Ora Doula Services

11/12/2025

So blessed to witness the welcoming of this sweet one! 💗

And little girl makes five. She joins three sisters and a brother who were also born at home with Agape. These siblings watched as their little sister was delivered by dad. ♥️ She came at 41.4wks and weighed 8 # 5 oz.

11/10/2025

As a birthworker and a person of faith, I've seen more than a few instances of wrong assumptions about how faith plays a role in birthwork. As a Catholic Christian, everything about who I am is a reflection of my faith. But what does that actually look like for my clients? Let's unpack!

As a Catholic doula, I...

WON'T use spiritual bypassing to dismiss what you go through.

WILL validate your experience. I will ensure that you feel seen in how you process everything that you go through.

WON'T require my clients to be Catholic or Christian.

WILL support you and your beliefs wholeheartedly, ensuring that the spirituality of your birth experience reflects who you are as a person and as a family.

WON'T moralize your birth, because there is no "right" or "wrong" kind of birth.

WILL trust your intuition, support your goals, and guide you along the path you've chosen.

WON'T say all that matters is a healthy mom and a healthy baby.

WILL acknowledge all needs and values, and recognize that the veil between this world and the next is thinnest in the experience of birth.

Did any of these surprise you? I'd love to hear your input!

11/08/2025

Running a service-based business has so many unseen costs, especially when you're sick or your kids are. This past week, I've rescheduled 4 client prenatals, which in practice sets my entire prenatal calender back by a month. I'm usually a power through it person, but went to the doctor early on, trying to get ahead of it. I'm just thankful that somehow, despite the full moon, I didn't have any births during the worst of it!

Doulas, let's normalize caring for our own needs. We can't show up well for the women we serve if we are running on empty!

11/06/2025

Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in which the placenta attaches to scar tissue left by a C-section. It used to be extremely rare.

11/06/2025

Decades of research have shown that round-the-clock fetal monitoring does not reliably predict fetal distress, and experts say it leads to many unnecessary surgeries. But it’s still used in nearly every birth in the U.S. because of business and legal concerns, a New York Times investigation found. https://nyti.ms/3WF7yLx

11/05/2025

You'll never regret having your birth documented. No, you won't look bad - birth is beautiful!! And professional photographers using lighting and editing the way my phone pictures never can.

2026 Birth Availability ⭐

I only have a few spots left for due dates in February (1 end of the month), March (2) + April (3) for this coming year- all other months are booked! If you are even considering having your birth documented, send me an inquiry at www.naturaldoulabirth.com to receive my Birth Welcome Guide with a tonnnn of information 🥰

You'll never regret having support at your birth + capturing the story of meeting your sweet baby you worked so hard for ❤

xoxo,
your favorite doula, birth photographer, and videographer

P.S. If you are a client that would fulfill a birth on my birth bucket list, you would receive an additional discount!

11/04/2025

So blessed to have witnessed this precious baby be born!

Hello Azalea! She was born weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces in October with Rachel. Thank you for your continued trust in our care!

Her mother kindly wrote, "Azalea is our 5th child, and our 2nd FMCC birth. I went to L&D the day before she was born, but was sent home because contractions basically stopped. The next day things drastically changed and we went in again! Once my body decided it was actually time, she came quick (58 minutes after getting to the hospital)! I was so happy to have Rachel there, my friend who works in L&D, and of course my doula Laura!"

10/31/2025

My Halloween costume! What a joy to witness the gentle Cesarean birth of a 9lb 10oz pumpkin this morning! Congratulations to this sweet family! 🎃🥰

10/30/2025

As a doula, my hands are my most-used tool. My hands mean comfort, counter-pressure, a gentle caress of encouragement, a grounding touch as you go beyond what felt possible.

I've been reflecting on the care I give lately. Last month, after a particularly heavy birth, I found myself in my church, praying with the psalms that are a part of routine. Psalm 90:17 says, "Let the favor of the Lord be upon us; give success to the work of our hands, give success to the work of our hands."

These words spoke to me so deeply in a new way. The moments when I find myself repeating them, I am often silently praying for things to go "right" - whatever my version of right is in that instance. I want the works of my hands to succeed. But that day, with swirling thoughts about births that had dramatically shifted, and other pieces of my life that felt unclear, I looked up and caught sight of the cross.

It was as if peace flooded over me, as I was drawn to the hands of Christ, nailed to the cross. My own prayer, "Give success to the work of my hands," was answered there, in a moment but in eternity. Christ's work, the work of His hands, is finished on the cross. Salvation, redemption, healing, all completed in the suffering Lord. So, let the hands of Christ be the hands whose work succeeds in me.

(I've been ruminating on whether to write this post for a while, because it feels so vulnerable to unveil a bit of my interior world. I don't often share these moments, but this life of faith is the foundation to the care I provide.)



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10/24/2025

Home visits are so beautiful. I always prioritize meeting my clients in their homes for their prenatal appointments, because I believe I give you the best support when I truly know you in your space. Your home is where you relax and get comfortable. You're the most yourself in a space that belongs to you, and it feels safe to dig deep into your hopes, your worries, and how birth will shape you.

This is my favorite season for home visits because of the beautiful fall views I see on the way!

10/21/2025

When the eyes of everyone else are elsewhere, my eyes are always on you. As your doula, I always listening to your breath, and guiding you from a place of peace. In the intensity, my presence is calm as I provide the support. They say the veil between heaven and earth is thinnest during birth, and I am there with you in that middle space, keeping you grounded while lifting you up.



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10/16/2025

Each labor unfolds as its own story, and no two journeys are ever the same. In this sacred work, intuition is our compass. Every technique, every counterpressure, every touch is guided not by routine, but by the rhythm of the laboring woman and the wisdom she holds.

Supporting families through that flow, grounded, attuned, and responsive, is where the true art of doula care lives.



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