DOULA SERVICES
As you go on the journey of nourishing and bringing life into a new child, it is my honor to support you on the simultaneous journey of nourishing and bringing life into the new version of yourself and your family.
As a trained Doula, I...
~ Hold birth as a powerful and sacred experience you will remember for the rest of your life...
~ Work with you to create an environment that feels safe and supportive for your birth journey...
~ Understand the physiology of birth and the emotional needs of someone in labor...
~ Allow the birth partner the opportunity to participate at their comfort level...
~ Assist you in preparing for and carrying out plans for birth...
~ Recognize potential challenges of the birthing experience and offer you guidance through them...
~ Help you get the information needed to make informed decisions...
~ Facilitate communication between you, your partner and the clinical care providers...
~ Provide emotional support and physical comfort measures...
As a trained Doula, I...
~ Hold birth as a powerful and sacred experience you will remember for the rest of your life...
~ Work with you to create an environment that feels safe and supportive for your birth journey...
~ Understand the physiology of birth and the emotional needs of someone in labor...
~ Allow the birth partner the opportunity to participate at their comfort level...
~ Assist you in preparing for and carrying out plans for birth...
~ Recognize potential challenges of the birthing experience and offer you guidance through them...
~ Help you get the information needed to make informed decisions...
~ Facilitate communication between you, your partner and the clinical care providers...
~ Provide emotional support and physical comfort measures...
My Philosophy:
why and how I serve...
I believe the body is an intuitive power center of creation. The body knows what it needs and knows how to communicate that with you, especially in the midst of a process that requires every part of your body and spirit to be present.
My job on your journey of birth is to support you in being as intimately connected to your body and those intuitive messages as possible, so that you can have trust in the entire process and surrender to the fullness of your experience of birthing your child.
To have the deep inner knowing that you are supported by your body, your baby, your partner and your team, with whatever unexpected shifts and turns the process may take, will be invaluable during the challenging moments, and the most beautiful moments. One of the most powerful acts of love you can offer yourself and your baby is to be connected with the vessel in which they are growing.
As an Embodiment Facilitator and a Doula, my expertise is in the field of movement medicine, emotional support, and being able to create a cocoon of love, openness and acceptance as you go through the many big waves of changes and awakenings. It will be an honor and a privilege to hold this sacred container for you as you birth new life and a new family.
My job on your journey of birth is to support you in being as intimately connected to your body and those intuitive messages as possible, so that you can have trust in the entire process and surrender to the fullness of your experience of birthing your child.
To have the deep inner knowing that you are supported by your body, your baby, your partner and your team, with whatever unexpected shifts and turns the process may take, will be invaluable during the challenging moments, and the most beautiful moments. One of the most powerful acts of love you can offer yourself and your baby is to be connected with the vessel in which they are growing.
As an Embodiment Facilitator and a Doula, my expertise is in the field of movement medicine, emotional support, and being able to create a cocoon of love, openness and acceptance as you go through the many big waves of changes and awakenings. It will be an honor and a privilege to hold this sacred container for you as you birth new life and a new family.
Services & packages
FULL DOULA SUPPORT
~ two prenatal visits
~ present for the entirety of your birth
~ one postpartum visit
~ available by phone, text or email to answer any questions or concerns
~ on call for the four weeks surrounding your due date
EMBODIMENT & DOULA SUPPORT
~ two prenatal visits
~ one personal embodiment session
~ present for the entirety of your birth
~ one postpartum visit
~ available by phone, text or email to answer any questions or concerns
~ on call for the four weeks surrounding your due date
COUPLES EMBODIMENT & DOULA SUPPORT
~ two prenatal visits
~ one personal embodiment session
~ one couples embodiment session
~ present for the entirety of your birth
~ one postpartum visit
~ available by phone, text or email to answer any questions or concerns
~ on call for the four weeks surrounding your due date
~ two prenatal visits
~ present for the entirety of your birth
~ one postpartum visit
~ available by phone, text or email to answer any questions or concerns
~ on call for the four weeks surrounding your due date
EMBODIMENT & DOULA SUPPORT
~ two prenatal visits
~ one personal embodiment session
~ present for the entirety of your birth
~ one postpartum visit
~ available by phone, text or email to answer any questions or concerns
~ on call for the four weeks surrounding your due date
COUPLES EMBODIMENT & DOULA SUPPORT
~ two prenatal visits
~ one personal embodiment session
~ one couples embodiment session
~ present for the entirety of your birth
~ one postpartum visit
~ available by phone, text or email to answer any questions or concerns
~ on call for the four weeks surrounding your due date
WHERE DO WE BEGIN?
Our initial meeting will be a free consultation with you and your partner/primary support for your birth, where we will get to know each other and tune into whether we are a match to work together for your birthing experience.
I will happily accept work with non-traditional families and birthing desires.
Open communication and honesty in the process of creating your ideal birthing environment is a top priority.
AREA OF SERVICE
I offer doula services in and around the areas of Ojai, Ventura and Santa Barbara CA
FEES
I am a recently trained doula, having completed my training through BiniBirth in September 2020. Because of this, I am offering my services at a discounted rate until I get more experience. Please contact me for details. I am very happy to work within financial limitations and find a price that works for us both.
I will happily accept work with non-traditional families and birthing desires.
Open communication and honesty in the process of creating your ideal birthing environment is a top priority.
AREA OF SERVICE
I offer doula services in and around the areas of Ojai, Ventura and Santa Barbara CA
FEES
I am a recently trained doula, having completed my training through BiniBirth in September 2020. Because of this, I am offering my services at a discounted rate until I get more experience. Please contact me for details. I am very happy to work within financial limitations and find a price that works for us both.
why hire a doula?
The average labor and delivery nurse is only able to provide a very limited amount of time in their eight-hour shift offering physical comfort measures, providing emotional support, or advocating for patients. Even a home-birth midwife’s primary concern is the health of the birthing person and the child, and has more than just the family’s emotional well-being to attend to.
Having a doula provides both the birthing person and their partner a knowledgeable and experienced presence who is there solely to support them in emotional and physical comfort, ease and inspiration, and stays through the entire birth. Different than a friend, a doula can be more objective and is specially trained in pain-reduction techniques and support measures for birth.
Those who have a doula during their birth tend to experience less pain and anxiety in labor, express greater satisfaction with the labor, feel that they coped better, have a heightened appreciation of their bodies’ strength and performance, breastfeed longer, and experience less difficulty in mothering. They can have more positive feelings towards the arrival of the baby, better self-esteem, a better relationship with their partner, and less postpartum depression.
As for the partners: A good doula enhances rather than detracts from the birth partner's participation. Fathers, partners and close relatives are the best people to provide love and comfort to a laboring woman, and are more likely to offer supportive physical and emotional comfort measures with a little guidance from a doula.
Having a doula provides both the birthing person and their partner a knowledgeable and experienced presence who is there solely to support them in emotional and physical comfort, ease and inspiration, and stays through the entire birth. Different than a friend, a doula can be more objective and is specially trained in pain-reduction techniques and support measures for birth.
Those who have a doula during their birth tend to experience less pain and anxiety in labor, express greater satisfaction with the labor, feel that they coped better, have a heightened appreciation of their bodies’ strength and performance, breastfeed longer, and experience less difficulty in mothering. They can have more positive feelings towards the arrival of the baby, better self-esteem, a better relationship with their partner, and less postpartum depression.
As for the partners: A good doula enhances rather than detracts from the birth partner's participation. Fathers, partners and close relatives are the best people to provide love and comfort to a laboring woman, and are more likely to offer supportive physical and emotional comfort measures with a little guidance from a doula.
