Supporting Your Journey with Compassionate Doula Care

Encompassing packages

Understanding that every journey is different, I provide a flexible and client-centred service through four customisable core packages. My aim is to ensure you feel as held, protected, and empowered throughout your matresence journey as possible. I pride myself on offering my services with the ability to hold space both spiritually (+emotionally) and practically (+logistically) provided along side the discernment to know when the focus of each is needed. Honouring you as the woman, mother and being you are, as you are. Meeting you where you’re at and tailoring my services to suit your current phase of life.

    • Available and on call from thirty seven weeks until two weeks after birth

    • A minimum of one antenatal session

    • Birth mapping and birth plan support for home or hospital

    • Full in-birth support, including use of a Birth Pool in a Box (ideal for home or freebirths)

    • Blissful herbs tinctures, birth sling and all equipment provided

    • Breastfeeding support

    • A minimum of one postpartum session

    Price range: $2,000-$2,500

    • All antenatal sessions (in hospital or at home)

    • Full birth support

    • A minimum of two postpartum sessions

    • Pregnancy massage

    • Birth education classes

    • And all things available from birth package

    Price range: $2,500-$3,000

    • Multiple nourishing meals, dropped to your door, designed to support recovery based on your birth experience

    • Breastfeeding support

    • Light housekeeping

    • In or out of home Sibling care (as needed)

    Price range: $300-$800

  • Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum

    • My most comprehensive and all-encompassing package, combining everything from the above offerings, plus…

    • Multiple visits throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum

    • Discounted Closing of the Bones ceremony

    • Optional placenta encapsulation or release

    • Additional nurturing extras

    • All postpartum offerings included

    Price range: $3,000-$4,000

Find Your Empowering Support Plan

Lou believes birth is a transformative experience that deserves compassionate, knowledgeable support. As a trauma-informed doula with years of expertise, she focuses on providing wholistic care that nurtures your mind, body, and spirit. Lou ensures every family feels held, protected, informed and truly seen throughout pregnancy, birth, and the fourth trimester. Understanding that accessing birth support should be a right not just a privilege, she offers staggered pricing for those in financial hardship with payment plans accessible.

Discover how Lou’s unique approach can support your family.

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Lou's Wholistic Birthkeeping is a doula service led by me, Louise Winchester — a compassionate, knowledgeable, and highly experienced birth keeper. With a trauma-informed approach and a background in counselling, I offer individualised, transfo
In absolute awe and reverence of physiological birth 🥺 Imagine you've been told your whole life and pregnancy that you couldn't possibly birth at home only to meet and hold your baby in your lounge room as the people around you hold you 🙏 This. is
Love these photos of the doula/midwife/mother/+birth team dance 🥺 I once had a midwife say to me when coming in with a Doppler "no no, stay where you are, I'll work around you, what you're doing is more important" (counter pressure/hip squ
The first baby I ever witnessed to be born and the first human to touch and welcome them (only ((ever)) at the request of the Mother at the time) What.An.Honour. 🥰 I love watching you catch your babies 🥺❤️‍🔥 . . . #birthkeeper #doula #firstbir
A little about my previous experience... I've gained so much knowledge and insight from the births that I've attended and pregnancies I've supported including VBACs, Hospital Birth, Home Birth, Freebirth, low rates of hospital transfer in both labour
Did you have hemorrhoids like this after your birth too? Tell me your post partum cow boy stories in the comments 😅 (it's the walk for me) Okay but seriously natural healing options below? 👇 . . . #hemorrhoidrelief #hemorrhoids #pelvicfloor #post
The births this year have expanded my repertoire of experience in ways I can't even fathom, let alone begin to box up into some numbers and translate to you through the use of words but in these little numbers there's also transparency and a window i
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  • "The baby is so perfect and thank you for being a part of this jorney. Your help was priceless and we're blessed to find you."

    Birth Support
    July 2023

  • "Thank you for being such a wonderful support on my journey in becoming a mother. I couldn't have walked this path without you. I can never express the love I have for you xx"

    Birth Support
    June 2023

  • "Can't thank you enough for all of your support. I was saying to (partner's name) we only met for like 2 hours before all of this but it felt so natural to have you there supporting us. Thanks feeling underwhelming for how you've helped us, but thank you!"

    Father on
    Birth support
    May 2023

  • "It was absolutely perfect! I wouldn't change a thing. I am so blessed to have had you come along my journey with me my love."

    Birth Support
    April 2025

  • "It was like I was floating in the universe but I was rooted so far into the ground all at once. My body felt so held and protected in such a sacred way. I woke up feeling so refreshed and able to feel so present in the moment. You are an absolutle wise womb woman."

    Closing of the bones
    May 2023

  • "It was amazing watching you work and seeing the benefts on my daughter was mind blowing."

    Birth Support and Closing of the bones
    June 2023

  • "My beautiful doula Louise who helped support me through pregnancy birth and now postpartum. She's wonderful, supported me and my partner in the ways we needed to comfortably birth at home and not have fear around "what ifs" she's gone above and beyond. If you are in melbourne and looking for a doula I would highly recommend Louise."

    Birth Support
    September 2023

  • "You are amazing support to have and give so much heartfelt care, keeping a calming presence. I'll definitely be recommending you to anyone who asks, when my sister gets pregnant if she's looking for a doula I'll be telling her to ask you I reckon you'd be a perfect for her."

    Birth Support
    November 2023

  • "I am so thankful to have met you and have your support through my second birth, oh how it would have been great to have had it with (first child's name) too but I know not possible anyway as you were growing little (child's name) at the same time."

    Birth Support
    November 2023

  • "Louise is bubbly, down to earth and an all round gorgeous person inside and out. She helped me believe in myself and my body's ability again, after many other's made me believe I couldn't. I had the birth of my dreams, naturally, undisturbed and at home, with the help of her care, support and guidance..."

    Birth Support
    March 2024

  • "Louise, you are amazing! Thank you so much for all of your help and advice with weaning my little girl! Just knowing that you have been on this weaning journing makes me feel so good and empowered! I can do this. You truely are amazing and I can't thank you enough for all of your help xxx"

    Postpartum Support
    January 2024

  • "I can't thank you enough for how supported I felt during my labour. I get so emotional just thinking about it! It was the most raw and powerful I've ever felt and I still can't believe my body did that and just how calm and peaceful it felt through the intensity of bringing her into the world, it was pure magic, THANK YOU for everything, you're amazing"

    Birth support November 2025

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Let's start the conversation about your empowered birth. Reach out today—Lou is excited to hear about your unique journey and discuss how Lou’s Wholistic Birthkeeping can support you.