The Glow Up
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The Glow Up 〰️
Beautiful energising gatherings to recharge, radiate and celebrate, from retreats to light-filled Mama workshops
Becoming Mama Pregnancy Retreats, Mama Blessings, Mama Love Mini Retreats and Various workshops & gatherings
BECOMING MAMA PREGNANCY RETREAT
For the Woman Becoming a Mama, or becoming a Mama again…
Pregnancy can be exhausting. It can be beautiful.
It can be uncertain. You don’t have to navigate it alone.
At this Becoming Mama Pregnancy Day Retreat, we hold you through your unfolding — helping you reconnect with your innate wisdom and strength, so you move toward birth and mamahood feeling:
✨ Calm
✨ Confident
✨ Connected
✨ Excited for what’s to come
This is your invitation to gift yourself a day of true preparation — for birth, for mamahood, and for the woman you are becoming, whether this is your first or subsequent birth…
If your heart is whispering “yes”… we would love to welcome you…
What Is This Day
Becoming Mama Pregnancy Day Retreat is an immersive retreat designed to support you through matrescence :
✨ The physical, emotional and identity shift into mamahood.
✨ It is both practical and profound.
✨ Grounded and deeply nurturing.
✨ A space to prepare for birth — and for the Mama you are becoming, or becoming again.
What To Expect
A carefully curated day built around six pillars of Mama inspiration:
1. Becoming
Understanding matrescence — the emotional, hormonal and identity shifts of pregnancy and early motherhood — so you feel normal, validated and supported in all your feels.
2. Exploring
Honest, empowering conversations about pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester — so nothing catches you off guard and you feel prepared and ready.
3. Connecting
To your body. Your baby. Your breath.
Reawakening your innate birthing power and the intuition that already lives within you.
4. Opening
Heart-centred practices that help you soften, feel deeply and release fear and judgement — so you enter Mamahood grounded and courageous.
5. Mindset
Birth and Mamahood are shaped by mindset. We strengthen yours — building confidence, calm and realistic optimism.
6. Empowerment
You already hold everything you need. This day helps you remember and wholly EMBODY her — the powerful, capable Mama within.
“Maiden to Mama- “No-one even mentioned it – in the whole 9 months. Not one person said ‘You’re about to meet someone entirely new. And it’s not just your baby, it’s going to be you!”
Day Flow
09:30 – Welcome & Cacao Ceremony
Arrive, exhale, settle in. Light breakfast and connection.
Morning | The Emerging Mama
Tailored Pregnancy Yoga to ease common aches and restore energy
Hypnobirthing & Active Birth tools to help you stay calm and in control
Consultant Midwife session: what to expect in the birth room, how to best prepare, and how mindset truly shapes birth and your experience
Practical tools to manage the “controllables” of pregnancy and labour, a look at the ‘uncontrollables” and how to courageously surrender to and best navigate them.
Lunch | Nourish to Flourish
A beautiful, wholesome lunch designed to sustain and nurture you.
Afternoon | The Evolving Mama
Preparing you for real mamahood — not just the highlight reel.
We explore:
Navigating the fourth trimester
Identity shifts and maintaining your sense of self
Aligning parenting values with your partner
Boundaries and people-pleasing
Relationships, intimacy and communication
Expectations vs reality
Moving from survival mode to feeling alive and thriving
Breathwork and nervous system regulation tools
We also create safe space for the unspoken: anxiety, intrusive thoughts, relationship changes, overwhelm. Turning towards & articulating fears aloud reduces their power. You leave informed, aware and emotionally prepared — not blindsided.
Closing | Deep Integration - Day Finish 4:30pm
A blissful Yoga Nidra and crystal bowl sound bath with savasana, giving you akin to 2-3hours of deep rest, leaving you restored, regulated and deeply connected to yourself, your baby and your fellow mamas.
A deeply nourishing day devoted entirely to you — as you prepare not only for birth, but for the profound transition into mamahood.
Pregnancy is more than a countdown to labour. It is the beginning of matrescence — the unfolding of you as Mama. And in the busyness of appointments, work, family life and preparation, it’s easy to miss the space to truly process what is changing.
This retreat is your PAUSE……
A day to slow down.
To reconnect with your body.
To tune into your baby.
To honour the woman you are — and the mama you are becoming.
Whether this is your first baby or your third, you deserve time to feel grounded, informed and emotionally prepared — not just organised.
This day is especially for you if:
You feel busy, stretched or overwhelmed and long for space to breathe.
You’re prepared “on paper” but don’t yet feel emotionally ready.
You find yourself worrying about birth, Mamahood, your relationship, your identity, or what life will really feel like after baby arrives.
You want to feel calmer in your body and sleep more deeply.
You desire confidence in your birth and clarity for the fourth trimester.
You simply want to feel connected — to yourself and your baby.
Meet your hosts
We are three women with a passion for uplifting your pregnancy experience as you prepare to become a Mama to your babe. Two expert birth workers, and one fabulous concierge with seven children between us; we remember what it's like. We also know what helps our clients feel relaxed, in control, and positive. We have created a special day for you to step out of the everyday hectic nature of pregnant life, and take time to nurture yourself. A gift of a day to focus on you, your baby, and this very special & transitional time.
Hi, I’m Dulcie!
As Mama of 4 and Founder of Becoming Mama Collective, I support women through the powerful transition of matrescence — from pregnancy,through birth and beyond.
Consider me your Matrescence Mentor - fully qualifed & deeply experienced NLP Coach, Birthing Hypnotherapist, 400hr Yoga Teacher (Pregnancy & Postnatal) & Birth Trauma & Fear Release expert.
My dear wish is to elevate your pregnancy experience. helping you reconnect with your body wisdom, trust your calm confidence and step into Mamahood empowered, prepared, and supported.
Your power is already within you — I’m here to help you remember and TRUST that!
Thank you for joining the magic on this retreat - it is a very special place to be in pregnancy.
Hi, I’m Becca!
Midwife with 18 years experience, trained reflexologist, hypnobirthing practioner and Mama to 2 kids.
I am currently studying for a PhD in Matrescence, the transition to motherhood.
I have spent a large proportion of my career in the community and birthing centres and have a strong focus on supporting and empowering women in their choices and complex planning in pregnancy and birth.
I believe strongly in the innate wisdom of our bodies and the art of midwifery as well as bringing in the science and evidence.
I am excited to connect and inspire you on our deeply nourishing and informative day celebrating the incredible journey you are on.
Thank you for being here and investing in you at this very special time!
Hi, I’m Izzie!
Founder of The South Coast Concierge in Dorset, where I live with my family and draw daily inspiration from the coastline. With a background in hospitality, events and marketing, I love creating beautiful, welcoming spaces for meaningful gatherings.
I met Dulcie through pregnancy yoga before my first baby, Hudson, and we bonded over a shared passion for supporting women through life’s transformative chapters.
Together, we’re collaborating on a retreat designed to nurture connection, wellbeing and community — a space for pregnant women to slow down, feel supported, and prepare for mamahood 🤍✨
Why You, Why Now?
Because:
🤰🏻Pregnancy deserves to be honoured — not rushed through.
🤰🏻 Being “booked into antenatal” doesn’t always mean feeling ready.
🤰🏻 Confidence in birth comes from preparation and inner connection.
🤰🏻 The transition into Mamahood literally shapes you for life.
This is your opportunity to:
🌟 Enjoy your pregnancy more
🌟 Feel calm about birth
🌟 Understand what early Mamahood may truly look & feel like
🌟 Trust your body
🌟 Strengthen your relationship with yourself & others
🌟 Build emotional resilience
🌟Connect with other pregnant women walking this path
You deserve to enter this chapter feeling fully supported…
Who Is This For?
Any pregnant woman — first baby or subsequent pregnancy.
Any planned birth setting.
Any birth scenario.
This space is inclusive, supportive and empowering — wherever your journey is leading.
Your Bonuses
Alongside the retreat experience, you’ll receive:
✨A luxury gift bag 🛍 (worth £30)
✨Prenatal Yoga Nidra recording (deep rest on demand)
✨Birth visualisation meditation
✨Tailored breathwork for labour recording
✨Active birth positions practice video
✨Priority discounted access to future Becoming Mama Collective events
Becoming Mama is not just a retreat day…
It is a reset. A preparation. A remembering. The most beautiful awakening.
If you are ready to feel calm, capable and connected as you step into Mamahood — we would love to hold this space for you.
Date: Saturday 16th May
Venue: Launceston Farm, Tarrant Launceston, Blandford Forum DT11 8BY
Time: 9:00-16:30
Investment: £165 for the full day immersion. £145 EASTER Promotion from Weds 1st April to end of Easter Sunday 5th April ‘26.
”A day of self love to reward yourself and your baby, to recharge your body with beautiful feminine, radiating energy.” - Janine“You will be pampered, revitalised and leave feeling relaxed and with a greater understanding of what the future holds in store” - Carrie
“You will leave feeling revived, refreshed, calm, confident, connected to your body and other Mamas” - Lucy
“Helps you get back to & immerse in the positives of being pregnant!” - Heather
“You deserve this day to spend with your baby, connect with other Mamas and feel like the Goddess that you ARE!” - Olivia
“DO IT! You’ll gain so much!” - Carly
Your Invitation to Become
Pregnancy is a threshold.
And how you feel walking toward birth matters.
You could choose to continue rushing through appointments, ticking boxes and hoping you’ll “feel ready” when the time comes…
Or you can choose to pause.
To be held.
To prepare your mind, body and heart intentionally.
This is more than a retreat day.
It is an investment in how you experience birth.
In how you enter Mamahood.
In how you remember yourself along the way.
Spaces are intentionally limited to keep this experience intimate and deeply supportive. And once they are filled, booking closes.
If your heart is saying yes — trust that.
Reserve your place at our Becoming Mama Pregnancy Retreat today
and step into this next chapter feeling calm, connected and powerfully prepared.
We cannot wait to welcome you.
With love and light,
Dulcie, Izzie & Becca xxx
PS: Every pregnant woman deserves a day like this. Please share the love and help us reach the Mamas who need it most, THANK YOU!!
The gorgeous, tranquil space where you will be held at Launceston Farm, Dorset in May and insight into our Becoming Mama Pregnancy Retreat gatherings
MAMA BLESSING CEREMONIES
Step into a circle of love, support, and sacred celebration.
Our Mama Birth Blessing, also known as a Blessingway, honours you—the Mama-on your journey into birth. Rooted in a Navajo tradition, this ritual recognizes pregnancy, birth, and the transition into mamahood as a profound and sacred milestone.
Unlike a typical baby shower, this ceremony focuses on you, the Mama, and the journey you are embarking upon. It’s a chance for your closest friends and family to surround you with love, wisdom, and support, creating a lasting circle of care that will carry you through pregnancy, birth, and beyond.
What To Expect
Opening Circle – Enter a sacred, nurturing space where you and your guests are invited to leave the outside world behind.
Guided Meditation & Emotional Nurturing – Celebrate the rite of passage into mamahood, and explore the stages of Maiden, Mama, Queen.
Red Thread Ceremony – Symbolizing protection, connection, and shared love, each guest weaves a red thread around their wrist to honour your journey.
Ceremonial Cacao & Readings – Sip divine cacao, connect with your feminine energy, and share poetry, positive birth stories, and reflections from those you love.
Creative Blessings – Guests craft meaningful keepsakes such as bracelets, birth affirmations, seed balls, and postnatal support promises.
Physical Nurturing – Pregnancy-safe henna, massage, foot soaks, hair braiding, and mindful touch surround you with luxury and care.
Closing Ceremony – Crystal sound bowl healing and Yoga Nidra provide deep relaxation, resetting your energy and welcoming your new beginnings.
Circle Space & Setting
Central altar with candles, flowers, crystals, and angel cards
Comfortable seating for up to 14 Mamas (yoga mats, blankets, cushions)
Intimate, safe, and confidential environment
The Gifts of Your Mama Blessing
By centring yourself in this sacred circle, you will:
Reset and harmonize your energetic body
Feel nurtured, supported, and celebrated
Welcome new beginnings with balance and ease
Create lasting memories and tools to carry you through your pregnancy and birth
Timing & Details
Ceremony Duration: 2–3 hours
Suggested Times: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Each guest leaves with a rose quartz crystal and keepsakes to remember the day
The Mama to be leaves with a little gift bag which she can use to empower her in pregnancy, birth and beyond
✨ Mama, you deserve this moment. Step into a space where your journey is honoured, your presence is cherished, and your community uplifts you.
💌 Book your Mama Birth Blessing Ceremony today with the Becoming Mama Collective and let us create a sacred, unforgettable celebration of YOU.
Investment – Prices start at £350 for 2 hours.
MAMA LOVE MINI RETREATS
Step into a circle of love, support, and Mama celebration.
Welcome to our Mama Love 💕 Mini Retreat - lovingly created in response to my treasured clients’ needs. Oh my, Mamahood can be such a rollercoaster🎢 ride - don’t you agree?! You are up… you are down… and then upside down & flipped back up the right way 🙃!
There is no training, no manual, no guarantees. It can be utterly exhausting and with all your focus on your baby, your levels of self nurture can totally plummet downwards.
💕And yet, at the centre of your child’s world… there is YOU, your love, your intuition, your wisdom. YOU are so important. You are your baby’s WORLD.
What To Expect
If you are a Mama who recognises that she needs a break, to refuel her cup, to re-energise herself to enjoy time away from her baby, to boost her self love… then you are in the right place. Totally accessible at 3 hours - time away from your baby that we make the very most of for you.
💕 Join us for one of these 3 hour Mini-retreat, 09:30-12:30, where you can expect:
*Connection of the DIVINE kind
*Nurture and nourishment for your mind, body and soul
*A nervous system Reset so you can Rise onwards.
And:
💕Cacao Ceremony Connection - an expansive, heart opening experience akin to a warm hug-in-a-mug. Ceremonial Grade Cacao supports stressed-out, exhausted bodies and is perfect fuel for a Mama. I work in collaboration with Common Roots Cacao whose mission is to spread the joy and benefits of Cacao’s gentle, yet powerful plant medicine, while encouraging new ways of connecting and rooting together in softer and slower ways. In circle we’ll share where we are at right now on our Mamahood journey and identify where we need more support.
💕Nurture and Nourish yourselves with a tailored Mama Yoga session - suitable for all, from beginners to experienced yogis. Designed to be helpful once your little ones are on the move to continue to strengthen your body and give you some much needed time out from your busy lives to recharge. Fabulous core restore work weaved into the beautiful flow. Suitable for all other women too, whether you have older children
💕A workshop to identify your Joydentity - the unique feelings each of us have, that unleash our joy! Activating an awakening and remembering in YOU as to who you really are. You are a beautiful, JoyFULL conscious being of light - create space for her and connect into THAT self with love, understanding and positivity.
💕Deeply relaxing Yoga Nidra gifting you access to your Delta Brainwaves and giving you akin to 2/3 hours of deep and restful sleep. Combined with a glorious Crystal singing bowl soundbath - welcoming immersion into divine crystalline vibrations as they resonate through your body… bringing deep relaxation, connection and leaving you feeling peaceful, with a renewed sense of clarity.
💕 This Mama Love Mini Retreat is a reset for your body, mind and soul, gifting you the energy to RISE into your beautiful power and feel so much more like the TRUE YOU!
💕We have space for 13 (the divinely feminine Goddess number of course 👸🏼) Mamas to gather at the beautiful Studio 24, Branksome Park 💕
“Come as you are and leave as MORE of who you are my love”
Feedback from Mama Love 💕 Mini Retreat clients:
💓 “The best few hours I have spent by myself for ages”
💓 “The most magical morning recharging that Mama Love, and appreciating how far we have come on this Mamahood journey!”
💓 “We had tears, laughter, yummy treats, dancing and just so much LOVE! Thank you Dulcie for giving us this space and being the pure magic that you are!”
💓 ”Thank you for such a great morning - I felt well and truly rested and felt so blessed with my beautiful family when I left your home - please can I sign up for the next one?”
💓 ”Thank you for a wonderfully restorative morning in the company of great women!”
💓 “Thank you for hosting such a beautiful morning on Saturday- your best retreat yet! It felt like a very special group and I came away feeling like I had been away at an all inclusive for a week!”
Join me to honour your mind, body and soul. I am so excited to connect…
Dates & Themes for 2026
New Beginnings - There are so many new beginnings as a mama and we can feel ALL the feels around them, a few examples are: weaning, your return to work; when your baby turns one; babe starts nursery/school; when you stop breastfeeding - it is wonderful around moments like this to have time and space to check in, reflect and celebrate.
Navigating your new & evolved identity as a Mama - honouring the transition from your pre-pregnant self to the woman and Mama you are becoming. Celebrating the birth of a Mama and letting go of the old version of you with grace.
Burnout and how to avoid it as a Mama - far more common than most women talk about & often comes from giving so much of yourself without enough support, space, or replenishment in return.
Maternal Rage and how to manage it - wow it can feel intense, sudden, and even frightening…And often it’s followed by guilt or shame. But maternal rage isn’t a sign that something is wrong with you. It’s a signal that something within you needs support.
The art of staying present as a Mama - Motherhood can so easily pull you in every direction…thinking about what needs doing next, replaying what just happened, holding the mental load of everything and everyone. And in the midst of that, it’s easy to feel like you’re missing it — even while you’re right there.
Navigating Relationships in Matrescence - Navigating relationships in matrescence can feel unexpectedly tender. Because as you change, everything around you shifts too — your relationship with your partner, your friends, your family… and even yourself.
Mama Body Gratitude - Moving away from ‘bouncing back’ and towards loving the body that grew, carried & nourished your baby
✨ Mama, you deserve this moment. Step into a space where your journey is honoured, your presence is cherished, and your community uplifts you.
💌 Book your Mama Love Mini Retreat today in celebration of wonderful YOU,all that you are, and all that you do!
Investment – just £39 for 3 divine hours.
“Because Mamahood is about growth and expanding who you really are, not losing who you were”
Dulcie Batt, Founder of Becoming Mama Collective.
Client love
“Nurturing, joyful, emotional and deeply nourishing. Such an empowering day and felt like the perfect tonic to modern day pregnancy and birth. I leave inspired and delighted that I chose to come.”
— cass“Wholly enriching. the perfect balance of knowledge, reflection & connection. I had high hopes and this day surpassed them all. I am looking at my second birth in a different way and fully engaging with my pregnancy”
— Clare“A truly great day! Just what I hoped for and more. Has helped me recharge, connect with this pregnancy, meet lovely women and great honesty from the group which was so refreshing!
— kate