Being a Birthkeeper, Writing a Freebirth Children's Book and Moving Through the Rite of Passage of Peri-menopause with Nicole Wheeler

Together with Rachael Rose

In this conversation with Nicole Wheeler, Nicole shares about her birth work, becoming a successfully booked out doula, writing and self publishing a children's book about home birth and free birth, and her experience with peri-menopause.
You'll hear us discuss:

• Nicole's journey to becoming a doula
• Navigating motherhood, birth work and how she gave up mum guilt (Nicole has 5 children!)
• Writing and publishing a children's book on homebirth
• Nicoles experience of peri-menopause, including how she navigates peri-menopause alongside parenthood
• Embracing the MAGA energy in the birthspace
• What Nicole is doing to mentally and physically prepare for the rite of passage of menopause

MEET NICOLE WHEELER

Nicole Wheeler is a Brisbane-based doula supporting all births, including freebirth and homebirth, and incorporating photography into her practice. She is also the author of the Freebirth children's book "My Most Magically Ordinary Day," which helps children understand and celebrate the beauty of birth.
NICOLE WHEELER SAYS

" I don't have mother's guilt. I gave that up a very long time ago. Having three children under six, the relationship that I was in. There was no space in my brain for guilt. I let it go, it doesn't serve any purpose to me or my kids."
Connect with Nicole Wheeler
Instagram - @nicoleann_birthkeeper
Website - www.nicoleannbirthkeeper.com.au

Connect with Rachael Rose
Instagram: @the_rachael_rose
Website www.rachaelrose.com.au

NICOLE WHEELER SAYS
" Having this book for families that make the decision to birth at home is really important. Kids being able to read a story and see colorful images of birth is important. Small steps to changing how birth is viewed is important.
So that's my why. The joy part is going to be having a book my boys can read and look at when we talk about birth and babies and where they came from. Having women all around the world, sitting down reading this story to their children as part of their birth preparation. And having women and their family centered in the story is important."
Music by Edwina Masson 'The Feminine Spitfire'