About Ânia

Hello, my name is Ânia I am a pregnancy, birth, postnatal doula based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I was born in one of the most beautiful islands of the Atlantic, Madeira in Portugal. I have travelled a bit around the world and lived in different countries and learned from different cultures, but was in Belfast that I decided to settle and is where I now call home. I am mother of 2 gorgeous children born in 2017 and 2020, they were both born in a Belfast local hospital. I have been working for a local homeless charity for more than 8 years.

The idea of becoming a doula was suggested by two friends of mine (they actually don’t know each other but they both felt the same way in relation to this).  They recognised my passion for everything related to pregnancy, birth and parenthood, but especially supporting people through their journeys, and they planted that seed. I then started looking more into the role of a doula and the more I searched the more I felt that this was something that I really wanted to dedicate my time and energy (supporting people). After having my second baby in May 2020 I felt that this experience has been completely different from my first born,  due to the pandemic situation a lot of people lacked support nowadays a lot of families don’t have their “villages or tribes“ to support them.