Birth & Postpartum Doula support in Richmond, Kingston, Kew, Central London & South West London
You deserve to feel held & empowered in your birth,
whatever your wishes, however it unfolds.
You deserve a landing into motherhood full of kindness and support,
whatever birth path brought you there.
Pregnancy, birth & postpartum are both powerful and vulnerable experiences that will affect and transform you,
however they go.
Where not just how things unfolds, but also how you feel and are made to feel at each and every stage, truly matters now and as you journey into early motherhood.
Experiences that should never leave you anxious, overwhelmed,
blind-sided or traumatised,
but rather, excited, proud and confident in yourself,
your choices & your baby.
As a birth & postpartum doula, my passion & expertise is to provide you with the personalised, non-judgemental support you need:
the information, knowledge and understanding;
the body-mind connection, preparation and care;
the advocacy tools, skills & support,
and the continuous emotional and practical support
to help you prepare for and navigate this unique, precious time
with more calm, understanding
and nurtured trust in yourself, your body and your baby.
Because this is the way it should be.
My ethos & approach to doula care
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I support all types of births, including home births, birth centre births, labour ward births with and without epidurals, induced labours, births in ‘high risk’ pregnancies, elective and emergency caesareans, and more. I will never hold any judgement about the choices you make, they are yours and yours alone.
What matters to me is that you can make these choices from an informed place, out of power rather than fear. To help you work out and experience birth in a way that feels right to you & your baby, sharing ways and need-to-know information to stack the odds in your favour of making this happen, and to ensure you feel held, heard and grounded along the way, even if birth needs to take a different path.
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However you’re planning to give birth, understanding birth & postpartum physiology - how your body and your baby work during and after birth - is key to help you navigate your birth planning, decision-making, actual labour & birth, and immediate postpartum, in an informed and empowered way.
This is one of the key elements of our preparation together. So you can understand how best to support this physiology (and what can be done when it is disrupted) to the best benefit to you and your baby.
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Understanding the maternity system you’re under the care of, how it functions, your rights in it, and what options are (really) open to you (maybe some you didn’t even know you had) is really important, however you’re hoping to give birth.
I’ll give you tools and knowledge to best navigate it, and advocate for yourself and your needs, before, during and after birth.
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Birth is first and foremost a physical and emotional process.
Proactively preparing and looking after the body-mind is a central part of my unique approach as a doula, both prenatally and postnatally.My support & resources integrate my expertise in pregnancy & postpartum yoga, pelvic floor support, birth biomechanics, hypnobirthing, mindfulness and nervous system support.
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Birth is such a big milestone, it’s very easy to bring all of our focus on it. Projecting past it can be hard, especially as first time parents, or after a difficult first birth.
But once your baby’s here, it often feels like it’s actually just the beginning. So much to learn and get to grips with, so much to manage and navigate, on often very little sleep, with a recovering body.
This is a vulnerable period but also an extremely potent one, when receiving care, guidance and practical support can transform how you feel physically and emotionally, and your connection with your body and with your baby, not just at the time but also as you move forward into motherhood.
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How you came into this pregnancy, into this birth, into this postpartum matters. These are not ‘separate’ events but unfurl from one another. Your journey to this point will always affect to some degree your pregnancy, birth and/or postpartum experience.
I have experience supporting women & families after a long conception journeys, including loss and IVF, or difficult first births, and can share extra tools to support you.
My doula journey
There isn’t a day I don’t wish I knew then what I know now, and had the wise, caring support of a doula, for birth & beyond.
Despite what I felt was thorough preparation (with a ‘classic’ antenatal course and weekly pregnancy yoga), my first birth 13 years ago turned out to be a very difficult and traumatic experience, swiftly followed by a ‘crash-landing’ into motherhood I really struggled to navigate for months on end, and took me years to process. This is where the seed of supporting others mothers & mothers-to-be was planted.
A magical second birth and much softer, joyful postpartum, really showed me that these important thresholds can be beautiful and much easier with the right learning (and unlearning) and support in place; which is exactly what I aim to provide for all the families I support.
After more than 10 years specialising in yoga for pregnancy, birth and postpartum, I trained with Developing Doulas in 2023 and soon achieved recognised doula status with DoulaUK.
I am fully insured, and registered/ meet the requirements of private insurance such as Carrot.
I cover areas of South West London, Central London and parts of Surrey (about 8/9 miles radius from Ham TW10), under the care of Kingston Hospital, West Middlesex, Chelsea & Westminster, Queen Charlotte, St George’s, St Mary’s, and more.
A native French speaker, I am also able to support you in French, and help you understand and navigate the UK maternity system and postpartum care (which can be so different from France!).
Testimonials
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Amelie’s ability to support us has been nothing short of amazing. When we navigated a change of plans in our birth, she helped us adapt and supported me to trust my instincts whilst also remembering my birth preferences. She made me felt held, even when I was ambivalent about certain decisions, helping me never feeling rushed or pressured. She was upbeat and positive, fierce enough to protect our birth space without causing friction with birth care staff. She has lots of knowledge and deep empathy, and proved to be a strong emotional pillar throughout birth & my early postpartum. I couldn’t be more grateful!
— Charlie
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Amelie was instrumental in helping us to prepare for our son's birth, and supported us to have a beautiful home birth. She helped us to explore our birth preferences and worries through the antenatal planning sessions which gave me the confidence to change my birth plans. She went above and beyond to help us achieve this, even liaising with the midwives to help me move hospital midway through my pregnancy.
I also attended her antenatal yoga classes which were a highlight of my week and helped me to feel physically prepared for birth. On the day, she worked closely with my mum & husband to ensure they felt confident in their role as birth partners, providing guidance & reassurance as needed. We couldn’t have wished for a better birth experience and Amelie was a massive part of making this happen.— Alissa
Birth Doula support packages
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Birth Preparation (with/without remote doula support)
3 antenatal preparation sessions
Access to online library of resources
Phone/Remote doula support before & during birth available as an add-on
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Essentials birth support
2 birth preparation sessions
On-call support from 10 days before your EDD until you give birth
Support at your birth until 2 hours after birth
1 postpartum visit at your home (about 2 hrs)
Email/text/ phone support from booking time until 2 weeks postpartum
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Complete birth preparation & support
2 birth preparation sessions1 body-mind preparation session (active birth / biomechanics / hypnobirthing) + extensive home practice resources
1 postpartum preparation session (or additional postpartum visit)
On-call support from 10 days before your EDD until you give birth
Support at your birth until 2 hours after birth
1 postpartum visit at your home (about 2 hours)
8-week Pregnancy Yoga online course
4-week Postpartum Yoga online course
Email/text/ phone support from booking time until 4 weeks postpartum -
Full Journey - Birth & Postpartum support
All elements of the Complete birth support package+
Postpartum Doula Support Care Bundle
- a bespoke package of 18hours of postpartum support, spread over 3 or 6 weeks, blending bodywork, baby nurture, mother care and education, designed to soften your landing into motherhood, actively support your initial postpartum recovery, and gently grow more confident with your baby and as a mother/parent in your fourth trimester
Includes email/text/phone support until your last postpartum support session.
Postpartum Doula support
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Postpartum Doula Care Bundle
18 hours of support designed to accompany your immediate postpartum, blending bodywork, postnatal recovery movement and exercise, feeding support, essential baby care, nutrition and education, designed to soften your landing into motherhood, actively support your initial physical postpartum recovery, and gently grow more confident with your baby and as a mother/parent in your fourth trimester.
Ideally taking place in the first 6 to 12 weeks post birth.
Includes message/phone support through your support period, and access to many resources.
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Ad hoc support hours
For ad hoc support, either remotely by Zoom or in-person if you are local to me.
Antenatal preparation sessions
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Birth options & birth planning session
a 2.5hours session dedicated to exploring birth planning / mapping, and navigating birth choices and care options (the one you know about and the ones you may not).
We also cover fundamentals of birth & postpartum physiology and approaches to decision-making, to help you make fully informed decisions that feel right for you.
Includes access to many resources.
Delivered in-person at home or online via Zoom, and redeemable against full birth doula support.
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Practical birth skills session
A 2.5hrs session designed to help you and your partner better visualise what labour & birth might feel & look like on the day(s), and help you navigate each phase with more ease and confidence, whilst supporting and protecting the birth process.
We cover key need-to-know about birth physiology, body & mind tools (including breathing and positioning), release and support techniques (massage, rebozo, use of props), as well as tips & tricks for transfers, labour stalls, epidurals, etc and advocating for yourself.
The session will be tailored to your needs & wishes (for example, planning to have an epidural, an induction, birthing at home, etc).Includes access to many digital resources including videos audios, and printables.
Delivered in-person at home or online via Zoom, and redeemable against full birth doula support.
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Postpartum expectations & planning session
A 2.5 hour antenatal session designed to help you understand what to expect from the postpartum period (from your body, your baby, your daily life, and more), and prepare for a gentler, more supported 4th trimester and transition into early motherhood/parenting.
You will receive a journal-style handbook and supportive resources to use both before and once your baby has arrived.
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Power hour
Ad hoc virtual support to address any questions/worries on your mind, either antenatally or postnatally: birth planning, navigating birth choices or ‘curve balls’, help navigating the maternity system (getting individualised care), birth education, birth/relaxation and/or recovery tools, baby care. Literally anything you need to talk through.
One hour with me to help you feel supported and empowered
(via Zoom or phone, or in-person if local to me)
“We are so grateful for the incredible support we received from Amelie. She was a calm, reassuring presence throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, and made the whole experience feel so much more manageable and positive.
Her knowledge, encouragement, and ability to listen without judgment helped us feel confident and supported at every stage. Even just talking with her made such a difference — we always came away feeling lighter and more prepared.
We can’t recommend her highly enough. She truly brings together compassion, knowledge, and steady support in a way that makes all the difference for new parents.”
— Kaley
Get in touch
to arrange a free 30min discovery call
for us to connect and discuss your needs