About Me
Hello, my name is Tess, I’m the face behind Doula Maid Tess. My soon to be husband and I share a beautiful 4 year old daughter and 10 month old son together.
Being the eldest of 4 girls growing up, my nurturing tendencies commenced at a rather young age. I’ve adopted these skills from the very best- my beautiful resilient mum, she’s been my inspiration, guiding me to be the loving, compassionate, caring person I am today.
I’m a creature of habit, a lover of all things health and wellness and find tremendous joy in looking after myself by maintaining a balanced nutrient dense diet. I think it’s where I get my love for cooking healthy meals from. I thoroughly enjoy moving my body, it’s my go to practice when I’m feeling irritated or overwhelmed. It’s a rarity I miss a daily walk to the beach with my kids and dog/or an exercise session at my local gym. Usually with a motherhood or personal development related podcast in ears.
I’m self aware that I show up better for my kids and family when my cup is full and hope to pour my juicy goodness onto my clients too. I love nothing more than being a mum, my kids are easily my greatest achievement yet, which drives my motivation to support all women in experiencing the same fulfilment.
The transition to becoming a doula has influenced a constant curiosity, putting me on a path to self discovery and utter happiness. I feel so aligned supporting women transition from maiden to mother- much like goldilocks finding the bears “just right” porridge.
My Reason
My motivation to educate myself more about pregnancy, birth and postpartum commenced amid my struggles conceiving our first baby. I had longed to become a mother for many years, however, the universe had other plans and gifted me with a detour in the right direction, encouraging a deep passion for the entire journey into parenthood.
I never understood the constant emotional demands that trying to conceive (TTC) entailed, until I endured it myself. I truly empathise with all those deep in the trenches on the TTC journey. Please, if you have a similar story, I encourage you to stay strong, and never lose faith, because in hindsight you gain so much strength through the hardship, and once you arrive at your destination of pregnancy and motherhood, the blessing is oh so profound.
I genuinely value spending time with my family and wanted to avoid missing out on too much of my children’s first few years of life. I strongly believe that setting those early foundations in these short precious years can be the building blocks for the many years ahead. The flexibility of becoming a doula became even more appealing knowing I could have the best of both worlds. I’ve always dreamt of owning my own business, and what a fulfilling way to achieve it- Serving women sets my soul on fire.
My Postpartum Journey
I strongly believe our positive physiological birth experience played a significant role in my smooth recovery and transition to motherhood. Our birth transpired in unprecedented times during Covid, simultaneously as the Queensland boarders re opened.
I was lucky enough to have my fiancé home with me for 9 wonderful weeks. The extra support during those vulnerable days made the transition 10 fold easier. Which was another aspect of my journey that pulled me into this super important work.
After expressing my breastfeeding struggles via social media, I was deeply moved and amazed by the response I received from fellow caring supportive mothers. I will never forget the beautiful encouraging words from those people- a true example of how the small things can be the big things.
If I could turn back time and do one thing differently it would be to SLOW DOWN in those first few weeks after birth. I have a terrible tendency to feel like I always need to be “busy doing” something and found I was riddled with guilt if I wasn’t (I’m sure I’m not the only one who has felt this way) it’s definitely a work in progress.