Davina’s new gig? Helping women through childbirth
SHE has gone from hosting reality show Big Brother to becoming a menopause guru.
Now Davina McCall has revealed her next career move – she is to train to become a doula, helping women through childbirth.
The TV presenter, who has three children, even hopes to use the expertise she gains to help her daughters give birth when the time comes. Recalling her own experiences of being in labour – having had all three at home – Ms McCall, 54, says that she would not have been able to get through them without support. And that’s why she has decided to train as a doula, who are not medically trained and have a different role to a midwife’s.
She said: ‘I had all my babies at home and it was the best experience of my life. I laughed, I wept with joy. I said I couldn’t do it and was supported by the people around me, so I am going to learn to be a doula. I’m praying that my daughters or my son’s partner ask me to be at their births.’
In the past two years, Ms McCall has helped to raise awareness of the menopause, and been at the forefront of campaigns to help women gain access to HRT.
Doulas became popular after celebrities such as Nicole Kidman said they used them.