Magdalena Eschenberg Doula

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Magdalena Eschenberg Doula

Evidence based and inclusive full spectrum doula care
In network with Medi-Cal & Kaiser Permanente

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day 💛
My own mama inspired my calling to birthwork. I grew up hearing the story of my own birth - a long and hard home birth turned beautiful hospital birth - and witnessing the births of my 3 siblings. Thank you mom, for believing that birth is a family event, and for instilling the belief that birth is normal, sacred, and empowering.

It’s also my baby sister’s birthday today. My mom planned a 3rd home birth with her fourth baby, but a long labor pivoted plans to a hospital transfer. She was born at 2:20, just 2 minutes before me, at the same hospital. I got to be the first to hold her (2nd photo) after my mom and I felt so unbelievably lucky and in love with this little human.

05/09/2026

Squishy, wet, sweet baby goodness

Photo shared with client permission

04/28/2026

Babies are so beautifully intelligent. See the way he’s looking up at her? He knows she is the one who created his life, birthed him with power and intention, and now nourishes and protects him with her body.

04/23/2026

Tree of life

04/19/2026

April babies came in HOT this last week ♈️
This birth was absolutely stunning.

After much deliberation, I recently purchased a DSLR camera and this was the first birth I captured with it. I am just obsessed with these and so excited to explore the beauty of birth in another avenue.

Shared with client permission

04/04/2026

Placental variations: succenturiate lobe and marginal cord insertion

This is one of the most unique placentas I’ve ever seen! In the first photo, you can see there is a separate lobe of this placenta, called a succenturiate lobe. It is connected by blood vessels through the amniotic sac. You can also see that the umbilical cord inserts towards the edge of this placenta (marginal cord insertion), rather than the center as is typical. As with most placental variations, there is a higher risk of complications with both a succenturiate lobe and marginal cord insertion. Fortunately it did not affect the outcome for this baby, she came out healthy and beautiful!

04/03/2026

Putting on baby’s first diaper 💛

04/02/2026

I am so excited to announce that I am now a certified Body Ready Method® Pro! I have been training with BRM® since October 2025 and finished in early March. BRM® has fundamentally changed the way I practice, what I believe about birth, how I prepare my clients, and how I am moving my own body in the world.

This approach to pregnancy and birth prep is unlike anything else out there. In the last couple births I supported where I provided my first full BRM® assessments prenatally, my clients (both first time moms) had a gentle early labor, and a beautiful 12 hours of unmedicated, active labor with about 1 hour of pushing time. I didn’t have to do any special positioning techniques or making space in the pelvis in labor (though I learned some advanced ones with BRM® too) because my clients' bodies were well prepared and they moved intuitively to help their baby navigate. I’m not guaranteeing that BRM® will give you this birth, but it will give you your very best chance.

I believe BRM® restores the inherent wisdom our bodies hold, that is lost in a culture where our lifestyles are anything but intuitive.

Body Ready Method® is based on 5 pillars: Upper Body Mobility, Core, Pelvis, Pelvic floor and Movement Patterns. Incorporating these pillars into your movement during pregnancy can help you:
Have a more efficient birth
Minimize pregnancy aches and pains
Optimize recovery
Minimize unnecessary abdominal separation and pelvic floor dysfunction
Optimize pelvic floor responsiveness
Work smarter not harder!

As a certified Body Ready Method® pro…

I have a deep understanding of how to help you prepare for your desired birth
I can help you address and minimize pregnancy related aches and pains
I can support you in experiencing a smooth transition into recovery and postpartum.

🔗 Check out my website to learn more at magdalenadoula.com

03/15/2026

This sweet babe turned 1 yesterday. Her mom made a really intentional choice to have an epidural with her 2nd birth after realizing that, despite a lineage of home birth in her family, birthing with an epidural was what she truly wanted in her experience. She had the most peaceful, present, beautiful way of bringing her baby into the world.

Yesterday I attended my 50th birth as a doula, and I realize with each birth how little I know about the mystical portal of life. Finding my intuition has been the biggest lesson. I don’t ever know how a birth will unfold. What I can tune into is knowing what the families I’m serving need to hear, to understand, and to feel to be safe and supported in bringing new life into the world.

I’ve learned I can trust the wisdom of babies in knowing how and where they want to be born, and I believe they deserve to be heard. Yesterday we pivoted from a planned home birth, to discovering baby had turned breech in labor, and then a hospital transfer, where there were options of trying for a vaginal breech delivery or having a cesarean birth. Baby had been vertex for months, so it was unexpected to everyone, but baby made sure their voice was heard in this journey, and we listened.

Birth is WEIRD, beautiful, hard, and so much more. It’s an honor to be supporting and protecting the portal of life.

03/09/2026

Happy International Women’s Day❣️ What an honor it is to be supporting women in creating new life. I believe each empowered birth brings us a step closer to liberation for all.

03/04/2026

Ginger baby sweetness

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