how to find post natal doulas, mothers helps?

[FaithL]

Am thinking of getting post natal help once husband goes back to work after his 2 weeks paternity leave as he travels abroad a lot. Want someone to help with baby as well as shopping, cooking etc. Can anyone recommend a good agency, website search engine for post natal doulas/mothers helps? Am based in south west london

Hi, I found a wonderful doula through www.doula.org.uk for the birth. It's a good place to start if you want to begin looking for post natal too. Good luck.

simply childcare worth a try. esp as no agency fee

nurturing birth train & place doulas without an agency fee

Try - Clare

Hi, I am a doula (member of doula uk)in London I have worked in south west london recently and enjoyed it throughly!

Please contact me for more information and check out
jameella.com/

and
doula.org.uk/findadoula/findadoula.php?region=11

Kind Regards
Jameella aka ummbilal!

For mothers help try gumtree & nannyjob.

In London there are loads of live out "au pairs"/ foreign students looking for extra work or trying to get experience to become a nanny who are happy to do this kind of thing.

You have to sift through the applications a bit to weed out people who haven't got the right visa/ can't speak english/ have no references. We advertised this summer and within a week had about 10 very good candidates (several with first aid training/ CRB check & 2 who were registered childcarers).

The one we employed has worked out very well. They are much cheaper than a doula - we paid ours £8 gross per hour. Obviously they don't have the same training as a doula but if you just need some willing extra hands, I'm sure you'd find someone.

You do need to be set up to deduct tax & NI as they count as an employee but this is very easy as you can contact Inland Revenue and ask them to put you on a simplified scheme,