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Birth, post-natal doula, hypnobirthing teacher & night doula in Hackney, London. The Clapton Doula

24/04/2025

Making a brief appearance on here to shamelessly ask for some more sponsorship for who I am running the Hackney Half Marathon in aid of. Any donations for this amazing children's hospital would be greatly appreciated...link in bio!

If you're out training around Hackney or running on the day, see you out there! 👋

Otherwise, doula-wise I'm pretty booked up and getting bookings for the end of the year now so please do get in touch early if you'd like to explore working together ❤️

28/11/2024

A moment of simple beauty in a world that is too often feeling dark and confusing.

08/10/2024

The moment that the umbilical cord has completed it's lifecycle and the baby begins a life of their own.

06/10/2024

Beautiful fresh babe.

01/10/2024

Are you having a homebirth with or in 2024 and interested in having your birth experience photographed? I'm offering significant discounts in return for being able to use consented images for my portfolio.

Get in touch to find out more or send this on to anyone who might be open!

25/09/2024

✨✨✨Those magical moments after birth ✨✨✨

Thank you to my gorgeous clients for letting me share some of my photography from their birth.

24/09/2024

Some of my incredible clients have given me permission to share photos I have taken at their recent births. I'm grateful, not least because it's so important to show that birth can be so much more beautiful and calm than how it is presented in the mainstream media. This image, for example, was taken deep into labour

Photographing birth gives me so much joy and then once babies are earthside, being able to look back over the images and reliving those life-changing, powerful moments again.

My clients tell me that they have often not realised that I am taking the photos, so it can surprise them to go through and see parts of their labour they have either forgotten or where they were so internally focused on birthing.

Photos of birth have the power to bring validation and a sense of strength and pride - something that can be so valuable in the postnatal period.

If you'd like me to document your birth, either just as your photographer or also as your doula then get on the DMs or email me at elly@theclaptondoula.co.uk.

And thank you so much in supporting me in this journey!

25/06/2024

I've been mostly absent from posting for shy of a year but I'm showing my face in this space that I have mixed feelings about because it feels like time.

The world is a shocking place to be and, much of the time, Instagram does not make that any easier. However, I've learnt more about myself in the last year and how to handle being in the here and now.

There will never be a picture perfect Instagram with me. I'll post what I want, when I want to. Sometimes it will be political, sometimes it will be stuff I like and a fair bit of the time it will be about the work that I do. I am not a brand and I won't be trying to be one.

I care about this world that makes me cry and laugh each day and I'm going to keep doing what I can to make it a better place whether that's working with families to improve their birth and postpartum experiences, protesting on the streets and speaking up about the environment, the genocide in Palestine and other horrors, trying to raise my children to care as much as I do and the list goes on - some of it will be shown here but most of it will be in the real world.

With this in mind, I'll be donating 10% of any birth doula or birth photography bookings in September 2024 to as well as encouraging anyone reading this to spare a few quid and click the fundraising button. Feel free to forward, share and tag anyone London-based who might be interested.

Peace and love x

13/02/2024

That's all there is to say.

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12/08/2023

This guy ❤ A constant reminder to live like you mean it and the best doula companion ❤

Rehoming a dog the same age as your under 1 second child has been a ride but you can't beat true love ❤

09/08/2023

Although these squares aren't very active, doula life is pretty busy behind the scenes and feeling very lucky to have such lovely clients!

Some limited availability for 2023 - find out more about the support I offer on my website www.theclaptondoula.co.uk or on my new profile

17/07/2023

9 years of marriage ❤❤❤

It's been a ride...

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London

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+447497772381

Website

https://linktr.ee/theclaptondoula, http://www.theclaptondoula.co.uk/

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