birth and beyond
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My life is a beautiful kaleidoscope of caring for People + Planet: as a mother, wife, sister, aunt, daughter, birth worker, body worker, friend to humans/animals/all things green, writer, advocate, compassionate communicator, and 10+ year chief of staff to mission-driven business aiming to help humans do well.
My doula practice tends to the physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of family constellations through the profound thresholds of Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Parenthood. I combine softness + structure to create a calm ecosystem of care across the perinatal continuum and make space for the incredible both/and nature of these experiences.
I see things not as they are but as they could be, which keeps me devoted to envisioning a radical reality filled with a just, peaceful, intuitive culture of birth + beyond that honors our brilliant bodies and brilliant babies. I am thoroughly invested in perinatal mental health, the full-spectrum of human emotion/experience, body literacy, birth stories, and parenting in modernity.
I’m fortunate to be educated and mentored by the inimitable Lori Bregman, trained as a birth doula by the bright educators of Carriage House Birth, and warmly folded into Ayurvedic postpartum wisdom by Martha Soffer of SURYA. I’m proud to be a certified Permaculturist through the Earth Stewardship program with Ecoversity. I hold my B.A. from New York University.
Offerings
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Attuned support that moves with you through your baby’s entry Earthside.
4 Prenatal Childbirth Prep + Education sessions
Defining your care ecosystem, birth intentions + preferences, and support plan
Birth physiology, hormones, labor stages, comfort measures, movement, and mindset
Partner integration and family constellation communication
Postpartum planning for intentional healing
Text + Phone availability throughout
On-call Birth attendance from 38–42 weeks
Continuous Labor + Delivery support on your Birth Day
An initial Postpartum integration visit centered around a 60-Minute Abhyanga massage (a warm, calming, nervous-system reset)
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The full continuum of care from pregnancy through the first forty days postpartum. This includes everything in the Birth Day plus the First 40 Days:
24 hours of postpartum care day-time support spread out over six weeks
Visits are centered around intentional nervous system restoration:
60-Minute Abhyanga (a calming, light-touch lymphatic drainage massage with herbal oils)
Warming teas/tonics
Nourishing meal for postnatal wellness
Emotional support and partner integration guidance
Baby care and/or light household reset
1 virtual integration session to honor + close out the 40 Day space
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A cocoon to encourage healing through hormonal balancing and deep rest during a time when the body and mind are in powerful transformation.
2 prenatal sessions for Postpartum Preferences & Planning
24 to 30 hours of postpartum care support
services available morning to evening
Visits are centered around intentional nervous system restoration:60-Minute
Abhyanga (a calming, light-touch lymphatic drainage massage with herbal oils)Warming teas/tonics
Nourishing meal for postnatal wellness
Emotional support and partner integration guidance
Baby care and/or light household reset
1 virtual integration session to honor + close out the 40 Day space