About Me

Anastasiya Emelyanova is a certified birth doula and founder of Supportive Hands Perinatal Services, serving families throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained with DONA International in 2023 and certified through the Birth Coach Method in 2025, she brings a deep and continually growing body of knowledge to every family she supports. Anastasiya provides continuous, non-medical support throughout pregnancy, labor, and postpartum, with a steadfast focus on emotional safety, informed choice, and respectful, dignified care. She works with both English- and Russian-speaking families, and holds a special dedication to supporting Russian-speaking mothers who may otherwise feel unseen or underserved within the perinatal care system. Her practice also centers trauma-informed care, making her a grounding and trustworthy presence for families navigating birth with complex histories or heightened vulnerability.

Anastasiya's approach is as practical as it is intuitive, blending evidence-based information with a rich toolkit of hands-on techniques, including massage, positioning, breathwork, TENS, rebozo, and the use of aroma oils. She is deeply committed to facilitating clear, open communication between her clients and their medical teams, ensuring that every birthing person feels not only supported, but truly heard and advocated for throughout the process. Whether supporting a non-medicalized birth, a hospital birth, or anything in between, Anastasiya adapts fluidly to the needs of each family, holding space with consistency, skill, and care that is both grounded and responsive. Her holistic approach extends into the postpartum period as well, where she incorporates traditional postpartum practices to help mothers recover with the nourishment and intentionality that this sacred season deserves.

Her philosophy is rooted in the belief that birth is a profound and transformative experience that deserves to be protected, honored, and met with deep compassion. She sees her role not as one who leads, but as one who creates the conditions for a birthing person to feel safe, informed, and fully empowered to make decisions that align with their own values and instincts. Through steady presence, supportive hands, and genuine deep listening, Anastasiya helps families move through birth with confidence, dignity, and an unwavering trust in themselves. Her goal is always the same, that every family she serves looks back on their birth experience feeling respected, cared for, and truly held every step of the way.

Specialties

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• Trauma-informed pregnancy and birth
• Russian-speaking mothers
• Any kind of birth (VBAC
• C-section
• particular experience in unmedicated)

Services Offered

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• Prenatal Care
• In-Person Labor & Birth Support
• Postpartum Care
• Pregnancy Loss Support