Birth Doula & Postpartum Support in Köln, Germany

Supporting families in Köln navigate pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

  • Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers - strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.

    Barbara Katz Rothman

Group Birth Preparation Course English Cologne Köln Hypnobirthing Pregnancy Breastfeeding Midwife Hebamme Mothering The Mother Laura Doula Mütterplegerin Postpartum Hospital Homebirth Birth Centre Geburtshaus
Birth Doula Geburtsbegleiterin Support English Hospital Homebirth Geburtshaus Birth Centre Mütterpflegerin Mothering The Mother Laura Herrmann
Postpartum Support Doula Wochenbett Lactation Consultant Breastfeeding Stillberaterin 40 Days TCM Birth Doula Geburtsbegleiterin Support English Hospital Homebirth Geburtshaus Birth Centre Mütterpflegerin Mothering The Mother Laura Herrmann

What is a Doula?

As a certified Birth and Postpartum Doula (Geburtsbegleiterin & Mütterplegerin) in Köln Mülheim I support families through the life-changing transition into parenthood. I provide continuous physical, emotional and educational support before, during and after birth. It is my goal as your doula to listen to your wishes and make your birth and postpartum experience the best it can be.

Because you deserve it.

Why Work With A Doula?

The continuous physical, emotional, and informational support provided by Doulas has been proven to be one of the most risk-free and effective ways to create a more positive birth experience. Working with Doulas also increases the likelihood of vaginal labor, while reducing the length of labor. A Postnatal Doula can also support regulary for months after your birth, often paid for by the German public health insurance.

Find more information on the Evidence Based Birth Website.

  • I couldn't be more grateful for having found Laura. She's been supporting me and my husband during our first pregnancy, listening to every doubt/question that we might have, giving us support material, and always being super available! We are currently doing a birth course with her and we couldn't be happier. Now we just have to wait for the "big day" so we can meet our beautiful son, and I'm confident about it because of everything I've learned with Laura. Also, knowing that she is going to be there, crossing the finish line with us, it's just what we need! A supporting voice during our entire journey to become a family. To all the mummies to be, I highly recommend Laura. She completed our team.

    Lucia & Simon

  • My husband and I have been supported by Laura throughout our pregnancy journey and its been a fantastic experience so far. As foreigners in Germany we felt very insecure facing the prospects of giving birth in an unfamiliar system and now most of those insecurities have been lifted. Thanks to the excellent preparation for birth we have had from Laura (both in individual sessions and in a group course), we feel very empowered and look forward to the birth and to going through this big life experience with Laura by our side! Also Laura and Sofia are great community builders and having access to a whole network of english speaking new mamas/parents is a great source of comfort!

    Arianna & Jack

  • Ich bin sehr glücklich, dass Laura mich beim Muttersein unterstützt. Sie kommt regelmäßig zu uns, um sich einige Stunden um unseren Sohn (derzeit 4 Monate) zu kümmern während ich Kraft tanken kann. Sie ist sehr liebevoll und einfühlsam. Unser Sohn sieht sie als weitere Bezugsperson. Nach dem Krafttanken genieße ich total die Zeit mit unseren Sohn. Doch es ist so wichtig diese kurze Erholungszeit zu haben, da Muttersein ein 24 Stunden Job ist. Ich kann Laura absolut empfehlen!

    Juliane

  • As both a healthcare professional and a mother, I highly recommend Laura/Mothering the Mother doula service. She is a lovely and knowledgeable person who radiates warmth and calm, and knows her stuff. She clearly cares about the wellbeing of women in pregnancy and birth, going above and beyond to be helpful, and is also doing wonderful things for the Cologne community to create resources for new mothers/mothers-to-be and to connect English-speaking mothers.

    Chesica

  • An excellent two half-day weekend workshop run by Doulas Laura and Sofia, who were engaging and caring educators of all things birth preparation. It was a fun, interactive, well-structured and informative course which has left us feeling empowered by learning useful tools and concepts in order to deal with and engage in meaningful ways with our future birthing experience, as well as showing us how to coordinate and lead our own birth story and take control. Highly recommended.

    Jonny & Vera

  • We both really enjoyed the course, especially how much it focused on practical approaches to working together through labour. We also did a course with our Hebamme, which was very science-y. Also valuable, but I did leave that one feeling a bit like I had learned to swim from YouTube. Your course felt much more like learning to swim in actual water.

    Rosie & Lukas

  • We did our Birth Prep. course with Laura and can highly recommend it. Such a fantastic resource for non-German speakers & soon-to-be parents in Cologne!

    Kira & Felipe