Doula Support

Birth Preparation / Labour Support / Postpartum Care

Pregnancy and childbirth are part of a sacred and transformative journey, one you will remember for the rest of your life. During this time of great transition, it can be deeply reassuring to have someone experienced walking alongside you. My role as a doula is to offer dedicated, continuous mother-centred support designed to help you feel informed, empowered, and fully in trust of your body’s innate ability to birth your baby.

Over the years, I’ve supported families through all kinds of births: hospital and home births, water births, birth centre births, planned and unplanned cesareans, breech births, VBAC & HBAC births, Twin births and even home births without midwives. Each experience is unique, each story sacred, and every birth holds its own kind of magic.

At the heart of my work is a deep belief that every family deserves to feel supported, safe, and seen as they step into the transformative journey of birth and parenthood.

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Bolstered by evidenced based information and tailored to you and your truly unique journey, I offer care that is sensitive, empathetic, and attuned to your needs. I will ensure you to feel fully informed about all of your options, are confident in making decisions you feel cared for, supported and in control of your journey.

By creating a calm, positive atmosphere, I hold space for your concerns and wishes to be heard, validated, and honoured, helping you navigate your journey with confidence. I’ll facilitate clear, respectful communication with care providers to ensure you feel a sense of ownership and empowerment over your care.

Pregnancy and childbirth were experiences I truly treasured, and my hope is that with my support, knowledge, and care, you will too.

I offer a holistic approach to support that nurtures both body and mind. Drawing on complementary practices such as sound healing, meditation, nutrition, and gentle exercise. I combine these with a deep, practical understanding of birth physiology to help you feel grounded, informed, and empowered throughout your journey.

The fourth trimester is a time of profound emotional and physical change, for both you and your baby. As your little one adjusts to life outside the womb and you embrace your new role as a mother, continued support can make all the difference. Whether you need non-judgmental companionship, a helping hand so you can rest, infant feeding guidance, or nourishing meal preparation, I’ll be thereoffering compassionate, tailored care during this magical and tender time.

Care Rooted in Experience, Inclusion, and Intuitive Support

I support families with a wide range of needs, and my experience includes working thoughtfully and respectfully with:

~ First-time parents who feel anxious or want a clear, evidence-based understanding of the birth process
~ High-achieving professionals who value structure, planning, and efficient communication
~ Queer, trans, and nonbinary families seeking explicitly affirming, inclusive care
~ Parents navigating birth after trauma or with medical anxiety
~ Immigrant and bicultural families who benefit from culturally responsive support, language awareness, and advocacy
~ Clients planning VBACs, scheduled cesareans, or hospital-based births
~ Neurodivergent parents (including ADHD and autistic parents), with preparation and communication adapted to individual needs

Across all of this, my approach is warm, grounded, and nonjudgmental ~centered on informed decision-making and care that is tailored to each family.

Full Bloom Doula Package

I am based in Stoke Newington, Hackney, London, and cover all of central London as well as many other London postcodes

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My birth doula support is always shaped around you, your story, your needs, your hopes, and the energy you want to welcome your baby with. Every journey is unique, and I honour that fully.

I offer one wholehearted, all-inclusive doula package, because I believe every person deserves the full depth of support. This package can be tailored to your specific needs, prices will reflect this.

What’s Included

My support unfolds in three gentle phases: Birth Preparation, Labour Support, and Postpartum Care. Each phase is held with experience, presence, intuition, evidence-based knowledge, and genuine care for your emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.

Below is an overview of what your all-inclusive package may include.

Birth Preparation

Minimum of three antenatal sessions, typically between 30 and 35 weeks, held in person or via Zoom. These sessions may cover:

  • The role of a doula and how I support you

  • A compassionate debrief of any previous births

  • An in-depth understanding of natural birth physiology

  • Space to share your hopes and fears, and gently dismantle myths or worries

  • Exploration and formation of your birth wishes

  • A bespoke reading list and tailored resources to support your preparation

  • Meditation, breathwork, and grounding practices

  • Coping strategies for labour including massage, acupressure, rebozo, and aromatherapy

  • Stages of labour, what to expect, and how to respond as labour begins

  • Understanding the path to birth and the flow of labour

  • Optimal positions for comfort and progress

  • The partner’s role and how they can support confidently

  • Biomechanics for birth and supporting baby’s alignment

  • Holistic birth preparation for mind, body, partnership, and logistics

  • Gentle exploration of induction, both natural and medical

  • Creating your birth preferences plan

  • Guidance on packing your home or hospital birth bag

  • Foundational breastfeeding education

  • Supportive exercises for pregnancy

  • Exploring matrescence and the fourth trimester

You will also receive:

  • Access to my fully comprehensive online antenatal course to read, watch, and learn at your own pace

  • Access to my extensive library of books

  • A collection of evidence-based research links, blogs, and resources

  • A 1:1 sound healing session in your third trimester

  • Preparation guidance for your postpartum sanctuary

  • Access to birth equipment including a birth pool and TENS machine

  • Open text and phone support whenever you need reassurance, guidance, or a calm voice

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Labour Support

  • 24-hour on-call availability from fourteen days before your estimated due date until birth

  • Continuous contact once labour begins

  • My arrival within one hour of your request, joining you whenever you feel ready

  • Steady, grounded companionship throughout labour and birth

  • Emotional, physical, and informational support in the setting of your choice

  • Advocacy and gentle guidance within the maternity system

  • Presence and care through the golden hours after birth

  • Support with early feeding and settling, ensuring you feel comfortable and held

Postpartum care

  • A nurturing postpartum visit to honour your transition, recovery, and the early bonding between you and your baby

  • Two deeper postnatal sessions to gently debrief your birth story, explore emotions, and support early challenges such as breastfeeding

  • A delicious home-cooked postpartum meal, thoughtfully prepared to nourish your body and support healing and replenishment

  • Continued text and phone support during the early weeks as you settle into new rhythms

  • Space to reflect on your spiritual, emotional, and physical recovery, held with warmth and care

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My full bloom doula package is £2250

As a brown birthworker, I hold a deep commitment to care grounded in equity, community, and compassion, especially for those navigating a system that has not always held us with the softness we deserve.


If finances are a concern, please know that sliding-scale options and payment plans, are available. Your ability to receive support matters more than your ability to pay the full fee.

You deserve a birth experience rooted in softness, safety, and connection, and I am here to walk beside you.

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If you are curious about how I may be able to support you on your journey, please get in touch via the form below.

  • “I will forever be grateful for the support given to me by Imogen at all stages. Imogen played a very big role in making it a really positive experience. I can’t imagine doing it again without her.”

    A mother

  • “Imogen was absolutely amazing every step of the way. We felt so comfortable, safe and supported throughout both my pregnancy, the birth and post natally. Imogen was such a great comfort and support for us when navigating some difficult decisions during my birth. Her kindness and warmth is unparalleled and we were hugely grateful for her.”

    ~ a mother

  • “We are truly grateful for Imogen, and the beautiful experience she created for us! Her authenticity, calmness and kind soul will forever be memorable for our birthing journey. She was honestly everything we needed and more from a doula. I highly recommend her services for your antenatal, birthing and postnatal journey!”

    ~ a mother

  • ”Simply the best doula I could have dreamed of."

    ~ a mother

  • “Imogen was amazing! Calm, confident and knowledgeable. I wouldn’t have considered a home birth without her.”

    ~ a mother

  • “I felt held and supported throughout - and will forever be grateful to Imogen for guiding me through it and helping our boy to come into the world peacefully and smoothly.”

    ~ a mother

  • “Imogen was the best doula I could have asked for. She was phenomenal in all aspects of my birth and postnatal experience! She was truly a dream, extremely organised, attentive, efficient, knowledgeable and creatively unique”

    ~ a mother

  • “Imogen was absolutely amazing every step of the way. We felt so comfortable, safe and supported throughout both my pregnancy, the birth and post natally. Imogen was such a great comfort and support for us when navigating some difficult decisions during my birth. Her kindness and warmth is unparalleled and we were hugely grateful for her.”

    ~ a mother

  • “Imogen guided me through my first (and only, to date) pregnancy and labour. I spoke to a few doulas before choosing Imogen for her particularly warm demeanour and non-dogmatic approach. She was really fantastic throughout, and really came into her own during my 36-hour labour. She was in touch with me and my husband from the minute the labour started and was physically present for the last 20 hours of it, first at home and then in hospital. She was firmly reassuring and calm, which I especially appreciated in the moments when I felt like I was losing my grip on reality. I am still not sure that labour can be beautiful, but Imogen is definitely the reason that mine was not traumatic (and went largely to plan and without complications), despite the incredibly broken medical bureaucracy around it.”

    ~ a mother

  • "Imogen helped us to bring our beautiful son safely into this world. Having her by our side to prepare us during the weeks before and to guide us throughout my labour made me feel like we were an invincible team. The best cheerleader, support (emotionally and physically!), and teacher, Imogen helped me to birth my son in the way that I wanted. Her subsequent care and love has allowed me to remember his birth as something of which I will always be incredibly proud. She is truly an angel whom we are now privileged to consider part of our family."

    ~ a mother