Nikita Akilapa Birth Services

My husband and I have been lucky enough to work with Nikita throughout our pregnancy and beyond. We first met at our Hypnobirthing course. Being our first baby, we had a lot to learn about birth and Nikita welcomed all of our questions - no matter how small. We left the course feeling more confident in how we prepared for future midwife appointments. The course also gave us a shared vocabulary so we both felt like we had a common understanding when talking about what we wanted with our birth....

Nikita was my doula for my second son and I cannot recommend her more. Where do I start? We had significant difficulty convincing our local hospital to allow us to undertake a home birth and Nikita supported us substantially as we tried to navigate that roadblock. While we ultimately ended up with a hospital birth due to shortage of nurses, Nikita helped us advocate for a low risk birth environment, when the hospital pushed for us to be high risk unnecessarily. Nikita did a wonderful job ...

I can’t say enough good things about Nikita, and the support and I knowledge she provided us. Since our first telephone consultation- I felt fully comfortable, held and unjudged. My partner and I had been discussing the option of elective section (after weighing up pros and cons of all types of birth). We felt judged by quite a few people (including another doula we spoke to), but Nikita was completely respectful of my thinking and made me feel fully reassured that she would be able to help ...

My husband and I interviewed many doula’s via zoom but we instantly connected with Nikita. She has a wonderful energy. Managing to be effortlessly informative, holistic & empowering, all with a wonderful warm smile :) I was at the tail end of my friends having babies and so knew their pregnancy & birth stories well. There seemed to be a theme of long labours that led to c-sections. I had a fear of tearing and guess had held onto the worst of their stories. Nikita tackled these fears and hel...

You’ll not find a safer, wiser, more attentive pair of hands. I never thought I would be one of those people who would enjoy pregnancy, let alone birth. Nikita made both experiences life-affirming and hugely empowering. With her guidance I felt like I could do anything. She brings an incredible depth of knowledge and wisdom, and absolute dedication and care to every step of the journey through pregnancy, birth and beyond. More than that, she has an aura of calm confidence about her that is c...