Anna

  • Basic Birth Package: $4000

    • 2 prenatal sessions

    • Birth Support

    • 2 postpartum check-ins

    • Generous phone, text, email support throughout

    Birth and Extended Postpartum Package: $4550

    • 2 prenatal sessions

    • Birth Support

    • 4 postpartum visits (3 hrs each)

    • Generous phone, text, email support throughout

    • Birth and Postpartum Doula

    • Lactation Counselor

    • VBAC

    • Single parents

    • LGBTQ families

    • Immigrants

    • Home births

    • Hypnobirthing

    • Unmedicated births

    • High risk families

Anna believes that a thriving family is bedrock for everything we hold dear, individually and collectively. Through her work with families, her studies, and her own experiences, she has come to appreciate how multi-dimensional the transition to parenthood is. She has seen and felt the difference made by abundant loving care and attention for all members of the family.

Her passion for supporting families through birth and the postpartum time stems from belief in and dedication to autonomy, process, and growth. She is a skilled listener and a warm and empathetic presence. She completed birth and postpartum doula training through Doulas of North America in 2012 and became a certified lactation counselor through the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice in 2013. From 2013-2016 she was a volunteer full-spectrum doula with the Doula Project. She has also volunteered with the Mothers' Milk Bank of Austin, Texas, mixing and packaging donated milk for NICU babies!

Anna holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase and was a professional dancer for 13 years. She is a mother of two forces of nature. Her own births, and especially her own postpartum experiences, have been deeply transformative, eye opening and life altering. She holds and inspires reverence for the birth and postpartum transition and addresses all facets of well being for the whole family in her work

  • “Anna was a calm, serene and devoted presence throughout my labor, helping to make the process (even with a last minute transfer to the hospital) a peaceful and spiritual event for both myself and my partner. She “read” me extremely well, and seemed to anticipate what I needed at every moment, from hydration to soothing touch to soothing my partner. Giving birth was the most profound experience of my life, and Anna supported and enriched that experience from my pregnancy to holding my amazing newborn baby in my arms.”

    Julia

  • “We couldn’t have made a better choice for our family. A postpartum doula will be with you all through those sensitive, tough and amazing early days. I can’t emphasize enough how wonderful it is to look back now with gratitude at the support Anna provided. Anna eased the transition into parenthood but also empowered us to become the parents we were ready to be. She is the best.”

    Pepper

  • “From the very first meeting until the postpartum visits, Anna was a wonderful support and resource to our family. Her calm demeanor coupled with the wealth of information about preparing for labor, possible pain, and birth were key in helping to bring our daughter into this world. Anna demonstrated a genuine interest in getting to know who we are and what type of experience we wanted to cultivate. Anna was also flexible when the time came to change our labor and birth wishes. She kept her promise to remain supportive no matter what happened. I recommend those looking for a wonderful doula to consider Anna.”

    Sara

  • “I can't imagine going through labor without Anna by my side. Anna was so calm, reassuring and available for me during the entire labor. She worked so well with my husband and the hospital staff and she was able to support me in the birth that I wanted and the birth was such a special experience. Anna has a ton of knowledge but she also has intuition and a great presence. I highly recommend Anna!!”

    Jessica

  • “Anna worked with our family as a postpartum doula, and she was an immense help. Like many (most?) new parents, we were experiencing a lot of stress. Anna came into our home like a wave of calm in the midst of our stormy days. She helped tame our new chaos, she assisted in solving the Ergo puzzle so that I had more confidence venturing outside with our new little one, and most of all: she listened. She was genuinely curious about our experience, how we were feeling, what we needed to share out loud. In those early days when we were feeling confused, isolated, and overwhelmed (as well as delirious from lack of sleep and new love), Anna was a huge support.”

    Sarah

  • “Anna was attentive and sensitive to my daughter in her postpartum time at home. She was flexible in her approach and able to respond effectively to the needs of the situation. I highly recommend her.”

    Jennifer