La Matriz Birth Services

La Matriz Birth Services Certified Professional Midwife offering Home Birth and Birth Center Birth in San Diego. Welcome to my Page!

I offer Home Birth & Birth Center Midwifery Services to families the San Diego County


If you are interested in my services, please contact me for a complimentary consultation.

✨ Valencia, CA — we’re coming your way ✨Join me for a 1 Day Spinning Babies® Workshop where we’ll explore how to support...
04/22/2026

✨ Valencia, CA — we’re coming your way ✨

Join me for a 1 Day Spinning Babies® Workshop where we’ll explore how to support physiological birth through fetal positioning, body balancing, and hands-on techniques that bring more comfort in pregnancy and more ease in labor.

This workshop is for birthworkers who are ready to deepen their skills and better support the families they serve. Whether you’re a doula, midwife, nurse, or student, this space is both practical and transformative.

🗓 Friday, May 15, 2026
📍 Valencia, CA

In this workshop, you’ll learn:
• How baby’s position impacts labor
• Techniques to create more balance and space in the body
• Practical tools you can use immediately with your clients
• Ways to support comfort, flow, and progress in labor

Spots are limited and participants register individually through Spinning Babies®.

🔗 Register with the link in my bio.

Let’s gather, learn, and grow together 🌿

04/13/2026

I found the perfect song lol

A quick recap of our Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend Shenanigans.

I'm so grateful that my mother took care of our kids so that my husband and I could have some alone time . We met knew friends and strengthen other friendships .

I loved playing dress up , listening to live music and lettering loose on the dance floor .

The song reflects my current mood lol 😂. All worth it .
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04/04/2026

Being back at home after travel or a long birth , this is one of the ways I ground myself . I have all sorts of telepathic conversations with my plants . I feel like they are always happy to see and hear me . They in return bring me comfort just by looking at their beautiful green colors . This plant had been asking for my attention , it needed some TLC . The room had an instant energy boost once I was done .

Applications are now OPEN to the public for thePostpartum Sealing Retreat | November 4–9, 2026 🤎This is a deeply held sp...
04/03/2026

Applications are now OPEN to the public for the
Postpartum Sealing Retreat | November 4–9, 2026 🤎

This is a deeply held space to return to the roots of postpartum care…
to remember, to practice, and to be in community.

The early bird spots and UTJ scholarship have now been filled.
What remains are a limited number of seats for those who feel called to this work.

Over 5 days together, we will gather in ceremony, learn traditional postpartum practices, and deepen into the art of cerrada through hands-on experience.

This retreat is for birthworkers, caregivers, and those who feel a pull toward tending the postpartum body with reverence.

✨ What’s included:
• Postpartum sealing training + hands-on practice
• Rebozo work, bodywork, baths, and fire cupping
• Herbal support and food as medicine
• Daily ceremony and integration
• Evening pláticas with guest maestras
• Intimate container, limited to 14 participants

💫 Payment plans are available
💫 Application required

If you’ve been waiting for the right time, this may be it.

Apply now
Link in bio

Join me this International Day of the Midwife, May 5th, for a very special plática I will be offering in support of a fu...
03/30/2026

Join me this International Day of the Midwife, May 5th, for a very special plática I will be offering in support of a fundraiser for Metztli Ixel Tonahualli.

In this space, I will be sharing about my path as a partera in this modern world, and how the teachings of the Red Road have shaped, guided, and rooted my midwifery practice.

I want to be honest, this is not something I share openly or often. There is a part of me that feels shy, and also protective of these teachings. But for this plática, I am choosing to lean in with openness and integrity, to offer a deeper glimpse into how spiritual practice and midwifery are woven together in my life.

It is truly an honor to share in this way, especially on behalf of MIT. This community has been an anchor in my journey, shaping how I show up in service, in ceremony, and in relationship with the families I care for.

This offering is part of an ongoing fundraiser to support the purchase of land for Indigenous ceremonial practices, a vision rooted in sustainability, culture, and future generations.

I would love for you to join us in this circle.

Donation is sliding scale, and all proceeds go directly to this important work. Find the link in my bio .

03/27/2026

There is a moment, after the birth, after the first 40 days…
when a mother begins to gather herself again.

In this space, she is still tender.
Still integrating.
Still remembering who she has become.

Whenever I can, I offer my home birth clients a cerrada
a postpartum sealing, as a gift.

Not everyone chooses it, but when they do,
we enter a sacred window together.

This ritual can take anywhere from 2 to 4 hours.
It is done in the home, slowly, intentionally.

We speak about the birth.
We honor what was lived.
We acknowledge what is ready to be closed,
and what is asking to be welcomed in.

There is listening.
There is warmth.
There is touch.
There is song .

I bathe her.
I tend to her body.
I wrap her from head to toe with rebozos,
holding her as she returns to herself.

By this time, there has already been some integration…
but she is still in a tender place.

And she deserves to be held there.
To be loved there.
To be witnessed there.

This offering is something I now only provide
to the families under my midwifery care.

Because it asks so much of me.
Time. Presence. Energy. Heart.

And it is also a closing for me.

After months of giving, tending, and caretaking,
this becomes a moment where I gently calm my own energy…
where I begin to step back, not completely,
but enough to make space for the family
to root into their own knowing,
their own rhythm,
their own chapter.

There is something deeply beautiful
about sealing these six weeks of care in a good way.
In a way that feels complete.
In a way that feels right in my body.

Even as I continue to offer extended postpartum care
for those who desire it…
this moment still marks a transition.

A soft closing.
A loving release.

This is the beauty of continuity of care.

✨ My Postpartum Sealing Retreat this November will be opening for applications on April 3rd.
If you feel called to learn this work, I invite you to stay close.

THE MILPA DIET FOR MODERN LIFE (ANCESTRAL DIET)MONICA LARREA DE ARELLANOSAT., FEBRUARY 14, 2026-11am PST/12nn MTMETZTLI ...
01/25/2026

THE MILPA DIET FOR MODERN LIFE (ANCESTRAL DIET)
MONICA LARREA DE ARELLANO
SAT., FEBRUARY 14, 2026-11am PST/12nn MT

METZTLI IXEL TONAHUALLI
2026 VIRTUAL PLÁTICAS SERIES

Join us for the continuation of the 2026 MIT Virtual Pláticas Series, featuring MIT Board President Monica Larrea de Arellano. The series will feature speakers aligned with retaining, maintaining, and defending a sacred way of life based on original instructions.

Monica Larrea de Arellano was shaped by the Chihuahuan Desert borderlands of El Paso, Texas, a rich and culturally rooted landscape that continues to inform her relationship
Mexico, where she practiced land and water stewardship which included subsistence farming, caring for animals, saving seeds, and preserving food.
Monica is also a Registered Nurse and Certified Professional Midwife serving New Mexico .

Donation: $ 30.00 - $120 (sliding scale) per plática

All proceeds will benefit MIT land fund for use in Indigenous ceremonies, teaching of ancestral ways, and community sustainability.

Registration link in bio .

2016 was my last year of midwifery school . I was hustling attending births as a doula , attending births as a primary s...
01/19/2026

2016 was my last year of midwifery school . I was hustling attending births as a doula , attending births as a primary student midwife and studying to take the NARM I graduated Dec. 2016 .

Sometimes in birth work fueled by our passion, our lived experiences, and even our trauma it can be easy to cling to ide...
12/07/2025

Sometimes in birth work fueled by our passion, our lived experiences, and even our trauma it can be easy to cling to ideologies that feel validating. But ideologies can also narrow our vision and create blind spots.

What midwifery has taught me, from my time as a doula to a student, to a partera, educator, mother, and birth giver, is the importance of staying teachable. Remaining open. Staying curious. Being honest with myself when I simply don’t know. And allowing myself to grow, even when that growth asks me to challenge beliefs I once held tightly.

When I feel big resistance to something, instead of pushing it away, I’ve learned to call it in. I ask myself: Why is this bringing up so much resistance? What in me needs to be understood, softened, or dismantled with love?
Often, that inner resistance is the very place where my next transformation lives.

Birth work continues to humble me. Every time I think I “get it,” birth shows me a new layer, a deeper teaching, a wider universe. And I am finally at peace with that — at peace with knowing that I will never know it all, at peace with staying curious, at peace with learning through time, practice, and presence.

Because knowledge alone is just thought.
Wisdom is what grows when knowledge meets practice, skill, and lived experience.

✨ Por primera vez en la historia, Spinning Babies® llega al Perú ✨Es un honor inmenso anunciar que en febrero de 2026 es...
12/07/2025

✨ Por primera vez en la historia, Spinning Babies® llega al Perú ✨

Es un honor inmenso anunciar que en febrero de 2026 estaremos compartiendo esta formación transformadora en Chiclayo, marcando un momento muy especial para el acompañamiento al nacimiento en el país.

Mi nombre es Bianca Tema Mercado, partera profesional LM, CPM y entrenadora aprobada de Spinning Babies®. Llevo más de una década acompañando nacimientos en la frontera de Estados Unidos y México, así como formando a profesionales de la salud en múltiples países. Me llena de alegría poder traer esta mirada innovadora y profundamente respetuosa del nacimiento fisiológico al hermoso Perú.

🌿 Jueves 5 de febrero

Encuentro en Círculo "El Llamado al Nacimiento Fisiológico"

2:00 pm a 6:00 pm

🌿 Viernes 6 y sábado 7 de febrero

Primer Taller Oficial Spinning Babies® en territorio peruano

9:00 am a 5:00 pm cada día

Este taller está dirigido a obstetras, médicos, gineco obstetras, doulas y equipos materno perinatales que desean expandir su visión del parto, comprender la biomecánica funcional, mejorar la movilidad pélvica, apoyar la rotación fetal y encontrar soluciones efectivas para trabajos de parto prolongados y presentaciones posteriores.

Quienes participen serán parte de la primera generación peruana formada oficialmente en Spinning Babies®, un enfoque que está transformando la manera en que entendemos y acompañamos el trabajo de parto alrededor del mundo.

📍 Chiclayo, Perú

📆 05, 06 y 07 de febrero de 2026

Para información e inscripciones

Diana Silva Mejía

Correo electrónico: dsilva@neoserperu.com

WhatsApp: +51 941 510 447

✨ Estoy muy emocionada de compartir estas enseñanzas en Perú por primera vez y de conocer a quienes están dedicadas a honrar y proteger el nacimiento fisiológico. Nos vemos en Chiclayo. ✨

✨ Registration is officially open for the Spinning Babies® Two Day Workshop in San Diego ✨I’m so excited to invite birth...
12/04/2025

✨ Registration is officially open for the Spinning Babies® Two Day Workshop in San Diego ✨

I’m so excited to invite birth workers, doulas, nurses, midwives, and anyone supporting pregnant people to join me March 28 and 29, 2026 for a deep, embodied weekend of Spinning Babies®.

This in-person workshop offers spacious time to learn, integrate, and practice the Spinning Babies paradigm. We will explore ways to support physiological birth, ease pregnancy discomfort, improve fetal positioning without manipulation, and reduce difficult labors with gentle, respectful tools.

🌿 Early Bird Pricing is live now
Early Bird: $400
Regular: $425
Late: $450

If you know you want to join us, now is the time to register and secure the early rate.

This workshop offers 13 CEs from ACNM and the CA BRN and is applicable for CPMs and LMs. Equity seats are also available.

📍 San Diego, California
🗓️ March 28 and 29, 2026
⏰ 9am to 5pm

Learn more and register in the link in my bio.
I cannot wait to gather, learn, and move together.
See you in March! ✨💛

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San Diego, CA

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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+16195006552

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