Birth Doula

One of my amazing clients as she awaits the birth of her first baby!

“Whenever and wherever you intend to give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.”
—Ina May Gaskin

I am passionate about providing my clients with Ayurvedic maternal healthcare along with a wide range of evidence based practices and trauma informed care to help facilitate a thriving pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience.

I serve all birthing people, individuals, partners and families of diverse backgrounds. I value the co-creation of safe and loving environments, creating bonds of trust that help my clients to feel relaxed, nourished and understood. I also offer a steady and calm presence to help partners feel  supported and involved in the birth process.

With my knowledge of physiological birth, modern hospital procedures and interventions, I support my clients to make informed choices about what is best for them and their baby throughout their birthing journey.

I have experience supporting:
High risk pregnancies, water births, home births, inductions, prematurity, gestational diabetes, Vbacs, IVF conceptions, single parents, LGBTQ families, hospital births.


Currently serving clients in:
Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, San Jose, Monterey, South Bay, East Bay, Peninsula, San Francisco Bay Area.

For more information on pricing and what’s included in my Doula offerings, please book your complementary consultation:

Birth Packages

 

Essential Birth Package

This birth package covers the essential aspects of preparing for birth, and provides continuous labor support as well as a postpartum visit.

  • 3 Prenatal Visits  in-person or via Zoom (90 min)

  • 1 Postpartum Visit in-person or via Zoom (2 hours)

  • Continuous support through labor and delivery 

  • Birth exercises to prepare body for birth 

  • Various comfort measures and pain relief techniques including aromatherapy, massage, and acupressure. 

  • Breathing techniques for labor 

  • Evidence-based resources for making informed decisions with your care provider 

  • Phone, text and email support through booking 

  • 24/7 on-call for your due range 

  • Immediate postpartum care after delivery for up to two hours at your place of birth 

  • Birth integration support 

  • Lactation support

Ceremonial Birth Package

The ceremonial package adds the dimension of nourishing rituals and ceremonies to the birth package, as well as brings in holistic postpartum healing modalities.

  • Includes Essential Birth Package PLUS:

  • Mother Blessing Ceremony 

  • Ayurvedic and evidence based pregnancy support with diet, nutrition, herbs and lifestyle 

  • Pregnancy Blessing Bath 

  • An additional two hour Postpartum Care Shift in which you receive some of the following healing treatments: Abdominal Massage with Herbal Womb Oils, an Abhyanga (ayurvedic postpartum massage), Herbal postpartum bath, and Belly binding.

Ayurvedic Birth Package

In this birth package I offer in-depth Ayurvedic pregnancy support, Ayurvedic methods of preparing the body for birth, Ayurvedic postpartum nutrition support and hands on postpartum healing treatments.

  • Includes Essential Birth Package PLUS:

  • 1 Prenatal Abhyanga Massage

  • 1 Ayurvedic Consultation to determine your constitution and create a customized prenatal wellness plan 

  • Ayurvedic and evidence based pregnancy support with diet, nutrition, herbs and lifestyle 

  • Ayurvedic Pregnancy Blessing Bath 

  • Lesson on how to do Matra Bastis (prepares body for birth)

  • Lesson on how to do Yoni Pichu (prepares body for birth)

  • Two additional 2 hour postpartum care shifts in which you receive some of the following healing treatments: Abdominal Massage with Herbal Womb Oils, an Abhyanga (ayurvedic postpartum massage), Herbal postpartum bath, and Belly binding.

  • Ayurvedic postpartum nutrition guidance

Comprehensive Birth Package

This package includes all of my birth offerings woven into one comprehensive package! This is for people who want indepth ayurvedic support and also desire ceremony and ritual during their birth journey. 

  • 1 Mother Blessing Ceremony 

  • 4 prenatals including:

  • 1 Prenatal abhyanga massage

  • Pregnancy blessing bath 

  • 1 Ayurvedic consultation to determine your constitution and create a customized prenatal wellness plan 

  • Ayurvedic postpartum nutrition guidance 

  • Ayurvedic and evidence based pregnancy support with diet, nutrition, herbs and lifestyle 

  • Lesson on how to do matra bastis (prepares body for birth)

  • Lesson on how to do yoni pichu (prepares body for birth)

  • Breathing techniques for labor 

  • Continous support throughout labor and delivery 

  • Various comfort measures and pain relief techniques including aromatherapy, massage, and acupressure. 

  • Phone, text and email support through booking 

  • 24/7 on-call for your due range 

  • Immediate postpartum care after delivery for up to two hours at your place of birth 

  • 4 postpartum care shifts in which you receive some of the following healing treatments: abdominal massage with herbal womb oils, an abhyanga (ayurvedic postpartum massage), Birth story witnessing, herbal postpartum bath, belly binding, Lactation support, optional ayurvedic baby massage lesson.