Please contact me directly through my website or via text/call - the Doula UK enquiry form is going through changes and sometimes doesn't work.

I offer personalised birth and postpartum doula support to families across London, ensuring you feel empowered, educated, and fully supported throughout your pregnancy, birth, and fourth trimester. 

My approach is warm, intuitive, and evidence-informed — centred on your choices, your comfort, and your unique path into parenthood. 

My main goal as a doula is simply to show up for you—fully present, attentive, and on your side. I believe that you are the expert in your own body, your baby, and your family, and that your journey should be led by you!! My role is to support, encourage, and cheer you on, offering reassurance, practical help, and a steady presence so you can move through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood with confidence in your own instincts and choices.

If you would like to learn more about me and what drew me to this work, please visit my website! For now, you can find a summary of the support I provide below:

BIRTH SUPPORT

Complete, continuous care that supports you from the moment you book me, through birth, and into your early postpartum transition. 

Standard birth package includes:

• A free initial consultation where we can get to know one another and discuss your needs.
• Three antenatal visits (2 hours each) where we will discuss your birth preferences, birth plan and make sure you feel confident, prepared and informed.
• A dedicated WhatsApp group between you, your partner and myself where we can chat all things pregnancy and birth-related. 
• Full access to all my evidence-based resources and contacts.
• On-call for your birth between 38-42 weeks of pregnancy. 
• Continuous emotional and physical support throughout your labour. I will be there from the moment you call me up until a maximum of 3 hours after your baby has safely arrived. 
• One postnatal visit to your home within the first 2 weeks after birth. 
• Continued WhatsApp support up until 6 weeks postpartum.
• If there is time, we can also have one or two casual meet-ups, perhaps a coffee date or a walk in the park

If your family’s needs look a little different, just let me know—I’m always happy to personalise the package to ensure you receive the support you need.

POSTNATAL SUPPORT

The postnatal care I provide is fully personalised and client-led with a gentle focus on ‘mothering the mother’ as you find your footing in early parenthood. 

What this can look like depending on your needs and requirements:

• Emotional support and a space for you and your partner to talk through your birth and anything else that might be coming up as you navigate this new chapter!
• Newborn care guidance (feeding, soothing, bathing etc.)
• Support with older siblings so you can have uninterrupted time with your newborn.
• Light household duties such as emptying the dishwasher, light tidying, laundry, food shopping, helping prepare a light lunch/snacks.
• Look after baby while you rest, shower or take time for your own self-care. 
• Signposting to evidence-based resources, local professionals and support groups.  
• Provide company if partner has gone back to work.
• Evening/overnight support available on special request.

If this feels aligned with what you're looking for, please do get in touch!

Website - heldbyella.com

Email - enquiries@heldbyella.com

Phone - 07495481198