About Me

Anastasiya Emelyanova is a certified birth doula and the 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. This work is truly her calling.

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, trustworthy presence for families navigating birth with complex histories or heightened vulnerability.

Her 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 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. 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 this sacred season deserves.

Practice Philosophy

My philosophy as a birth doula is rooted in the belief that birth is a profound, transformative experience that deserves respect, protection, and compassionate support. I see my role not as one who leads, but as one who creates a space where a birthing person feels safe, informed, and empowered to make decisions that align with their own values and instincts.

I combine evidence-based information with attentive, hands-on care that supports both the body and the emotional process of labor. I believe deeply in clear communication, consent, and collaboration with medical teams, always while safeguarding my client's autonomy. Through steady presence, supportive hands, and deep listening, I help families move through birth with confidence, dignity, and an unwavering trust in themselves.

Overall, my goal is always the same: that every family I serve looks back on their birth experience feeling respected, cared for, and truly held every step of the way.

Specialties

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• Birth Doula Support
• Postpartum Doula Support
• Bilingual Support (English/Russian)
• Trauma-Informed Care
• Continuous Labor Support
• Comfort Measures (Massage
• Positioning
• Breathwork
• TENS
• Rebozo
• Aromatherapy)
• Unmedicated & Physiological Birth Support
• Hospital Birth Support
• All Birth Settings
• Birth Education & Informed Choice
• Birth Advocacy & Medical Team Collaboration
• Traditional Postpartum Practices
• Postpartum Recovery & Nourishment

Services Offered

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