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I’m very excited about the talented Katey Jean Harvey‘s new illustration for me. Everyone loved her humorous take on birth pools and I hope you’ll feel the same about this new version. Postcards coming soon! Tweet





Hello and thanks for visiting

I'm a birth doula about to move from London to Ramsgate. I'll soon be providing my services across Kent, particularly East Kent, and write the blog below to give you a whole load of useful info about pregnancy, birth and babies.

I'll also be offering birth and antenatal support in easily accesible parts of London (Hackney and Islington in particular) with a colleague supporting those I can't.

So whether you're in Canterbury, Whitstable, Ashford, Broadstairs, Dover, Walthamstow or Hackney I hope you'll stick around to read some birth stories, testimonials or FAQs to see whether I might be the right sort of doula for you.

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Waving to Thanet

As most of you know I’m upping sticks and moving to the Kent coast. East Kent to be precise and Ramsgate, Thanet to be totally exact. Hard as it will be to leave Hackney the welcome from Thanet has been wonderful and as well as lovely chat with the team at Academy FM a lovely [...]

Far From Faddish: Doula Survey Shows Dramatic Decrease in Interventions

World Doula Week starts on Thursday 22 March and, while I expect many of you will shrug your shoulders, raise an eyebrow and think ‘World What What Week?!’, this new survey from Doula UK might just change your mind. With over 500 members, Doula UK represents the largest number of doulas in the UK. Its doulas work [...]

Dark side of The Baby Show: The Hackney Doula in The Huffington Post

I’ve  come over all foot-stampy in today’s piece for The Huffington Post. You can read more about The Baby Show’s links to the arms trade and the concerns over their chosen speakers here.   Tweet

Doula Services in Kent and London

I’m Rebecca Schiller, known as The Hackney Doula, from my time supporting new families in the leafy east of London. I’ll always be The Hackney Doula at heart but soon I’ll be donning my sunhat and finding my bucket on spade and becoming The Hackney Doula-on-sea. As of the summer of 2012 I’m upping sticks [...]

Whipps Cross Homebirth service resumed!

I’m leaving this post up for historical purposes, but the most up-to-date information about the Whipps homebirth team can be found here.   I’m getting lots of google traffic from people searching for information on the Whipps Cross homebirth service so wanted to post all I know about the current situation here. 1. Whipps have [...]

Induction stations!

Something that loads of people I work with have to at least fleetingly consider is the possibility of induction. It’s a horrible word and always makes me thing of a lurching pregnant robot shouting, Dalek-style “induction, induction, induction” while mowing you down with a pessary. The good news is that most of the people who [...]

The Hackney Doula

Doula UK Recognised