Sol y Luna Birth Work provides full-spectrum physical, mental and emotional support to birthing peoples. In the United States, Western medical practices too often create unsafe and discouraging environments for expecting families, in particular for poor, working class people of color. Sol y Luna thus provides tools for families to navigate within the system, to recognize their strength, honor their power and to bring with them the knowledge they already carry into the laboring process and beyond. With continuous support of a doula or birth worker, birthing families are less likely to have pain medications, epidurals, negative feelings about childbirth, vacuum or forceps-assisted births, and C-sections. The presence of a birth worker postpartum may also reduce symptoms of postpartum depression. I do this work because I believe empowerment of birthing people is foundational for the empowerment of the next generation. When our babies are born into an environment filled with love, that is the first emotion they feel upon arrival earth side. I do not doubt then that it is love that they carry deep within their spirit for the rest of their waking lives. Birth Services Offered
Initial Free Consultation
Pre Natal (3 visits, spaced out between the three trimesters)
Home Visits
Birth Planning and Resources
Exercises for Physical Discomforts
Labor Techniques
Nutrition Planning
Birth Support
Presence during birth: in home, birth center and/or hospital
Postpartum (4 visits, schedule for visits [may vary]:
48 hours post, week 2, week 4, week 6)
Herbal Remedies for Healing
Breast Feeding Support
Newborn care
Support with Household Obligations
Honoring Cuarentena
Other Offerings
Birth Story Creations
Zine Creation
Baby Altar Making
Music Mixes for Delivery
