I am a Certified VBAC Doula, trained to serve as a birth and postpartum doula, and offer bereavement doula services for those experiencing pregnancy or infant loss. A successful VBA2C using Hypnobabies in 2011 ignited my enduring passion for supporting and achieving optimal birthing experiences and sharing information about pregnancy and birth to advocate for better perinatal and newborn health outcomes. I’m the owner of Atala Doula Services, serving the Sacramento region and surrounding counties of northern California. Having spent most of my adult working life as a technical writer, which involves gathering information from subject matter experts and creating written resources that even non-technical people can easily understand and follow, I realized the work was not as rewarding or fulfilling as I wish it would be. So, I embarked on some introspection to evaluate my personality, my strengths, what I enjoyed about my prior work, and what I most want to do in the future…be a source of support and empowerment for others.

Compassionate, empathetic, empowering support for your birthing experience. Do you have a vision of what you imagine your birthing experience should be? Do you feel overwhelmed by the information and choices you have for your upcoming birth? Having an educated and trained birth doula who believes in your ability to achieve the best birth experience for you and your baby can ease the overwhelming feelings by ensuring you have support throughout pregnancy, labor, and birth. Personal, reassuring, relieving support during your transition to life with a newborn. Have you heard of the 4th trimester of pregnancy? This phase is the first few months immediately following pregnancy and birth, and it’s a time when birthing people and their families should be able to depend on others to help make the transition to their new way of life easier. Having a postpartum doula, even if just for a couple of hours, can provide the support you need when you most need it.