Welcome
Certified Birth Doula
Advocate Doula
Overnight Doula
Certified Childbirth Educator
About
Hi I’m Cecily,
I am a Birth and Postpartum Doula and Childbirth Educator. I provide services prenatally through birth and the early postpartum in Monterey County. I believe that every family that wants a doula should be able to have one. One of my life philosophies is that there is no one right way to live and I bring that philosophy with me in my Birth and Postpartum work and say there is no one right way to Birth or Parent! Whether you are having an all-natural physiologic birth, induction, cesarean, breast or bottle feeding, I can be there to support you during your birth and postpartum experiences! My role as a doula is to support and guide you as you step into your own power and welcome your baby with confidence and love.
My passion in this field came with my experiences of the births of my two sons. I loved reading the different books on natural childbirth and preparing my birth plan. I was mocked for my plan in wanting led candle light and music playing in my hospital room. A natural hospital birth we were planning. But, things do not always go the way we plan in the hospital regardless of how much we prep. We were prepared on how we wanted a natural birth and the stages of labor, but we were not prepared on how to navigate the hospital policies and routine practices. Our plan to have an intervention free birth was the opposite of what that hospital practiced. We all left healthy but felt unheard and not believed in. After this I became interested in hearing other birth stories and was surprised by how beautiful and inspiring some of these stories were! I realized that the difference between my story and others that I heard, was that their providers and birth team believed in them, heard them and gave them full support on their birthing wishes. This was extremely eye opening to me, it didn’t matter whether it was a home or hospital birth, the confidence gained through a supported birth experience helped the birthing person trust in themselves and transition into parenthood with that confidence and love. This is why I decided to begin my practice as a doula.
I truly believe a Doula really makes a difference in your birth experience. With a little extra prenatal prepping you can walk into the room feeling empowered.
Services
Birth Doula Services typically include the following:
- Unlimited, 24-hour a day on-call support starting at 37 weeks of pregnancy
- Two prenatal sessions to provide education & emotional support
- Unbiased advocate for your birth plan
- Early labor support in your home
- Continuous active labor support in your chosen birth setting
- Birth Photography
- One or two postpartum home visits for support and care
All photos will be taken in natural birth settings & lighting, no editing.
Traditional Mexican Belly Binding
Belly binding can be done postpartum as soon as 24 hours after your birth and continued through your 40 day healing (cuarentena).
Benefits of binding include:
- Keeping warmth within the body and womb
- Allowing internal organs to rest and restore
- Giving the internal organs the space to migrate back to their pre-pregnancy locations
- Assisting with correcting of diastasis recti (separation of the abdominal muscles)
- And more…
Abdominal body work is provided prior to binding to relax surrounding muscles, and help alleviate constipation and gas. Binding can be beneficial for both vaginal and cesarean births. Bind included.
One-on-one virtual Childbirth Education:
What will you learn in these 6-8 classes?
- The phases of labor.. what is the “natural” process that happens to your body in labor
- Comfort techniques to counter contraction sensations
- Different types of care
- Pain medication options
- Complications that can occur
- Inductions, Cesareans & VBACs
- How to write your birth plan
- Routine Hospital Care Informed Consent & Refusal
- And much more..
This class is for families planning a hospital, birth center or homebirth and focuses on helping families accomplish a natural birth.
Postpartum Overnight Doula Services Include:
- Early Breastfeeding Support
- Infant care (Swaddling, soothing, changing etc.)
- Emotional Support to process your birth and the transition to parenthood
I also provide social support for Prenatal and Postpartum Depression and Anxiety on a one-on-one basis in person, or over the phone.
Interested in more than one service? Ask me about my bundles!
All services are open to payment plans and discussion on what would work best for you. Please call me or email me to schedule a free consult to see if we are the right fit or if you have any questions.
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