​Providing comprehensive doula support and education to Bay Area familes
for over 15 years

I have been a full-time birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator for close to 20 years, and have attended more than 700 births. I still feel the same sense of awe, passion, and commitment to supporting positive birth experiences as I did with that very first one! 

Born and raised in the Bay Area, I am a sole practitioner serving the East and North Bay areas, and San Francisco. As the doula profession has grown and agencies and doula collectives have formed, I continue to find that building a trusting, one-on-one relationship over time is key for women* and their partners as they navigate this unfamiliar territory.

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As such, when we work together you will have your own seasoned, fully committed birth professional at your disposal from day one through early postpartum. 

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My ultimate goal for you, no matter how your birth unfolds, is that you and your partner feel supported, seen, and informed. These are the key elements of a positive birth experience.

​When not attending births, I'm most likely hatching up some long distance wilderness travel adventure (bikepacking, trail running, river sports); writing; playing with wood; and/or planting gardens. But none of those beat hanging out with my two grown-up daughters.​

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While birth itself is the greatest of teachers, I continually seek to deepen my knowledge and skills to best support my clients. I have advanced training in:

• optimal fetal positioning

• trauma-informed birth support

• survivors giving birth

• neonatal resuscitation 

• labor massage & mysofascial release

• infant First Aid/CPR-certified

• extensive VBAC experience (over 97% success rate)

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​I am also a certified MediCal Birth Doula, able to provide birth and postpartum services to under-resourced families. 

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(*While I refer to birthing people as 'women' here, for me this term is inclusive of all of us who were born into a female body, regardless of identity--queer, trans, gender fluid, etc., I support and celebrate us all.)

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