Birth Doulas

Name
Contact Info
Other Info
MaryLou Alberts

408-720-1797

www.embracingmiracles.net

mlalberts@yahoo.com

Any path is easier to follow with an experienced guide. I'm an expert in the care of TWINS overnight; and provide dedicated labor support, with massage, for the birth you desire.

belly button birth

Erica Falk

650-392-4116

www.bellybuttonbirth.com

bellybuttonbirth@gmail.com

Providing dedicated & experienced birth doula services on the central peninsula and Half Moon Bay coastal communities.To have a mother to feel loved, safe and nurtured while she gives birth is the greatest gift you can give to her and her unborn baby..

Birth Elements

Tracie Lynch
Paula Calhoun
Jenny Ventura
Erica Oakes
Sarah Amunrud
Gillian Amunrud

408-833-7057

www.birthelements.com

info@birthelements.com

Full circle doula group for all elements of your birthing year. Offering: Birth and Postpartum Doula Services, Childbirth Education, Bellycasting and Blessingway Sevices.

Birth With Treesa

Treesa Mclean, LM, CPM

510-581-1013

www.BirthWithTreesa.com

treesa@birthwithtreesa.com

Experience warm and personal midwifery care with Treesa Mclean, LM, CPM. Treesa provides prenatal care, home and birth center births, and gentle postpartum care. She also attends families who are choosing to have their births in a hospital as a monitrice/doula. She has attended families as midwife, doula, postpartum doula and childbirth educator beginning in 1983. She believes that informed consent is the hallmark of midwifery care.
Sandy Caldwell, CD(DONA)

650-261-9008

www.doula-la.com

sandy@doula-la.com

Respectful, experienced, calm companionship for Peninsula families during birth and postpartum; Birthing From Within childbirth mentoring in your home or mine.

Neri Choma

408-480-1389

www.mamacenter.us

I am a Birth Doula and a Doula Trainer, as well as a Childbirth Educator and a women Life Coach. I will support you with faith and trust in you and your body. I use a vast variety of tools: breath work, massage, changing positions, guided imagery and hypnotherapy. I also use tools I borrow from my Life Coaching practice.

Delivery Doula

Paula Calhoun

408-761-5876

www.deliverydoula.com

doulapaula@yahoo.com

Caring, compassionate,respectful and experienced Birth Doula providing pregnancy and labor support with accupressure, massage, aromatherapy and TENs. Placenta Encapsulation Services. Helping you have a positive birth experience.

California Midwifery Service

Rosanna Davis, LM, CPM

650-964-2229

www.californiamidwifery.com

rosannadavis@earthlink.net

Comprehensive midwifery care for planned homebirth, on the Peninsula and Greater Southbay (San Jose). Village Prenatal Care because women thrive in groups.
Melissa Dean, LM, CPM

408-825-3095

www.alittlemiracle.com

elerevet@gmail.com

Comprehensive, family centered, licensed midwifery care. European style prenatal care, at home birth/water birth, post partum, newborn care, and well woman care. Mother of four, over 10 years experience supporting women in labor and the post partum period. Monitrice and doula services also provided in a hospital setting.

Patty Dougherty, CCE

831-475-0451

www.thecervixwhisperer.com

pattyd@aawsom.com

I teach childbirth classes in Redwood City, Pre and Post-Natal classes in San Carlos and I also provide Doula services.

Early Advantage

Lori Ismail

408-871-0386

lori@earlyadvantagebirth.com

www.earlyadvantagebirth.com

We are dedicated to providing you with the knowledge and support you need to have a safe and satisfying birth experience. Our goal is to remain objective, promote awareness of your options, and encourage families to feel nurtured and respected during this special time. Childbirth Classes (Bradley, CBP), Labor Doula, Lactation Counselor.

Elements Of Magic

Mendy Luptak Thijssen

650-400-1307

www.elementsofmagic.com

elementsofmagic@gmail.com

Bring your conciousness to your creation. Prenatal and postpartum services including; in home massage, doula support, belly casting, Blessingway ceremony, placenta encapsulation, Birthing From WithinŽ classes, and private birth art sessions.

Empowered Mama Doula Services

Shannon Padlog

408-464-7683

shannonpadlog@gmail.com

www.empoweredmamas.com

Birth Doula and Lactation Counselor serving the upper peninsula from Redwood City to San Francisco. I support new families in having an empowered and positive birth experience.

Ronnie Falcao, LM MS CPM

650-961-9728

www.gentlebirth.org/ronnie

midwife@gentlebirth.org

15+ years helping birthing families in Silicon Valley. Homebirth/waterbirth/baby-led bonding and in-home European-style postpartum midwifery care. AquaDoula rental. Doula services provided by a midwife, now covered by CIGNA PPO, at Sequoia Hospital or with the midwives at El Camino Hospital.
Kim Greenway

408-373-1355

doula.kim@gmail.com

Providing affordable doula care, energy healing, prenatal and postnatal massage for women and their families in the South Bay area.

Felissa Hay

408-781-2182

www.yourbirthdoula.com

My role as your birth doula is very flexible; I can be as involved as you want me to be. I hope to support you and your partner emotionally, physically and educationally throughout your labor and birth. I am also a lactation counselor and help my birth clients with breastfeeding. I serve the South Bay and the Peninsula. TENS Rental.

Peninsula Birth Companions

Audrey Kalman

650-303-2405

www.peninsulabirthcompanions.com

doulas@peninsulabirthcompanions.com

I practice as part of Peninsula Birth Companions, a team of birth and postpartum doulas who support women and families during pregnancy, birth, and early postpartum. Our role is to share information and community resources, nurture and support, and guide and empower our clients to choose what is right for them.

Open to Creation

Lori Dent

831-840-9641

www.opentocreation.com

opentocreation@att.net

I provide birth doula services along with belly casting, and childbirth education services. For more information, please visit my website.

Sweet Dream Doula Care

Michelle Ogden-Stout

408-649-1199

www.sweetdreamdoulacare.com

sweetdreamdoula@gmail.com

Labor & birth support, prenatal massage & postpartum care. Providing dedicated & respectful guidance through the birth experience & the journey into parenthood.

A Labor of Love Doula Care

Param Matharu

408-480-5542

www.aLaborOfLoveDoulaCare.com

param@alaboroflovedoulacare.com

Guiding families through birth and beyond. Personalized care for your birthing and parenting journey. Birth doula and Postpartum doula care for birth clients, Childbirth Preparation, Babywearing expert.
Julie Ann Randall

650-483-4627

allowingjoy@yahoo.com

I support clients in allowing their own self-defined joy through massage, birth & postpartum doula services, childbirth education, prenatal yoga, expressive art & life coaching.
 

Baby Sips

Sheridan Ross, IBCLC

650-222-9747

www.babysips.com

sheridan@babysips.com

In-home lactation consulting, support, and education! Covering the Peninsula and more - please check out www.babysips.com for detailed information!
 

Perryn Rowland

650-323-9376

perrynkrowland@yahoo.com

Perryn has been a doula and childbirth educator for 21 years and has attended hundreds of births. She works primarily in the mid-Peninsula area and lives in Menlo Park. She has three wonderful sons and speaks Spanish.

Lucia Shepherd

315-559-7129

www.luciadoula.com

Luciashep@gmail.com

I am a DONA- trained Birth Doula, currently pursuing certification and available to attend births from mid- range cost. I work all over the Bay.

Peninsula Birth Companions

Alexa Sockol

650-678-3424

www.AlexaSockol.com

alexasockol@gmail.com

Doulas of Peninsula Birth Companions offer compassionate support to families in preparation for, during, and after birth. Alexa specializes in photography capturing these amazing times.

Peninsula Birth Companions

Gloria Tzuang, MPH, CD(DONA)

650-868-7906

www.peninsulabirthcompanions.com

doulaglo@yahoo.com

Peninsula Birth Companion Doulas provide education, planning, and support from San Francisco to Santa Clara, empowering families to experience pregnancy through parenthood with confidence and joy. Bellycasting, TENS, and Birth Tub available.

Mama to Mama

Chris Pritchard, RN

650-728-3950

www.mamatomama.com

chrisprn@pacbell.net

Thirty years of supporting new families with loving care through pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and the postpartum period. Peninsula, Coastside and San Francisco.

Vanessa Pisias

408-202-8369

www.vanessathedoula.com

vanessathedoula@yahoo.com

I am a birth doula, HypnoBirthing Practitioner, Lactation Consultant and I encapsulate placentas. I rent out TENS units. Serving the Greater South Bay.

Eva Roodman, M.S.W.

650-714-1839

eva@evaroodman.com

Counseling for individuals & couples transitioning into parenthood, primarily Pregnancy and Postpartum Moods and Challenges. Offering birth doula services as well.

A Simple Journey

Tracie Lynch

408-674-1502

www.asimplejourneybirth.com

tracie@sjbirth.com

DONA certified Birth Doula and HypnoBirthing Practitioner serving the South Bay and Peninsula.

Diana Vallarta, CPM, LM

408-886-4961

www.dianavallarta.com

naturalmidwifery@gmail.com

As a licensed midwife, I offer gently, professional care to growing families through traditional midwifery services, focusing on natural techniques, open, honest communication, and in-home appointments. Specialities include prenatal care, homebirth, postpartum care for mom and baby, gynecology, and monitrice services.

With My Own Two Hands

Julie Lefmann

408-529-8031

julie@withmyowntwohands.net

www.withmyowntwohands.net

Birth & Postpartum Doula, Certified Massage, Reiki, and Watsu Therapist; Serving Santa Cruz and South Bay Areas
Birthworks-San Jose

408-947-7685

birthworks@hooked.net

 
Doulas of North America DONA

1-888-788-DONA (3662)

www.DONA.org

 
Last updated: 1/16/12 JL