When midwives entered my space Oli acted as a protector ensuring they knew what was most important to me in my moment, she continued to check in and advocate for me whenever needed which really helped me to pause and make intentional decisions. When my baby was born, my partner was in the birth pool with me and Oli had her head against mine sharing words of encouragement and pulling me onwards. It was such a special moment and I am so blessed to have shared it with Oli. I could not recommend her more for all things pregnancy and birth, I couldn't have achieved the same positive, peaceful birth without Oli's support and if I ever do it again, I will 1000% be leaning on Oli to guide us.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us trust our babe would enter this world how he needed to, and for empowering me to work with my body and tune into my womb wisdom.
Oli is the most incredible doula, friend and person!!!!''
Michelle: ''O my goodness where to begin?!? As soon as we had met Yogi Oli we knew she would be the one to join us on our birthing journey. I firmly believe that having this powerful, knowledgeable, caring and supportive doula present for my birthing experience enabled me to have the experience me and my partner dreamt of. I was lucky to be able to have one to one and group pregnancy yoga with Oli too. I loved these classes and learnt a lot about myself and my body and the journey that lay ahead. I highly recommend Yogi Oli 100% to anyone considering a doula. Thank you so much for being part of our journey Oli.''

