Modesto Birth & Beyond Doula Services

02/04/2026

Happy Birthday to our amazing doula, Chalese 🎉

When you first joined the team, you stepped in with nerves, and then immediately dove in headfirst, growing into such a confident, compassionate support for mamas and families. Watching you trust yourself and your skills has been such a joy 🤍

Your special love for babies is so clear in everything you do, and your spunky style, bright energy, and genuine heart bring so much light to this team. We are so grateful for the care you give and the warmth you carry into every space you enter.
So thankful to have you on our team, hope you feel celebrated today ✨💐

02/03/2026

Birthday love for our founder, owner, and numbers-queen boss babe, Brooke ✨

You are a passionate doula, a confident and well-spoken childbirth educator, and the bookkeeping magic that keeps this entire business running smoothly 🙌 Truly, MBB would not function without you.

You have a rare gift for seeing all sides of a situation and stepping in as the calm, thoughtful mediator, bringing clarity, fairness, and compassion when it matters most. We love your openness, your honesty, and the way you show up for this team with so much heart.

Your deep love for the people behind this work is felt every single day, and it makes this team stronger, more connected, and better for the families we serve.

So grateful to celebrate YOU💐🥳

02/01/2026

Happy Birthday to our founder, owner, and ultimate boss babe ✨
Sheila, you are an incredible doula, a powerful childbirth educator, and the heart behind this team. You lead with compassion, run this business with so much intention, and somehow manage to be the mom to us all. Always showing up and always supportive.
Aging like fine wine 🍷 and leading like a legend. We are beyond grateful for you and the culture you’ve created 👑 We love you! Hope you have the best day 💜🥳

01/26/2026

Pregnant, postpartum, somewhere in between…or just craving adult conversation and connection, this space is for you!

Mama’s Bump & Beyond is all about community, support, and reminding you that you’re not doing this alone. Babies welcome, coffee encouraged, connection guaranteed. ☕👶

🗓 Feb 21 | 10–12
📍 Penny University, Modesto

Come gather with us 🤍

01/19/2026

Your doula care might already be covered 💫

Because every family deserves compassionate, continuous birth support—without financial stress.

✔️ Kaiser(Northern California Commercial + Medicaid Plans)
✔️ Health Net
✔️ HPSJ(delivering at St. Joseph’s Hospital)
✔️ More plans coming soon

Did you know that Kaiser covers Home Birth doula support as well? ✨

DM us to see if you’re covered.

InformedBirth

01/12/2026

The first hours with your baby include choices.
Learning your newborn care options ahead of time can help everything feel a little more calm. 🤍
Save this for your birth prep.

01/05/2026

Your village, from bump to beyond. 🤍
Education, advocacy, and hands-on support for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and feeding.
✨ DM or click link in bio to inquire.

12/31/2025

✨ 2025, what a year. ✨

🗓️ As we look back on the families we had the honor of walking alongside, we’re feeling so much gratitude. Every photo in this reel represents trust, vulnerability, strength, and love, and we never take that lightly. 🤍

This year, together, we supported:

👶 114 families through pregnancy, labor, and birth.
📚 Every doula client also received childbirth education, because knowledge is power! ✨

Birth stories we’re so proud of:

✨ 4 out-of-hospital births
✨ 2 sets of twins 👯‍♀️
✨ 6 VBACs—proof of resilience and informed choice
✨ 42% unmedicated births
✨ 29% induction rate
✨ 28% cesarean rate

🔁 8 repeat families trusting us again, about 7% of our total clients, and one of our greatest compliments!

In the tender postpartum season, we showed up again and again:

🌙 ~350 overnight postpartum shifts completed
🤱 189 lactation visits, helping families feel confident and supported in feeding their babies
🧬 39 placentas honored and encapsulated

📈This was also a year of big growth and meaningful change. We more than doubled our client load, expanded our team and offerings, and being able to accept some insurance has helped us serve more families who might not otherwise have access to this kind of support. We are deeply grateful for your patience, trust, and support as we navigated all of this growth together. 💞

It was also the year we launched our Made for Birth & Beyond online childbirth education course. ✨This was the culmination of 18 months of writing, filming, editing, and creating a comprehensive course and learning guide. We’re so proud that it’s now available for purchase, and even more grateful that it has allowed us to deeply educate and support every one of our clients. 👩‍💻📖

To every family who welcomed us into their story: Thank you.
To every baby, birth, night shift, and quiet moment of support, this is why we do what we do. 🤍✨

Here’s to the families of 2025, and all the ones still to come. 🫶

Check out Made for Birth & Beyond’s video.

08/25/2025

Birth is a hormonal symphony ✨

Your body releases an incredible mix of hormones during labor and birth, each playing a unique role:

🌸 Estrogen & Prostaglandins – soften cervix + get labor started

💛 Oxytocin – drives contractions + deepens love + bonding + increases feelings of safety

🌿 Beta-Endorphins – natural pain relief + calm

🌸 Catecholamines – energy + alertness for pushing

🤎 Prolactin – nurturing + prepares for breastfeeding

When birth is supported physiologically and we minimize unnecessary interventions, these hormones can flow in harmony—helping labor progress, easing pain, and supporting connection with baby. 🌿

This is why we’re so passionate about educating families on physiological, low-intervention birth. Your body was designed for this incredible process. ✨

08/21/2025

✨ Mama’s Bump & Beyond ✨

A safe space for new + seasoned moms to connect, share, and build community 💕

📅 August 30th, 2025
🕙 10am–12pm
📍 Penny University | 1202 J St., Modesto, CA

Whether you’re navigating the newborn days or chasing toddlers, you don’t have to do it alone. Come grab a coffee, meet other mamas, and find your village. ☕👶💛

08/18/2025

We asked our doulas why they love this work… and then gave them a filter glow-up they didn’t ask for 🤣

✨ Birth work is serious, but we aren’t all the time!

08/13/2025

Mav’s Birth Story

With my first birth, my heart was set on a natural delivery. I envisioned strength, control, and the beauty of bringing my baby into the world on my own terms. But after a long, exhausting labor and an hour of pushing, I ended up in the operating room for a C-section. We were only home for a day before I had to be readmitted with postpartum preeclampsia. That experience left me with emotional and physical scars — and a deep desire for something different next time.

Fast forward to my pregnancy with Mav. This time, I was determined that things would be different. I wanted to feel in control. I assembled a strong team of doulas for both support and education. I furthered my education in preeclampsia. I poured myself into preparation — physical exercise, Spinning Babies, chiropractic care, pelvic floor work, and daily affirmations.

From the beginning, the doctors labeled me “high risk” because of my previous C-section, history of postpartum preeclampsia, and now, gestational diabetes. Their focus was on induction; mine was on understanding my true risks and making informed decisions. Their plan was induction at 39 weeks. I said no.

For weeks, we had the same conversations, the same pushback, and the same frustrations — but I stayed firm. My goal was a VBAC on my terms.

At 40 weeks and 6 days, labor began at 7 p.m. I used every tool I had to labor at home as long as possible — moving, breathing, trusting my body. Six hours later, I arrived at the hospital and learned I was already 10 centimeters dilated. I was in control.

The team at Kaiser was everything I had hoped for — supportive, respectful, and patient. My husband, my doula, and the incredible staff surrounded me with encouragement. Two hours after being admitted, and just 30 minutes of pushing, Mav made his way into my arms.

No rushing. No pressure. Just instinct, trust, and time.

It was redemptive. It was healing. It was empowering.

This was my dream birth — not because it was perfect, but because it was mine.