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Friday Feature: Momprenuer Bronwen Beytell owner of Wee Bonnie

This weeks Friday Feature Mompreneur is really important to me personally, as she was my doula for Emmas birth and was ultimately a HUGE part of saving her life.


With all of the chaos going on last year, we looked in to going, the midwife & doula route because that meant that obviously my fiancé would be able to be there for the birth, as pretty much all hospitals weren't allowing dads in. Which is so sad and my heart truly goes out to all of the dads out there who couldn't be there for the amazing experience of watching their baby be born and to the super moms who had to do it alone.


Bronwen was absolutely amazing, she held me, rocked me, massaged me, reassured me and kept us all calm through the entire birthing experience. I have such a huge amount of respect for Doulas, they are so underrated and underappreciated. If you're currently pregnant, please do yourself a favour and look in to getting a doula for your birth!


Bron isn't just a doula though, she actually started out with a mommy business called : Wee Bonnie, selling everything from breast pumps, to Epson salt (you'll need this for your after birth baths - believe me) to even making personalised clothing and Christmas baubles.

Here's Bronwens' story:


Wee Bonnie came into existence from a passion for children and babies. Bronwen found that most retail stores were selling toys at an exponential mark-up and decided that parents needed a better option. Starting in  2011 Bronwen opened her first online store with the option to have the products delivered straight to the client's door at a fraction of the price.

She developed Wee Bonnies' product range to meet a need in the market and over the years has reduced the toy range and instead expanded their holistic product range ie Baltic Amber Teething Beads, Epson salts and Raspberry tea. 

While retaining their personalised product range of Christmas baubles, Clothing designs and baby grows. "Our focus is to provide the best quality service and products to our clients!"

In 2014 Bronwen had a calling to get more involved with the birthing world and started to study to be a Doula in 2014.  After moving to  KZN, she started practicing under PDA Health Pty Ltd gaining access into both the Hospital environment as well as Homebirths.  She has assisted mothers in approximately 5 different Hospitals and as of 15 August 2020 she has assisted about 63 pregnant and labouring mothers.  Further to this, Bronwen is also a HPCSA registered BLS medic and a facilitator!

Since a young age Bronwen has had a keen interest in the pregnancy, labour and birthing world after having witnessed an unplanned home birth in her family home.  After she matriculated. She became a BLS Medic and spent a few years as an events medic. But found that her passion was not fully fulfilled and in 2015 she started her training as a Doula. This was the perfect option to satisfy her kind, caring and  affectionate nature while simultaneously fulfilling her passion. Her journey led her to furthering herself as a Doula by attending several Midwifery assistant workshops, the Sensitive Midwifery Conversion and training in the use of a Rebozo.


She has been blessed to have grown under the observation of several different midwives and gynaecologists, both from a hospital and home birth perspective. Bronwen was able to assist with the first delivery at Grace Birthing Centre and has found her true birthing tribe at the centre who shares her passion with her and she has not looked back. 


As a mother of two beautiful girls, both delivered naturally she feels a deep spiritual connection with the expectant and labouring mothers and believes “… that all woman have the power and to birth without fear and the right to have a powerful and therapeutic birthing experience.”


Bronwen advertises via Facebook and by leaving pamphlets at Birthing Centre and Doctors rooms


You can reach Bronwen on the following platforms:


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100016153389842

Website: http://www.weebonnie.co.za/

Email: info@weebonnie.co.za








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