Sharon Rootes - Postnatal Doula - Hobart, Tasmania

Tasmania Australia

Dec 7

What services do you provide? Postpartum Support, Infant Massage, baby and child first aid, home delivery meal service

Languages spoken: English

Sharon is a Registered Nurse with a Masters in Nursing specialising in Paediatrics, Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care. She is a mother of 3 adult daughters and grandmother of 3 beautiful little people. Along with her personal mothering experience, Sharon has had more than 30 years professional experience caring for babies, children and families both within the hospital and family home settings.

Sharon is a graduate of the Australian Doula College and Newborn Mothers Collective and provides postpartum support to new mothers and a home delivery meal service. She is also an infant massage instructor and baby & child first aid educator providing both public classes and private in-home sessions.

Sharon is passionate about empowering and equipping new mothers particularly in the first 40 days through nourishing and nurturing, supportive care and establishing their village.

Sharon has a particular interest in supporting families with a premature baby or child with complex health issues especially in the transition home from hospital, supporting healthy parent-infant attachment, and establishing a workable family routine to assist families to flourish and thrive not just survive.

Sharon Rootes - Postpartum Doula - Hobart, Tasmania