Janet Horwell – Postpartum Doula in New Zealand
Doula | Pronouns: she/her
Based in Nelson/Tasman, Aotearoa | New Zealand. Supporting families online worldwide.
About
Hi, I’m Janet, a mama, wife, sister, cousin, friend and postpartum doula. My work is grounded in a simple but often unmet truth: mothers deserve to be deeply supported.
After years of building community and exploring the ways we care for women and families, my focus naturally turned to one of the most overlooked transitions in a woman’s life, the postpartum period.
Through my own experience of becoming a mother while working full-time, I felt firsthand how isolating and disorienting this time can be. What I needed wasn’t more information or conflicting advice, but consistent, human, and compassionate support.
As a doula, I offer care that centres the mother as well as the baby. This might look like practical help, emotional support, space to be heard, or guidance grounded in both experience and evidence.
My intention is to contribute to a culture where mothers are held, not just holding everything, and where support is continuous, trusted, and deeply human.
Training, Qualifications, Professional and Lived Experience
I am a postpartum doula through Newborn Mothers and a matrescence practitioner through Matresence Foundations certificate from Matrescence NZ.
Packages and Offerings
Birth Reflections | $165 online via zoom | BOOK NOW
A birth reflection is for anyone who has felt that an experience of birth, either their own or a person you supported. These sessions are designed to move at your pace, with care and respect for what feels safe to explore.
Do you want to:
explore birth experiences whether recent or years ago
prepare for an upcoming or future birth
make sense of how the birth happened
understand your current responses to the story
unpack and understand medical decisions
unpack and understand your own choices throughout the process?
You’re not expected to arrive with a clear story or questions. Sometimes this space is you talking and telling your story from start to end and other times it’s more organic and you might speak about particular parts of your experience that are remaining with you in an unresolved or unclear way.
More offerings coming soon.
Areas Served
I regularly support families in Nelson, Stoke, Richmond, Tahunanui, Atawhai, The Wood, Wakatu, Bishopdale, Annesbrook, and surrounding areas. Online worldwide.
Testimonials
I found Janet's support made a huge difference in my first few weeks post partum. She has great empathy and genuinely cares for her clients. I had an extreme hormone drop a few weeks before her planned visit and she called me to provide support (where I just cried to her over the phone) and she sent links to helpful resources. She checked in with me multiple times after that as well. At her visit, she was happy to help with whatever i needed. She cooked, we went for a walk and had a great chat. The social connection from someone who really gets post partum and how hard it is made a difference too. Janet is not only warm and empathetic, but she has great insight and advice that she shares only if you're comfortable.
I highly recommend her service, to give yourself an additional support post partum who will actually help and make a difference when you really need it!
Book an initial chat
If you are searching for a Birth Doula in Melbourne, private birth education or personalised antenatal classes, the best place to begin is with a free initial chat.
This is a relaxed 20 to 30 minute conversation where we can:
Explore what you are looking for
Discuss your pregnancy, previous experiences or concerns
Clarify whether private birth education or postpartum support feels like the right fit
Answer any questions about how I work
There is no pressure and no expectation. Just a genuine opportunity to connect and see whether we align.
You can book your initial chat via Radiant Birth using the link below.
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