Esther Karpilow

Full Spectrum Doula

About Me

Hi my name is Esther. Esther Aliah is a full-spectrum doula and healing artist from the Bay Area, currently based in Los Angeles. She serves women and birthing people of all backgrounds, with a focus on those from underserved and marginalized communities, ensuring they receive the compassionate and culturally competent care they deserve. Esther’s mission is to support maternal and infant health outcomes by offering holistic support throughout the entire journey of fertility, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

Her connection to this work is both sacred and ancestral—her great-grandmother was a midwife, and her story planted the seed for Esther’s own path in birth work. Drawing on her experience as a healing artist, Esther empowers her clients to feel informed, nurtured, and confident. She provides individualized, evidence-based care that honors each person’s unique experiences, needs, and cultural background.

My approach to prenatal, birth, and postpartum support is rooted in the belief that birth is a sacred experience. I view birth work as an honoring of the wisdom that lives within our bodies and lineages. I encourage my clients to look inward for answers, trusting that their bodies hold profound knowledge, while also ensuring they feel informed, resourced, and supported in making decisions that feel right for them. I believe birth work requires a balance of surrender and advocacy—creating space to release control where possible, while also providing steady, grounded support when navigating medical systems, choices, and unexpected shifts. Trust is central to my practice: trust in the birthing person, trust in the process, and trust in the relationship we build together. Across prenatal, birth, and postpartum care, my goal is to offer compassionate, culturally attuned support that empowers clients to feel confident, heard, and deeply supported throughout their journey.

Specialties

  • First Time Parents
  • Young Parents
  • LGBTQ+
  • Breathwork
  • Yoga

Services Offered

  • Prenatal/Antepartum
  • Labor/Birth Support (virtual and/or in-person)
  • Postpartum
  • Miscarriage

SPECIALITIES
High-Risk
First Time Parents
Ayurvedic Belly Binding
Warm oil ‘massage’
Pregnancy Loss
Services OFFERED
Pregnancy Loss Support
Virtual Labor & Birth Support
Extended In-Home Postpartum Care
IVF Support
Initial Consultation Session
Prenatal Care
Postpartum Care
In-Person Labor & Birth Support
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