My Recognitions:
over 25 births Supported & 100 placentas encapsulated2023 American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR and AED) Program
Current Evidence Based Birth® Instructors Trainee
Spinning Babies® 2-day Training Workshop
Postpartum Healing Lodge e-courses: The Sacred Fires of Birth, IndigieBums Elimination Communication, & Cesarean Recovery for Mind, Body, and Soul
StillBirth Day Bereavement Doula (currently training)
Evidence Based Birth® VBAC Course Completion
HERBAL Certified Doula & Holistic Birthkeeper: Birth, Postpartum, + Bereavement support (CD)
Annual Sacred Traditional Postpartum Summit Webinar Attendee
Introduction to Basic Aromatherapy & Essential Oils Workshop
Evidence Based Birth® Professional Member
DONA International Certificate of Completion: Childbirth Education Introduction
DONA International Certificate of Attendance Birth Doula Training Workshop
DONA International Certificate of Attendance Postpartum Doula Training Workshop
Certified California Safe Food Handlers
HERBAL Certified Placenta Preparation Specialist (CPPS)
OSHA Certificate of Completion: Bloodborne Pathogens Training
APPA Trained Placenta Arts Specialist
HERBAL Certified Peer Lactation Counselor (CPLC)
DONA International Certificate of Completion: Breastfeeding Management for the Birth Professional
University of Hawai`i WCC Associate of Arts (AA)
Zuckerberg SFGH Volunteer Doula (Previous)
Blossom Birth Services Volunteer (Previous)
What is a Birthkeeper?
A birthkeeper is knowledgeable in the process of physiological birth; supporting birthers in their childbearing years and believes in the sacred wisdom that birth is a natural part of life.
Doula support is an ancient practice. There’s no certification that can validate doula support. Traditionally, it took much time and training to learn how to support birth and play an active part in someone’s pregnancy, labor + birth, and postpartum.
What is a DOU·LA?
A doula is a guide, a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to pregnant people before, during and shortly after childbirth to help achieve the most positive experience possible. The term doula comes from the ancient greek word δούλα, meaning woman’s servant. Throughout history and still today, women have been there for each other, supporting physically and emotionally and offering a calm presence through the work of childbirth.
Doulas offer judgement-free care as you bring your baby earthside. Doulas do NOT: perform clinical tasks, make decisions for you and your family, or project our own beliefs on you. It’s important to understand that doulas are not clinicians and give non-biased supportive care. In contrast, doulas teach and encourage self-advocation (as the doula echoes their wishes) through education about the physiology of birth, labor options, medical rights and consent.
Made by you, for you…Your placenta!
Placenta specialists provide preparation support (encapsulation, cord keepsakes, prints, tinctures, etc.) through safe techniques to promote healthy postpartum experiences. Placenta preparation is not a fad, it is an ancient art form serving more postpartum parents than ever before. Placentophagy (consuming of the placenta) is commonly seen in mammal births.
In many cultures around the world, placentas are honored as a sacred organ through burial rituals. Itʻs thought to have great mana (power) as it’s been a life source and nourishing the baby in the motherʻs womb during pregnancy.