Fully informed. Fully supported. Ready for the birth you actually want.

Somewhere between the excitement of a positive test and the 10pm Googling, you realised the appointments are short, the questions are endless, and guesswork isn't how you operate. This is a private mentorship with a qualified midwife, from wherever you are now, through birth, to your first month with your baby.

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Led by Emma Rajakrishnen: Midwife · MSc Midwifery · Former NHS Quality Leader · Founder of Elythia

You're used to feeling in control. Pregnancy shouldn't be the exception.

It usually starts the same way. A positive test, a wave of joy, and then the questions arrive. Your booking appointment is weeks away, lasts minutes, and answers half of what you wanted to ask. So you find yourself Googling at 10pm, and the internet hands you either horror stories or fluff. You're capable and successful in every other part of your life; guesswork isn't how you operate. Working with a private midwife mentor doesn't replace your NHS care, it completes it: a senior clinician beside you the whole way, so every appointment, every scan, and every decision makes sense.

Where are you in your journey?

Every woman arrives at a different point. Choose where you are, and see what working together looks like from there.

The Elythia Method

One clear system that takes you from staring at a positive test feeling anxious, to holding your baby feeling confident, informed and supported. Seven parts, one for every letter of Elythia, every one of them personalised to you.

Envision

We start at the end: the birth you actually want. Everything we do together works backwards from that vision.

Learn

Understand exactly what's happening in your body and in your NHS care plan. Every appointment, scan and test explained before it happens.

Your risks, your plan

Your personal risk factors, identified honestly, with a clear plan to reduce, manage or overcome each one.

Team up

A midwife in your pocket: WhatsApp access when worry actually strikes, and you walk into every NHS appointment knowing exactly what to ask. The system, explained by someone who has led inside it.

Health

Your body and mind, looked after properly through pregnancy: nutrition, movement, sleep and emotional wellbeing.

Informed decisions

A calm, structured way to make every choice, informed by evidence rather than fear, forums, or whatever you happened to read that week.

Arrive

Ready for birth in plan, body and mind, your partner and your bag too. And your first month postpartum is part of the journey, not an afterthought.

Who this is for

This is for you if

You're used to being capable and in control, and it's unsettling that pregnancy doesn't feel that way yet
You want a real expert's judgment on your specific situation, not generic advice you could find yourself
You're ready to invest in the right support, not the cheapest option
You want to understand your choices well enough to make them yourself, not be told what to do
You want someone reachable when a question actually comes up, not booked out weeks in advance

This might not be the right fit if

You're looking for the lowest-cost option available
You'd prefer a pre-recorded course or a group programme over 1:1 attention
You're hoping someone will make the decisions for you
You're not planning to engage much between sessions

If you're like me, a type of an anxious person, non-native, and not so sure about how NHS works, it is something which would help you a lot.

Monika, mentorship client, 2026

Read Monika's story in full

During my pregnancy I was worried and scared about the labour itself, that as for me, non-native speaker it will be difficult to understand some words and expressions and I wasn't sure what my rights are in NHS, what I can ask, what I can expect. Also appointments with my midwife were short, and for more complex questions I was only given QR codes, which for me wasn't enough.

I did read and watch a lot on the Internet and a few books, went for private scans for reassurance, and attended birth classes from my country. But I wasn't exactly sure how it looks in the UK.

I wasn't sure how this will work for me, but you seemed to be very trustworthy and experienced, that I thought I will try.

Conversations 1 to 1 with you helped me a lot, to understand what my rights are, what options during birth are possible and available, and that I can make my own decisions and take some time for it. You helped me to get used to English vocabulary around pregnancy and birth, understand my tests results, and most importantly just to calm down, being listened, and you answered all of my questions.

If you're like me, a type of an anxious person, non-native, and not so sure about how NHS works, it is something which would help you a lot, Emma will answer all of your questions and prepare you for the most difficult but also the most beautiful day of your life. After birth which not went as planned and imagined, and also our difficult first week in the hospital with our little one I had one more chat with Emma, which helped me to process what actually happened and it was so important for my mental health, I am very grateful for that, and will remember it, x

The only thing I regret is that I came across your profile quite late in my pregnancy, it would've save me a lot of 3am Google searches if I would've found you earlier, but I'm so grateful I did! Thank you Emma, x

Two packages. One guiding hand.

Both are one-to-one with Emma, both follow the Elythia Method, and both include your first month postpartum. The difference is simply how much of the journey we walk together.

Elythia Essentials

Payment plans available

Best for the final stretch

Up to 4 private one-to-one sessions, arranged around what you need
Mentorship through your final weeks and your first month afterwards
Direct WhatsApp access between sessions
Birth-plan intensive: your options, preferences, and advocacy
Full guide library, personalised to your situation

Your postpartum month, covered too

Most chosen

Elythia Complete

Payment plans available

For your whole journey, from wherever you are now

Up to 8 private one-to-one sessions, arranged around what you need
Everything in Essentials
Up to 7 months of mentorship, through birth and your first month afterwards
Extra support sessions around your birth
Priority WhatsApp access, including evenings
Partner preparation session

Your postpartum month, covered too

Emma personally mentors a limited number of women at a time, simply because this really is one-to-one.

Not sure which package is right for you? Book a free 30-minute call to see if this is something Emma can support you with.

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"I wanted someone who could tell me not just what was happening, but what it meant for me."

Midwife · MSc Midwifery · Former NHS Quality Leader · Founder of Elythia

Emma Rajakrishnen

Emma is a qualified midwife with extensive experience across NHS maternity services in the UK and abroad, and has led quality improvement within the NHS. That combination means she understands both what happens at the bedside and how the system behind it actually works, including where it falls short and how to work around that.

She's the founder of Elythia, an evidence-based maternity education platform reaching tens of thousands of expectant and new parents every month. The Elythia Method is the system she built from that experience, the same one she'll walk through with you.

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Not a doula. Not your NHS midwife. Not a course.

Your NHS midwife

Excellent, but stretched thin, hard to reach between appointments, working within system constraints she rarely has time to explain.

A doula

Typically supports the birth itself, not the full decision-making and preparation journey from wherever you are now.

A generic course

The same static information for everyone, with no personalisation and no direct access to a real expert.

The Elythia Method combines all three: real clinical credibility, full personalisation, and ongoing direct access, a midwife and cheerleader in your pocket.

What happens next

Book your free 30-minute call

Pick a time that works, no forms to fill in beforehand.

We talk about where you are

Your situation, your NHS care so far, what's on your mind.

We decide together

Which package fits, and when to begin. If it's not the right fit, you'll leave with clarity anyway.

Ready to feel ready?

Spaces are limited to the number of women Emma can personally mentor at once. Start with a free call: no pressure, no pitch, just a conversation about where you are.

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