Hello! I’m Hala – the face behind Mama Ummi and a postpartum doula based in Launceston, Tasmania.

I was born and spent most of my childhood in Amman, Jordan, before moving to Australia in my early teenage years. The word ‘Ummi’ means mother in Arabic – it’s a little nod to my heritage.

 A mother myself, I have lived experience in the postpartum world - and I know how deeply transformative this period of time is.

I support new parents across Northern Tasmania. A core aspect of my current postpartum offerings is providing attuned and responsive emotional support to parents, in particular by:

1. Holding compassionate space for a postpartum parent to debrief about their feelings, highs as well as challenges on any given day; and

2. Planning, preparing and guiding them through a range of reflective exercises and activities (e.g. journalling, art and mindfulness-based practices).

This is where I believe my strength as a postpartum professional lies and hence, where I can provide the most value to a postpartum parent. 

Beyond that, my postpartum care responds to your needs and priorities, within the scope of a postpartum care and education professional. This may include support with practical tasks such as light housework or helping connect you with fellow like-minded families in your community and other local community resources.

When I’m not supporting new parents, I like to spend my time:

reading books and listening to podcasts (mainly – you guessed it – birth and postpartum-related, but I’m also partial to the odd fiction book!); exploring Tasmania with my husband and son; playing cards with my family and spending quality time with friends. 

My friends describe me as:

Empathetic, caring and enchanting (!). But my favourite has got to be this description from a dear Chilean friend of mine: “Nefelibata”, which I am told roughly translates in English to “the one who walks the clouds”.

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Last week, I was at my local playground, when a little girl, only a few months older than Malik approached him and they started playing together. Her mum soon appeared. I asked her how old her girl was, her name, where she’s living yadda-yadd
Here I am at roughly 3 weeks postpartum. I’m receiving a foot soak from my sister-in-law. When that finished (as all good things do), I had some gentle bodywork done by my other sister-in-law. After they each finished weaving their magic o
Yes it is 🤍 Link in bio. Thank you to all the beautiful people in my life, both new and old, for your support 🤍
This week I had the privilege of attending a Closing of the Bones workshop, facilitated by the lovely @melcravenyoga. It was wonderful to learn about this innate, cross-cultural postpartum practice alongside some of the other beautiful doulas based i
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Part 2 of my back-to-basics post on why investing in postpartum support is not such a bad idea 🤷‍♀️.
As someone interested in the postpartum space, some things seem obvious to me - but I was gently reminded that this may not be the case for others who are currently pregnant for the first time. So, here’s a back-to-basics post: why invest in
Part 2/2 Here is the second example of something I took to Malik’s birth that I think should carry across to postpartum and beyond. Drawn from the great Ina May Gaskin’s Guide to Childbirth - a little reminder to Let Your Monkey Do It!
Part 1/2 I’ve been a little quiet on here lately - my son turned 1 a little over a week ago + I’m still deep in the rabbit hole of reflecting on the past year. In my deep dive, I revisited the scribbles that I wrote as part of preparing
The sacredness of the birth space gets a lot of coverage (as it should). We know that the presence of even one person who isn’t attuned to the mother’s feelings can stop some women’s labours. Some of us have experienced that first-h