About Me

I live in Sebastopol, and I love living in Sonoma County. I am a mother to a 12-year-old child and a pet mother to a cat, snake, and turtle. I currently attend Sonoma State full-time and work part-time as a doula and birth educator. I keep my schedule to one or two client due dates per month. This allows you to have my full attention as a client, and it is highly unlikely that I will need to call in a backup doula. I prefer to travel within an hour and a half from my home to your home, birth center or hospital. This generally means I will work within Sonoma and Marin Counties, with partial coverage in Napa and San Francisco Counties.

I see birth through three lenses: as a deeply social and emotional experience, as a powerful and unpredictable force of nature, and as an experience of profound beauty.

I am grateful for every birth I get to witness and take part in.

Practice Philosophy

I love natural birth! I believe in every woman's innate capability to give birth, and I enjoy coaching women into that same belief and state of confidence. That being said, I equally support a woman’s right to choose how she gives birth: medicated, unmedicated, cesarean, or vaginal. I offer support in all of these pathways, without judgment. I do not hold one method higher than another. I see my role as learning your birth preferences and steadfastly supporting them.

I also love working with partners! It’s been an unexpected joy to help partners become amazing support people during birth. I often feel like I am a “wingman” to the partner—coaching them to achieve their goal of being a fully present and active partner. During birth, I take steps back when I can see that you two are in a moment, in a groove. This is one of my goals as well: to see you and your partner deeply in the experience together. (Of course, if you do not have a partner or have one who cannot be present—I’ve got you!)

I offer birth doula services, which include prenatal education, birth plan creation support, confidence building, mental and physical preparation for birth, and coaching with birth positions and breathwork. I attend your birth and support you and your partner. During birth, I make sure you understand what’s happening and advocate for your continued autonomy and choice. I stay for an hour or so after birth to make sure the first hour with the baby is also following your birth plan and to make sure you feel adequately supported and cared for at your place of birth. I meet with you postpartum for a debrief session where we storytell the birth experience and work through any lack of understanding or tough emotions, or just share the joy! At this postpartum visit, I am also a source of referrals for more care if needed.

Although a doula is not a medical profession, I am a certified EMT and am on an educational track toward a DNP in midwifery. I bring a strong body of medical knowledge to my clients.

I am a student of yoga, meditation, and energy work, and I bring my experience with these mindfulness techniques to my clients as well. I believe in them wholeheartedly.

I am connected to a network of perinatal practitioners and am always willing to help you find other modalities of care that may add to your overall wellness and increase your positive birth outcomes.

Population Experience

NICU Families, High-Risk Pregnancies, Surrogacy Families, Families of All Structures, Identities, and Backgrounds, Families Navigating Miscarriage and Abortion

Specialties

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• Hypnobirthing
• Trauma-Attuned Care
• Prenatal Yoga
• Childbirth Education
• Miscarriage and Abortion Support
• Surrogacy Support
• Hospital
• Home
• and Birth Center Birth Support
• Nervous System Regulation
• Comfort Measures and Movement Techniques

Services Offered

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• In-Person Labor & Birth Support
• Prenatal Care
• Postpartum Care
• IVF Support
• Pregnancy Loss Support
• Extended In-Home Postpartum Care