My Services

Doula Services

I am here to help you have the birth experience that you desire. The day you give birth to your baby will be one of the most memorable of your life. I want you to look back on that day knowing that you were nurtured, respected and empowered. I have no agenda or preconceived ideas of what should happen. Your birth can be whatever you make it.

Prenatal, Labor and Birth Support

• One to two prenatal visits so together we can work to define our roles, help assess your wants and needs, and help you with any issues or concerns you may bring with you to your birthing.
• I will be available 24/7 in the 2 weeks before and until you deliver.
• Continuous presence (knowledge, information, advocacy, and encouragement) from early active labor through the birth and baby's first feeding.
• Post Partum visit to address any needs or concerns.
• Memory preservation and photos upon request.

Placenta Encapsulation

Placentas naturally have huge stores of iron so what better way to get supplements than from your own placenta. Because it is shown that iron deficiency can be a cause of fatigue, using your placenta as a source of iron is a great way to help. Fatigue can lead to problems with mother and baby bonding, nursing, stress, and depression. The placenta is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to fight fatigue and now we can use the same wisdom. Fighting fatigue will then help with the mother having more energy to bond with her baby and to nurse her baby. An energetic mother will be much less likely to experience postpartum depression.

The hormones that are produced when delivering the baby and placenta help with the “feel good” emotions and add to bonding with the baby. These hormones also aid in the production of increased milk supply.

To summarize, the following are all the benefits that you can gain from having your placenta encapsulated.

• Increase general energy
• Allow a quicker return to health after birth
• Increase production of breast milk
• Decrease likelihood of baby blues and postpartum depression
• Decrease likelihood of iron deficiency
• Decrease likelihood of insomnia or sleep disorders

As part of Placenta Benefits, we are trained to prepare your placenta with the utmost care. The process is based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine where we steam, dehydrate, and grind into powder form to encapsulate. This is done in the safety of your own home.

 

Hospitals in my service area

• Good Samaritan - San Jose                                                   El Camino - Mountain View 
• Kaiser - San Jose                                                                       Lucille Packard (Stanford) - Palo Alto 
• El Camino - Los Gatos                                                             Sequoia - Redwood City
• Kaiser - Santa Clara                                                                 Washington - Fremont
• O'Connor - Santa Clara                                                            Kaiser - Hayward