Meet the Doulahood Team!
Doulahood Co Founders
Jessica has been passionate about supporting new families since she stumbled upon a postpartum doula training in 2015. After working as a postpartum doula and CLEC for many years, Jessica took a break from offering in-home support to have 2 sweet babies of her own.
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Beth and Jessica are here to support you through every step of your doula journey. By working with Doulahood you surround yourself with a support team who will go above and beyond.
Hourly rates are between $62-$78* per hour and include in-home doula care in addition to:
*twin contracts (including surprise twins!) - rates are increased by $5/hr
Need support with a HSA/FSA or Employee Reimbursement Benefit? We have extensive experience for quick and successful reimbursement!
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Beth (she/her) is a Postpartum Doula, IBCLC (intl board certified lactation consultant), CLEC (cert. lactation counselor educator), Newborn Care Parenting and Breast/chest feeding Educator, Certified Birth Doula, trained herbalist and step mom. Beth lives in Sacramento with her spouse and bonus kid.
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Our Incredible Doulas
Racquel is an energetic and empathetic, DONA trained birth and postpartum doula and a certified yoga instructor! She has always been a healer and caregiver at heart. Prior to becoming a doula and yoga instructor, she worked in healthcare for over 10 years, both in private practice and in a hospital (pediatric) setting. While doulas offer non-medical support, her past as a healthcare provider allows her to provide additional support and guidance in an often confusing system. Raquel has also been a nanny and has experience caring for twins. She uses an evidenced based birth approach and is able to blend into many different settings. Raquel is honored to provide support to parents during this exciting new journey.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $67/hr
Francinéia (Fran) is a local postpartum doula offering overnight support to families in the Bay Area. She has over 12 years of experience caring for children and newborns, including; 6 years of Caregiver; 6 years as a Postpartum Doula; Experience with Twins; siblings, and nanny share; Gentle sleep guidance to help establish healthy sleep habits; Soothing & comforting techniques for newborns' Light baby related tasks (like bottles prep, baby laundries, etc... relate to the baby. She is CPR & First Aid Certified, TrustLine registered, Insured, Fully vaccinated, including Covid Booster, A Lactation Educator to offer even better support, Great local references available, Based in San Mateo and available for families across the Bay Area. If you are looking for a reliable, nurturing and experienced Postpartum Doula to help you through those first nights during the first months, she would love to support your family.
Overnight Rate: $67/hr
As a teacher for the past 12 years, Jessica is a lover of learning and passionate about educating others. She has always taken pride in being a patient listener and empathetic caregiver. As a newer doula, Jessica tries to bring her past experiences to her current work. Bringing home a new baby is a transformative experience and it requires emotional, physical, and mental support. Jessica brings warmth, knowledge, and reassurance to families as they enter this new season of life. She is passionate about mental health and considers the whole picture in order to support a nourishing postpartum experience. Jessica loves learning about each family and child; she approaches newborn care by observing, applying her knowledge, and the sharing what she learns with the family. Jessica will honor family priorities, answer questions, offer advice, and eventually work myself out of a job. The relief, joy, and ease she sees in parents at the end of shift or a contract is what fills her heart.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $65/ hour
Susan (she/her) is a birth and postpartum doula who provides prenatal and postnatal health education and preparation for families during pregnancy, labor, birth and in home during the first weeks of parenthood. She offers a broad repertoire of education and preparation strategies, including birth preferences planning, shared decision making, acupressure, guided relaxations, and homemade healing snacks. Susan is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and a prenatal and postnatal yoga instructor. Her continuity of doula care practice aims to enhance parents’ confidence, sense of agency and self-efficacy as they prepare physically and emotionally for childbirth and early parenthood.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $79/hour
Chloe (she/her) has been a certified doula since 2016 through Welcome Home Doula Services Training Program and quickly fell in love with being a doula. Soon after program completion, she was invited to become a mentor doula for WHDS which was both an honor and fulfilling experience. Chloe has passion and enthusiasm for supporting birthing families with both in home and hospital births as well as using evidence based practices to care for families who are fresh on their postpartum journey as they adjust to their new life flow. She also offers placenta encapsulation services which can be a way to balance out a birthing parent's hormone and nutrient levels after childbirth. Chloe believes that pregnancy, birth and postpartum periods are such a personal time of growth, that when you partner with the right team (whoever that may include!) you are set up to thrive! During her down time, you can find Chloe playing with her rambunctious toddlers, Jack and Landon, or doing some much needed yoga. They love to eat ice cream and go for nature walks around Sacramento.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $67/hour
As a mother of two, Nuri (she/her) knows firsthand how challenging the first few months of motherhood can be. A practicing doula since 2012, she offers support with kindness and compassion. She has particular experience with sensitive, fussy and/or preterm babies, making her an asset to the many families she has worked with. Nuri also has a background in cooking and loves providing healthy meals for her clients.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $73/hour
Mericia, who is from Tepic Nayarit, Mexico, has an extensive background working to support families. For the past 18 years she has worked as a nanny taking care of newborns until the age of preschool including experience caring for premature newborns. In 2020 Mericia became a doula and now focuses her offerings on providing care for pregnant and postpartum mothers, giving them physical, emotional, and informative support as well as resources and referrals. Mericia can help with laundry and light cleaning and if time allows she also enjoys helping with cooking and preparing snacks. As a doula, Mericia understands that parenting is different for each family; she will support the client's choices for their family and help them to feel confident and connected to their newborn. Mericia has a great passion for working with infants and their mothers and she respects each culture and family's decisions. Mericia's ultimate goal is to make mothers feel empowered. She also supports the LGTBQ community.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $65/hour
Carmen is a DONA-certified birth doula and a postpartum doula. While working at San Francisco General Hospital as a Licensed Vocational Nurse she had the opportunity to become a Doula in 2010 and for her it has been the most rewarding work ever imaginable. She grew up in Barcelona, Spain and speaks fluent Spanish, as well as Catalan and French. Carmen feels strongly about wanting to support women, partners and their families in this process of welcoming babies to the world.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $79/hour
Michelle is a very loving and dedicated person who is passionate about supporting families during their postpartum time. Prior to starting her doula career in 2020, Michelle was a nanny for 18 years. In addition to daytime and overnight support, Michelle also offers baby massage and sleep training information. Great communication with families is a priority to Michelle and she strives to provide individualized care to each family based on the information they share.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $73/hr
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Stacey is a dedicated professional who has devoted her life to nurturing and supporting children and families. As a proud mother of two and a grandmother of two, Stacey’s passion for children extends beyond her professional life , it is deeply rooted in her personal experiences. Stacey’s journey into postpartum doula care was inspired by her profound love for infants and her desire to provide families with the support they need during the early stages of parenthood. Known for her warm and delicate approach, she creates a safe and nurturing environment that helps parents navigate the challenges and joys of bringing a new life into the world. Whether she’s offering guidance to new parents or caring for little ones, Stacey’s commitment to fostering healthy, happy families shines through in everything she does.
Overnight Rate: $65/hr
Esther has a background in home-birth midwifery and brings it to bear in her Doula care of parents during the childbearing/adoption and postpartum/new parenthood process. Forty years of education, training, experience and intention go into her work. Offering education, consultation, and support, including one-on-one sessions, groups for ongoing support, birth and postpartum doula care and placenta encapsulation, Esther is a doula dedicated to witnessing and support for families. She co-hosts the Fourth Trimester Podcast with Sarah Trott. She's a daughter of wonderful folks, a mother of two fabulous grownups and a grandmother (GramCracker) who's very proud of her wild and wooly family.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $85/hour
Adrianna supports families through the early weeks with their new baby(s) by providing compassionate and attentive care. She prioritizes creating a safe sleep environment for newborns and offers thoughtful guidance around infant feeding while supporting parents with education, reassurance, and hands-on support so they can rest and feel confident during their postpartum period.
Overnight Rate: $67/ hour
Maya's approach to birth and postpartum care is to serve as a protector of the sacred space and to be a guide for the transitions that new parents go through on their parenthood journey. As a mother, doula, and maternal and infant health and wellbeing advocate, she combines her ancestral wisdom with modern, best practices to provide compassionate birth and postpartum care to all her clients. Maya's ultimate goal is helping families to become aware of their own strength and balance as they navigate their way through parenthood. In her initial discussions with parents, Maya will evaluate their unique individual needs, which may include breastfeeding support and education, newborn care, light household chores, preparation of nutritious snacks, finding helpful resources etc. Maya offers doula support in both English and Spanish! In addition to doula services Maya offers infant massage education. Please note Maya also goes by her given name, Dannhae, which you may find in formal documents and her emails.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $79/hour
A seasoned nanny and babysitter, Liz (she/her) first came across the term "postpartum doula" only a few years ago. She soon recognized her calling to this field. Liz received formal training from DONA International and has been a practicing postpartum doula since 2019. Additionally, Liz concurrently works as a fundraising professional supporting the Homeless Prenatal Program. She is committed to helping individuals and families of all backgrounds make a smooth transition into parenthood, and is honored to make such meaningful contributions to her community. Originally from the east coast, Liz now lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $67/hour
Nathalie has served families in San Francisco for 20 years as a caring nanny, preschool teacher and postpartum doula. She is certified as a postpartum doula with DONA International. Every year she takes classes at “école du bien naitre” to keep up to date in reflexology, naturopathic bath, and breastfeeding. She's fluent in French and English. She has a deep sense of community in SF and loves this city.
Overnight Rate $67/hour
Trained at Cornerstone as a Birth and Postpartum Doula, Vanessa (she/her) has been working with families since 2012. Currently Vanessa focuses on postpartum overnight support and loves being with babies at night. Vanessa is a profoundly good listener and has been called a baby whisperer! Vanessa loves helping babies settle into their comfort zone so they can sleep longer hours at night and parents can catch up on much-needed sleep. Vanessa's approach is heart-centered and intuitive; she likes to leave families with personalized pointers on soothing their baby. Vanessa aims to foster self-confidence and trust in the parent's intuition. She is happy to make Mamas a snack in the middle of the night as well as fold baby laundry.
Overnight Rate $67/hour
Shayna is a mother of two children with a robust background in childcare. Shayna’s love for children led her to open her own childcare center prior to finding her love for doula work. Shayna brings a deep understanding of the challenges that come with being a mother to the support she provides new families in their final stages of pregnancy and into parenthood. Daytime and Overnight Rate: $73/hour
Hello Folks! My name is Zinnia. My pronouns are she/her. I honor the many sacred paths to parenthood and caring for families that blossom in all configurations. I support ALL families: queer, straight, trans, BIPOC, single, polyamorous, adoptive, and co-parents… I celebrate you! Welcome to my Pack and my Pride. As a postpartum and parenting companion, I’m here for you. I’m equipped to be your partner-in-connection and your ride-or-die believer. Your family legacy starts with a Proud Beginning, which to me means you will be nurtured & nourished with compassion, patience, and with evidence-based and culturally sensitive care.
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $73/hr
Elena aka "Mama Elena" is a bilingual certified Doula whose mission is to provide expecting families with the most loving support that is needed before, during and after birth. Elena will listen to you and work as a ”compañera” to empower you throughout your journey. As a postpartum doula, Elena offers help with emotional nurturing support. She will listen to you with no judgment and provide you with the necessary resources and referrals. She will support you with mother and baby bonding, breastfeeding (if applies) and skin to skin. Elena will assist you with nutritious food options and some meal prep, with baby laundry, and she will encourage self-care. Elena also offers night time support, that is much needed - a little extra sleep goes a long way!
Daytime and Overnight Rate: $73/hour
Heather is birth and postpartum doula who is passionate about whole family care and support during the transition of birth and early parenthood. With over 10 years of experiences working with parents and children, she strives to be a listening ear, strong support system, and caring companion through the ups and down of raising a family.
Daytime + Overnight Rate: $73/hr
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