About Me

Hi, I'm Mohini! I'm a birth doula serving Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and San Francisco counties. My path as a doula began two years ago, when I started apprenticing under Leonora Willis (Daughter of Samoa) and joined the Alta Bates volunteer doula program under the training of Renata Provost. I've been amazed, enthralled, and compelled by childbirth my whole life, and after many years in awe of the birthworkers around me, I followed a calling to enter this work myself.

My entry into birth support through weekly shifts on the labor and delivery floor gave me a deep understanding of birthing in the hospital setting, along with invaluable experience supporting birthing people at every stage of labor. In my apprenticeship under Leonora, I've also had the honor of being guided in traditional postpartum healing practices, including yoni steam, belly binding, womb massage, and herbal baths. This blend reflects what I can offer you: intuitive, holistic support that holds space for our bodies' innate ability to birth, while acknowledging that medical support may at times be necessary, or simply your choice. I feel truly grateful to my teachers, who have opened my eyes and heart to all that birthwork can be.

Practice Philosophy

I believe that all birthing people deserve a labor and postpartum period where they feel safe, held, and empowered. In a world where birth is so regulated, where most people birth in hospitals, through insurance plans, with routine medical interventions, and return to work so soon after, I see my role as a doula as an opportunity to bring some autonomy, embodiment, and "specialness" back to the moment, for both the birthing person and their family.

I feel passionate about respecting the physiology of labor, whether through prenatal education and coaching, encouraging movement during labor, or using gravity to help shift the baby's position. I want everyone who wishes to have an unmedicated, vaginal birth to be able to try for that outcome free from pressure, scrutiny, or expectations, while always honoring that each path is unique.

I also wish to always deeply honor the Indigenous traditions and knowledge systems surrounding pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. I hold a reverent curiosity to keep learning traditional postpartum nutrition, healing, and ceremony, and I bring these holistic practices into my care with gratitude and respect.

Overall, my goal is to help you feel safe, held, and empowered, deeply connected to your body and supported in your own unique path, however your birthing journey unfolds.

Specialties

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• Spinning Babies (2-Day Training)
• Optimal Fetal Positioning
• Prenatal Yoga & Movement
• Traditional Postpartum Healing (Yoni Steam
• Belly Binding
• Womb Massage
• Herbal Baths)
• Ayurvedic Nutrition
• Childbirth Education
• Hands-On Labor Support
• Unmedicated & Physiological Birth Support
• Holistic & Intuitive Support
• LGBTQ+ Families

Services Offered

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• In-Person Labor & Birth Support
• Virtual Labor & Birth Support
• Postpartum Care