Welcome to Doula Mae: Embracing Intentional Birth & Motherhood!
Sept 2024 // Last Updated: May 2026Hello to my fellow entrepreneurs, mamas, birth nerds, and anyone passionately curious about maternal health!
First, let’s start with some radical transparency: life is beautifully busy. As a mother and business owner, I know that creativity and ambition can sometimes battle with a hectic schedule. While my goal is to share regular content here, my priority will always be depth over rigid consistency. I’m here to offer real, grounded, and intentional insights—not just fluff to fill a feed.
I am incredibly excited to use this digital space to share birth stories, nourishing recipes, and evidence-based educational tidbits about pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.
So, from the bottom of my heart: welcome.
The Journey Behind Doula Mae Birth Services
I founded Doula Mae Birth Services in 2016. Becoming a doula in my mid-20s meant navigating the unpredictable on-call life well before having my own children. In those early years, I was discovering who I was, building a life with my husband, and absorbing everything I could about the maternal health landscape.
When I first started, my mission was simple: educate families so they could leave the hospital feeling prepared for parenthood.
But over the last decade, that passion evolved. It became less about just "getting ready" and more about fully informing families of all their choices. Too often, our culture views birth as a scary, medical crisis waiting to happen. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
My Core Belief: Birth can and should be a positive, joyous, and empowering life event rather than a medical condition to be managed or fixed.
(Of course, I say this knowing that not every pregnancy is low-risk, and medical interventions can be life-saving. However, I firmly believe a pregnancy should be treated as a healthy, normal physiological process until proven otherwise.)
Over 150 Births and a New Perspective on Maternal Support
Now, nearly a decade into this work, I’ve stopped counting the exact number of births I’ve attended—though I know it’s well over 150. Beyond the labor room, I’ve had the honor of supporting countless families through comprehensive childbirth education, placenta encapsulation, and lactation support.
Through these years, I found my true calling. And recently, that calling became deeply personal as I navigated my own pregnancy, birth, and transition into motherhood.
To me:Pregnancy is mind-blowingly cool.Birth is an display of instinctive power.Postpartum brings a level of gratitude I never truly understood until I lived it.
Now, blending professional expertise with my own lived experience, I’m excited to bring a refined perspective to my community. My focus is on helping families build clarity, find functional alignment, and step into their own power. With the right knowledge, we can completely shift the narrative around maternal health.
Outside the Birth Space
When I’m not supporting growing families, I’m a woman who prefers being barefoot, watching the sunset, and chasing the moonrise. I’m a homebirth-loving mama who is determined to grow a backyard wildflower meadow and a thriving vegetable garden—all while happily failing, learning, and laughing in the kitchen with my family.
Share Your Story with the Community
This blog isn’t just a microphone for me; I want it to be a platform for your voice. Sharing birth stories is one of the most ancient and powerful ways women learn, heal, and connect.
If you are interested in sharing your own experience related to pregnancy, physiological birth, or the postpartum journey, I would love to feature you.
Let’s connect in the comments below! If you're new here, introduce yourself and let me know: What is one thing you wish people talked about more when it comes to pregnancy or postpartum?
