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Each Birthing From Within mentor does their own personal work to be well-prepared to assist you along the paths into birth, postpartum, and beyond. It has been my privilege to work as a BFW Childbirth Mentor and Certified DONA birth doula since 2009.

BFW processes and training provide excellent tools in which to help parents learn effective coping skills they can use throughout the birthing process.…

I’ve been working with Birthing from Within since 2003 and became a Certified Mentor in 2006. I find it a valuable approach to life and life skills which is how we can help families guide themselves into and through the unknown of their unique journey. Birthing from Within has influenced my work as a midwife, midwifery instructor, mother, and so much more.…

Jessica is a childbirth educator, birth doula, midwife assistant, and BFW facilitator in the greater Los Angeles area. Prior to birth work, she received her BS in Medical Microbiology from the University of California, Davis, worked in the wine industry as a microbiologist, and then in the pharmaceutical industry as a neuroscience consultant.

Jessica began training in birth work with Elizabeth Davis at a Midwifery Intensive course in the San Francisco Bay Area, and then found Birthing From Within after the birth of her second child while seeking help moving through her own difficult birth experience.…

I have been a doula and educator since 2011, having supported over 300 Southern California families in various capacities. In that time, I have trained with over a dozen birth and parenting organizations, including becoming a Birthing From Within Mentor. My aim has always been to have a practice where my clients can receive quality, well-rounded information & guidance to prepare for birth & beyond.…

My wife, Marlee, and I love supporting families together. We teach birth and postpartum preparation classes together, and we work as a doula team to support our clients during labor. As Birthing From Within Mentors, we are passionate about providing safe spaces for parents to explore what’s really important to them in their birth and early parenting experience, rather than prescribing what we think is best.…

I am the mother of two girls and my path to childbirth education, birth doula care and breastfeeding support began with the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period with my first daughter. During and after this journey, I was called to help other families and I began supporting mothers and their partners as a doula. I have attended advanced BFW and BSL training.…

I drew my first labyrinth during my Birth Doula training; I drew my second when attending a BFW introductory course; I drew my third as an expecting parent in a Childbirth Prep class; but it wasn’t until I finally journeyed into my own labyrinth with the birth of my first child that its meaning and value took root in my soul.…

As a doula I help families bloom, and as a childbirth/postpartum educator I teach parents how to help their babies bloom in the safest, most perfect way possible. Further, I am an advocate for intuitive motherhood and for the building of metaphorical “villages” around the birth of a child.

I chose this profession because every mother deserves to have a birth doula AND a postpartum doula.…