Birth Doula & Mütterpflegerin in Köln, Germany

Hi, I’m Laura.

At Mothering the Mother, I’m here as your Birth and Postpartum Doula, ready to cheer you on, calm your worries and bring you the support you need so you feel strong, seen and totally cared for from bump to baby.

Because we are not meant to do this alone.

A quick hello

Some fun facts about me:

I grew up on a farm and some my earliest memories are playing with ponies, cats, dogs and sheep

I am the eldest child with one full sister, three half siblings and two step siblings

I used to work as a Theatre Director

As an adult I have always lived in cities: Newcastle, Copenhagen, London and Cologne - but I still crave the green fields and open skies from where I grew up in the Gloucestershire countryside.

I adore animals. Sometimes more than people!

Except birds. Really don’t like birds. It’s the claws.

Anyway - welcome! It’s lovely that your here - take a look around and get in touch if you’d like to chat about anything!

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Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers - strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.

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Recent Feedback

I couldn't be more grateful for having found Laura. She's been supporting me and my husband during our first pregnancy, listening to every doubt/question that we might have, giving us support material, and always being super available! We are currently doing a birth course with her and we couldn't be happier. Now we just have to wait for the "big day" so we can meet our beautiful son, and I'm confident about it because of everything I've learned with Laura. Also, knowing that she is going to be there, crossing the finish line with us, it's just what we need! A supporting voice during our entire journey to become a family. To all the mummies to be, I highly recommend Laura. She completed our team.

Lucia & Simon
My husband and I have been supported by Laura throughout our pregnancy journey and its been a fantastic experience so far. As foreigners in Germany we felt very insecure facing the prospects of giving birth in an unfamiliar system and now most of those insecurities have been lifted. Thanks to the excellent preparation for birth we have had from Laura (both in individual sessions and in a group course), we feel very empowered and look forward to the birth and to going through this big life experience with Laura by our side! Also Laura and Sofia are great community builders and having access to a whole network of english speaking new mamas/parents is a great source of comfort!

Arianna & Jack
Ich bin sehr glücklich, dass Laura mich beim Muttersein unterstützt. Sie kommt regelmäßig zu uns, um sich einige Stunden um unseren Sohn (derzeit 4 Monate) zu kümmern während ich Kraft tanken kann. Sie ist sehr liebevoll und einfühlsam. Unser Sohn sieht sie als weitere Bezugsperson. Nach dem Krafttanken genieße ich total die Zeit mit unseren Sohn. Doch es ist so wichtig diese kurze Erholungszeit zu haben, da Muttersein ein 24 Stunden Job ist. Ich kann Laura absolut empfehlen!

Juliane
As both a healthcare professional and a mother, I highly recommend Laura/Mothering the Mother doula service. She is a lovely and knowledgeable person who radiates warmth and calm, and knows her stuff. She clearly cares about the wellbeing of women in pregnancy and birth, going above and beyond to be helpful, and is also doing wonderful things for the Cologne community to create resources for new mothers/mothers-to-be and to connect English-speaking mothers.

Chesica
An excellent two half-day weekend workshop run by Doulas Laura and Sofia, who were engaging and caring educators of all things birth preparation. It was a fun, interactive, well-structured and informative course which has left us feeling empowered by learning useful tools and concepts in order to deal with and engage in meaningful ways with our future birthing experience, as well as showing us how to coordinate and lead our own birth story and take control. Highly recommended.

Jonny & Vera
We both really enjoyed the course, especially how much it focused on practical approaches to working together through labour. We also did a course with our Hebamme, which was very science-y. Also valuable, but I did leave that one feeling a bit like I had learned to swim from YouTube. Your course felt much more like learning to swim in actual water.

Rosie & Lukas
We did our Birth Prep. course with Laura and can highly recommend it. Such a fantastic resource for non-German speakers & soon-to-be parents in Cologne!

Kira & Felipe