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Why you may choose a doula?
A doula is your steady, knowledgeable, and compassionate guide through pregnancy, birth, and beyond. While birth partners, family, and medical teams all play important roles, a doula offers something unique—unwavering emotional, physical, and informational support that is entirely focused on you.
Birth is an incredibly personal and transformative experience. It can also be unpredictable, and in those moments, a doula helps you stay connected to your instincts, your choices, and your power. They create a calm and grounded environment, ensuring that you feel safe, heard, and respected—no matter how your birth unfolds.
Having a doula can reduce stress, decrease medical interventions, and help you navigate labor with confidence and clarity. Their presence allows you to move through birth feeling supported, informed, and in control of your journey. A doula being presented is predicted to guarantee a more supportive birth no matter the outcome. But you ned to find your doula, it's very important that you resonate fully with your person.
Birth Doula
What is a Birth Doula? In my opinion;
A birth doula is a trained professional who provides continuous emotional, physical, and practical support throughout pregnancy, labor, and birth. They do not replace medical professionals but instead work alongside them to ensure that you feel empowered in your experience.
A birth doula’s role includes:
• Helping you prepare for birth with knowledge and confidence.
• Offering comfort measures like breathwork, massage, movement, and positioning.
• Creating a calm, supportive birth environment.
• Advocating for your birth preferences and helping you navigate decisions.
• Offering reassurance, encouragement, and emotional support for both you and your birth partner.
Whether you’re planning a home birth, hospital birth, medicated, unmedicated, or cesarean, a birth doula is there to ensure you feel held, informed, and in control of your experience.
Postpartum Doula
What is a Postpartum Doula? In my opinion;
The transition into parenthood doesn’t end after birth—it’s just the beginning. A postpartum doula provides essential support in the early days and weeks after your baby arrives, helping you recover, adjust, and settle into your new rhythm with confidence.
A postpartum doula’s role includes:
• Supporting physical and emotional recovery after birth.
• Helping with newborn care, feeding support, and sleep guidance.
• Holding space for your emotional well-being, listening without judgment.
• Offering practical support such as light household help and meal preparation.
• Encouraging rest, self-care, and a smooth transition into life with a newborn.
Postpartum can be an intense and overwhelming time, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. A postpartum doula ensures that you feel nurtured, supported, and empowered as you step into this new chapter.
About Me
I’m Emily-Clare Hill, a birth prep, birth, and postpartum doula dedicated to supporting you through pregnancy, birth, and the tender postpartum period. My role is to walk alongside you as a close companion, helping you navigate this journey with confidence, knowledge, and empowerment.
My work as a doula is deeply rooted in a lifelong commitment to holding space for others. For nearly two decades, I’ve been a devoted yoga teacher—creating spaces where people feel seen, heard, and supported. I’ve led yoga teacher trainings, supported people through personal growth and healing, and held space for deep transformation. For over ten years, I owned and ran a yoga studio in Stoke Newington, a much-loved space centred on community and connection.
Now, as a mother to a vibrant four-year-old girl, this work holds even deeper meaning. The unfolding journey of motherhood has taught me to trust, to surrender, and to soften—and I love sharing and learning alongside others as we grow into this role together.
I’ve lived in London for many years, and I cherish the flow of city life and the rich community that surrounds me. Trained by Red Tent Doulas, I remain committed to ongoing learning and staying attuned to evolving practices in birth and postpartum care. I also collaborate with a strong community of fellow birth workers, ensuring that care, wisdom, and support are always present in what I offer.
Birth is a powerful and transformative experience. I believe in honouring your unique path—whatever it looks like—with care, respect, and no judgment. No matter what kind of birth you envision, I’m here to hold space for you, offering guidance, reassurance, and unwavering support every step of the way.
I am based in London in Hackney;
I am happy to serve clients throughout Hackney, Islington, Camden & Haringey. If you're close to this we could still make it work.
What do you get with my doula support?
The answer is as simple as whatever you need!
Free Discovery Call
Let's start with a call to ask any questions get a feel for your wants and needs and see if we are the right fit for each other, happy to do call, zoom or meet for a coffee/tea/cake. If you just want to email for a chat first - hello@happysoulmama.com
Full Birth Doula Support
From the moment you hire me, I offer continuous support throughout your journey.
• Monthly Meet-ups: Regular check-ins to provide guidance and reassurance.
• Three In-Depth Sessions (from around week 28, for about 2/3 hours)
• These in depth sessions will include;
• Antenatal understanding & support – Preparing for birth with knowledge and confidence.
• Birth Wishes – Exploring your desires, birth plan, and support preferences.
• Birth Anatomy & Labour – Understanding the process, comfort measures & techniques I can offer for support, fears, and rituals.
• Postpartum Preparation: Discussing expectations and planning for a smooth transition.
• One Sound Healing, relaxation session one to one with me at Mudra Yoga London to settle you before Birth - if wanted
• Labour & Birth Support: I’ll be with you from the moment you need me until you don’t - I will be on call from week 38 till you give birth.
• Ongoing Communication: Continuous online support throughout your journey, via whats app with 24 hour response time if not urgent.
• Postpartum Visit (1/2 visits): Offering breastfeeding support, emotional care, and practical help.
Additional postpartum support can be arranged as needed.
Pregnancy Support & Birth Preparation (in person or virtually)
• Guidance, education, and emotional support tailored to your needs.
• Three In-Depth Sessions (from around week 28, for about 2/3 hours):
• These in depth sessions will include;
• Antenatal understanding & support – Preparing for birth with knowledge and confidence.
• Birth Planning & Expectations – Exploring your desires, birth plan, and support preferences.
• Birth Anatomy & Labour – Understanding the process, comfort measures & techniques I can offer for support, fears, and rituals.
• Postpartum Preparation: Discussing expectations and planning for a smooth transition.
Birth Wishes - One off session with me (in person or virtually)
This would be a 2 hour ish session to ask questions and go through your birth wishes and get a fuller understanding of the whole process and all options and whys and risks and all the things you may want to understand.
Postnatal Support (min 2 hours booking)
Helping you navigate postpartum with care, reassurance, and practical assistance.
This could mean listening and helping you find confidence and trust in yourself. It could be cleaning and caring for your home so you can rest, enjoy, and be with your family. Maybe it’s suggesting helpful, supportive tools for the transition into life with a newborn.
This also includes breastfeeding support and care. I have good knowledge and am always learning more, but sometimes you may need a lactation specialist to find the best support for you both—I have many recommendations for this.
Postnatal Support - Over night Care
This is to support if you need to reset and restore or if maybe a partner is away, I can support cooking cleaning, night feed, morning getting ready etc hours will be discussed on a personal basis. The role is open maybe you need some one on one breastfeeding support and we can do the night together. The reasons will be personal maybe you just need more rest.
Payment plans are available for all
Prices are on a sliding scale & may vary when operating shared care with another doula, we will work with a fee in between our usual rates.
I am very open and happy to talk
about how we can make this work, if this seems unaffordable.
