Danielle Stephan Doula

Danielle Stephan Doula Birth Support and Perinatal Yoga for families in Loudoun County and surrounding areas.

12/16/2025

Go talk to your grandma about birth!

Mine had twilight sleep for her first baby, “saddle block” was an option 4 years later when she had her second baby, and was given a bottle straight away to start feeding her babies. She lived in Brooklyn, NY ❤️

The last person in my family born at home was my great grandmother, also in Brooklyn (wait, maybe Queens?). My grandfather said “after that, only the wealthy were having babies at home because it meant you could hire a private doctor”. No history of cesarean birth.

No one can replace your partner. The person who knows you best, and loves you. They are the ultimate labor (and postpart...
12/16/2025

No one can replace your partner.

The person who knows you best, and loves you.

They are the ultimate labor (and postpartum!) support. And!…they need support, too.

My prenatal yoga series is making a slight change in 2026 to include the well-loved comfort measures for labor partner class ✨

This class is all about empowering partners to know what to do with their hands, how to physically support you and help you cope with labor.

We practice counter pressure and massage techniques, so that in the moment, using them feels like second nature.

The first series of 2026 starts Jan 7th!

Partner comfort measures class will be a special two hour class during the 5th class of the six week series.

This whole series is created with the intention of helping you feel physically and mentally prepared for labor - partners included.

There’s things we can control, and there’s things we can’t. I tell the families I work with that one of the biggest skil...
12/06/2025

There’s things we can control, and there’s things we can’t.

I tell the families I work with that one of the biggest skills they can bring to their birth is adaptability.

In those moments, support is truly invaluable.

But we don’t have crystal balls, and we don’t know how things play out ahead of time. So set yourself up for support, and if your doula barely touches you or has to say anything to you - amazing. And if things play out differently, you won’t regret having the support.

These families were so resilient. Birth is wild.

11/30/2025

Benefits of prenatal yoga, meet benefits of having a doula in your world.

First series of 2026 starts Jan 7th - registration now open 🙂

Message me if you want to drop in to our current series for a free class to see what it’s all about 💌

And that, friends, is why I’m here. I looooove having the conversations about what is evidence based and what is routine...
11/21/2025

And that, friends, is why I’m here.

I looooove having the conversations about what is evidence based and what is routine care - they aren’t always the same thing.

My yoga students and clients get to take that information and do with it what they want, and usually those decisions help set them up for an easier, lower intervention birth.

Come join a yoga class to see how it’s so much more than yoga - it’s birth prep for an informed, confident birth experience.

One week, three births. Beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Cuties on Halloween. A fire and a full moon. Life changing momen...
11/08/2025

One week, three births.

Beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

Cuties on Halloween.

A fire and a full moon.

Life changing moments.

Tears and witnessing real deep love.

So grateful to be here 🙏💛

It’s really stroller walk time, y’all 😍Pics from today’s walk, it was such a nice group! I chatted with someone about ho...
10/31/2025

It’s really stroller walk time, y’all 😍

Pics from today’s walk, it was such a nice group! I chatted with someone about how freakin hard breastfeeding can be, with someone else about balancing pets with little kids, and someone else about kids outgrowing the stroller. It’s nice to not be alone ✊

Dm me if you need the link to the Facebook group for weekly details 😊

Scenes from a birth recently Pic 3 is my newest birth bag addition. The birth assistant had this arnica massage oil and ...
10/23/2025

Scenes from a birth recently

Pic 3 is my newest birth bag addition. The birth assistant had this arnica massage oil and offered for me to use it on mom’s back. Big time winner. Instantly ordered some when I got home 🤓😘



Takin care of business (and by business, I mean myself 😏) How I take care of myself and fill my cup so I can pour into o...
10/23/2025

Takin care of business (and by business, I mean myself 😏)

How I take care of myself and fill my cup so I can pour into others recently has included

-naturopathy with
-chiropractic adjustments with
-workouts at the gym while my kids are entertained in the childwatch
-weekly stroller walk (come join me!)
-spending lots of time with family and nearly daily family dinners round the table
-structured meeting/working hours
-deleting social medias and email off my phone (redownload to post something, then redelete 😜)

I take supporting people seriously and I know that means I have to take supporting myself seriously. No one wants a burnt out doula - including me 😝

If you want more info on weekly stroller walks in purcellville, join the Facebook group Stroller Walk & Talk. DM me and I’ll send you the link if that’s easiest 😊

Prenatal yoga is so much more than just “yoga” Next six-week prenatal yoga series starts Nov 12th Comment YOGA to learn ...
10/07/2025

Prenatal yoga is so much more than just “yoga”

Next six-week prenatal yoga series starts Nov 12th

Comment YOGA to learn more about how prenatal yoga can prepare you for your birth experience

Weird things - how impactful doulas are, how litigation-driven hospital policies are, and how I have to talk about these...
09/23/2025

Weird things - how impactful doulas are, how litigation-driven hospital policies are, and how I have to talk about these things so people know and can make informed choices about their support team.

Not anti medical. Not anti hospital. Just very very into the idea of informed families.

DM your estimated due date to set up a free birth consult ✨

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