Intuitive birth
Postpartum Wellness
Aloha, welcome.
Bethany Birth Services, owned and operated by Bethany K Chavez, provides a range of holistic birth and postpartum services in Fresno, California, and the surrounding San Joaquin Valley. Bethany is a certified holistic doula and traditional birthkeeper with a passion for integrating cultural practices from her Native Hawaiian heritage into her work. Her services include birth + postpartum doula support, placenta encapsulation, and childbirth education based on evidence-based practices.
What is a DOU·LA?
The term δούλα (greek-orignated) means womanʻs servant. A doula is a trained birthkeeper who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to pregnant people before, during, and after childbirth to help the most positive experience possible. Birthkeeping is an ancient practice in guiding women through their childbearing years and transition into motherhood; they are knowledgeable in the process of physiological birth and believes birth is a sacred, natural part of life.
Throughout history and still today, women have been there for each other, supporting physically and emotionally and offering a calm presence through the sacred act of childbirth. Doulas offer judgment-free care and do not perform clinical tasks or influence your medical decision making.
As a community-based doula, I take pride in giving back and collaborating with local maternal resources like First5Fresno and The Maternal Wellness Coalition (MWC) to provide support groups for teen-shelter moms to assist in emotional and lactation support in their prenatal and postpartum periods.
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