Sacred Space Doula Services

Confident doulas don’t just show up — they come prepared. 🤎

Join us for a hands-on training designed for doulas who want to expand their toolbox and confidently support clients through every stage of labor.

We’ll practice real-world, hands-on techniques that you can immediately bring into your work.

✨ Reserve your spot for March 31st (1–4 PM) at sierradoulaacademy.com or click the link in our bio.

DONA Doula Training Sacramento CA | Online & In-Person We offer birth doula training and postpartum doula training in Sacramento, CA as well as online classes, all approved through DONA International. Learn more today!

We are now accepting Medi-Cal!

Important information for birth attendants to consider!

Mindfulness for Birth Doulas: A Foundational Tool for Labor Discover how mindfulness helps birth doulas stay grounded and support clients with calm, presence, and compassion throughout labor and birth.

Every birth is sacred and unique!

“Every birth tells a beautiful story — and no two are ever alike.” ❣️ Stunning captures by @jennifermasonphotography • Some births take you by surprise. They are faster or…much slower, than you expect. I’ve watched clients have 3-4-5 babies and sometimes, one of those births - ends up being harder than all the others. In this case, Ashley’s birth was longer than all of her other 3 births combined. Even the twins birth was much faster! But the reward is even sweeter at the very end of it all. The most perfect little person who fits right into your family like they were always meant to be. And their birth is just the start of their story in life.

This is an important topic for women to know and for midwives to consider...

The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth Here is a scenario I keep hearing over and over: A woman is labouring away and all is good. She begins to push with contractions, and her midwife encourages her to follow her body. After a little w…

After a deep study in breech birth in my classes at IndieBirth, I have found that our culture has taken a backwards turn, leaving women in the lurch. A small flawed study out of Canada has literally caused the majority of providers across the land to refuse a woman with a breech baby the chance to birth her baby vaginally. OB's are no longer even trained in breech delivery and will only deliver them surgically. Licensed midwives are required by the state to transfer these clients to OBs or lose their license. These women, who have planned a homebirth suddenly find themselves thrown out from under their trusted midwife's care and into the hands of a stranger OB who informs them they MUST have a c-section if baby does not flip to head down position.

Suddenly, instead of resting and enjoying her last days of pregnancy, she is left looking for someone to do a version on the baby (which has it's own risks), spinning babies, daily exercises, and the worry of being suddenly labeled "high risk" in the last days of pregnancy, when she should be at peace, looking forward to meeting her baby.

When you begin to really look into it, breech babies sure do come fairly easily! This fantastic video is an example of how smoothly a breech baby can be born. https://player.vimeo.com/video/305098551?fbclid=IwAR0uQ2al1ItiseJt8Zj6kL528Rr-r2dmbTxjPWRlcHaKTVNfgXEMjXy5tTQ

Birth is risky. Life is risky. Nothing is risk free. The risks of breech delivery are not higher than the risk of birthing a head down baby. Regardless, Women deserve the right to choose a vaginal breech birth in the place she desires to birth! I am happy to support women who are facing this situation with resources and encouragement! Please contact me if you need someone to talk to about your breech baby.

10 mechanisms of upright breech birth 10 mechanisms of upright physiological breech birth: 1. Buttocks/feet emerge sacrum-transverse 2. Body restitutes to sacrum-anterior as trunk is born 3. Legs release…

This is no joke! Babies need all their blood! Wait until the cord is white and limp... Or better yet, cut the cord AFTER the placenta is born.

Effects of Delayed Cord Clamping on 4-Month Ferritin Levels, Brain Myelin Content, and Neurodevelopment: A Randomized Controlled Trial To evaluate whether placental transfusion influences brain myelination at 4 months of age.