Your Graceful Birth
Amy Botha
Santa Cruz County , CA | |
| Amy Botha supports others as a DONA birth doula, postpartum doula, and Registered Nurse. Every birth is different and every birthing person has unique needs which is why I personalize my service for every person I work with. From the first call through your birth and beyond, every step of the journey is centered around giving you the most wonderful birth experience possible. |
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A Breath Of New Life
Aja Buchser
250 North Avenue
Aptos , CA 95003
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I am a Birth Doula, Guided Breath Facilitator, use BRM tools & Hypnobirthing techniques for birth. I also volunter with Nursing Mothers Counsel for any lacation support needed. My role is to create a safe, nurturing space where clients can feel heard, respected, and supported in making informed decisions every step of the way.
Through a holistic approach that integrates breathwork, body awareness, and mindfulness, I guide clients to connect with their bodies and harness the power of their breath to navigate the challenges of labor and birth. By teaching practical techniques for relaxation, pain management, and emotional grounding, I empower families to tap into their innate strength and wisdom.
I am committed to providing continuous physical, emotional, and informational support, fostering confidence, comfort, and trust in both the birthing process and in themselves. With a focus on body-centered techniques, such as breath and movement, I aim to help clients release tension, manage pain, and remain centered in the present moment.
My goal is to ensure that every person I serve feels fully supported, valued, and respected, and that they emerge from their birth experience feeling empowered, connected, and proud of their journey. Hope to hear from you. |
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Amelia Foster Physical Therapy
Amelia Foster
4125 Portola Dr.
Santa Cruz , CA 95066
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| Pelvic floor physical therapy and women's wellness coaching during pregnancy and postpartum. Integrative approach utilizing gentle bodywork, yoga & Pilates. |
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Sofia Bisbee
228 Chilverton St
Santa Cruz , CA 95062
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| Hi, I?m Sofia. I?m a birth and postpartum doula who helps parents feel supported, seen, and empowered. Through mindfulness, gentle movement, and embodied practices, I guide you to trust your body, navigate your journey with confidence, and create a calm, nurturing space for your family. |
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Megan Bunch
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| Expectant parents have many options available to them in terms of prenatal and postpartum care. My goal is to help navigate the maze of options. I offer birth and postpartum doula services as well as group and private childbirth education classes and prenatal yoga class. |
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Madrone Midwifery
Madrone Mireille Cervelli
Santa Cruz , CA 95062
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| Madrone Mireille has been providing birth support locally for over 19 years. As a midwife they provide primary prenatal care in the comfort of your home including water birth, postpartum care, and lactation support. As a monitrice they provide labor support and concierge medical monitoring at home for people planning hospital births. Specialties include: LGBTQ+, gender inclusive, trauma informed care, VBAC, unique family units |
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Creating Klarity Hypnotherapy
Klarity Coleman
550 Water Street, Suite F2
Santa Cruz , CA 95060
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| I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Birth Worker, Yoga Instructor, Birth and Postpartum Doula, and Birth Hypnotherapy Childbirth Educator, practicing professionally since 2006. My pronouns are they/them/theirs. I specialize in anxiety, birth, fertility, and prenatal yoga. I am a birth trauma specialist and the core of all my birth work is fear release. You may choose virtual sessions or in person sessions in Santa Cruz, CA. I serve both Monterey County and Santa Cruz County. |
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Nebulae Services
Lauren Dixon
4700 highway 9 unit 10
Felton , CA 95018
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| Nebulae Services provides a full-spectrum Doula experience specifically tailored to you. Offering Fitness education, Massage, Childbirth Education, as well as Labor/Delivery and Postpartum support. |
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Maria Fernandez Manual Therapy
Maria Fernandez
108 Locust St, Suite 3
Santa Cruz , ca 95060
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Supporting pregnant women to feel comfortable in their bodies as they change and grow so that they can be relaxed and strong as their bodies transform. In addition, providing support postpartum to reconnect and reintegrate into the body.
I work with a sliding scale |
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Holistic Sister
Gretchen Retka
Santa Cruz , CA 95065
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Certified Professional Birth Doula Activist
Certified Massage Therapist
Placenta encapsulation
With hundreds of births supported in the last 12 years as a Certified Doula, it is with a warm heart & open mind I offer support. Pre & postnatal massages, a focus on optimal fetal positioning through spinning babies exercises & other body balancing techniques for comfort pre & during labor. Combining my background in performing arts (movement/body studies) yoga, meditation/mindfulness & a lifetime caring for children. Called to this work through my dreams & lineage (Grandmother was a L &D nurse)
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Holistic Women's Wellness
Shannon Innis CYI, CMP, AIMI
5905 Soquel Drive
Suite 200
Soquel , California 95073
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| Providing massage and yoga services for women and infants during the child-bearing year and beyond. Shannon lovingly supports women as they are born into mothers with prenatal/postpartum massage, private infant massage instruction, mobile prenatal, couples and postpartum yoga instruction. "My life's work is supporting women physically and emotionally." |
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Jenny Putt Physical Therapy
Jenny Putt PT, OCS, FAFS, CMP, CF-L2, CBE, CEDSE
1001 Delaware Ave
Santa Cruz , CA 95060
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| Jenny specializes in perinatal pelvic floor physical therapy. She serves those who are trying to conceive, pregnant and postpartum. She offers a wide range of services both virtual and in-person including individual and group pelvic floor physical therapy, workshops, online programs and fitness programming. She will be offering childbirth education soon. Jenny believes every individual should have access to pelvic floor health especially those having children. She treats diagnoses such as incontinence, prolapse, diastasis recti, pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction and all orthopedic pains such as low back, neck, hip, sacral, shoulder and wrist. Her treatments are individualized and use a combination of hands on manual therapy and exercise with an emphasis on functional weight lifting since everyone who has a kid lifts a progressively heavier weight all day! |
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Portal Birthwork
Clara Miller
San Francisco , California 94122
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As a certified birth and postpartum doula I work with families to facilitate empowered and easeful transitions into parenthood. I offer grounded and nourishing whole family care with the ultimate goal of protecting the sacredness of the birth and postpartum time. I am also a certified yoga teacher, meditation instructor, avid home cook, and amateur folk herbalist.
I offer a sliding scale and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. |
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Monarch Pilates
Sandy Novembre
4125 Portola Dr.
SANTA CRUZ , CA 95062
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Monarch Pilates is a full-service studio offering one-on-one Physical Therapy, private and semi-private Pilates sessions, and Reformer classes. We focus on pelvic floor health, alignment, posture, and diastasis recti strengthening to help you have a more comfortable pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum experience. We also offer queer-focused classes and an Access Program designed to make our services more available to our community.
We are passionate about helping all parents enjoy this precious time in their life and to feel empowered to enter parenthood with confidence in their strength.
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Monica Carlton Fitness
Monica Carlton
Santa Cruz , CA 95060
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| As a Motherhood Fitness Specialist, I offer virtual, in-person, app-based, and group cardio and strength training for pre- and postnatal mothers. I am a Certified Personal Trainer and Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and Certified Pre- & Postnatal Coaching and Fitness Specialist through Girls Gone Strong & Pronatal Fitness. I am working toward a certification as a Pregnancy & Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist. Let me help you prepare for and thrive through all stages of pregnancy and motherhood. |
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Ra?ces y Cari?o | RC Fam
1205 Freedom Blvd
3B
Watsonville , CA 95076
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Ra?ces y Cari?o/RC FAM is a Multicultural, Multilingual, Inclusive Community Center.
We offer support for parenting, pregnancy, birth, play center, teens, loss, LGBTQ+, Special Needs, Family Events, Grandparents - Connecting our WHOLE community.
Sliding scale. Todos son bienvenidos aqu |
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Dancing Birth Perinatal Services
Journey Talkovic, IBCLC/CNM
2621 Placer St.
Santa Cruz , CA 95062
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| Journey provides empowering & inclusive in-person & virtual classes in Breast/chest-feeding, Mindful Childbirth Ed., Infant Care and Prenatal/postnatal yoga. Her supportive Lactation Consultant services are available in person or virtually at your home or in her office. She has 20 years of experience supporting new and expectant families. |
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The Circle Family Center
245 Sea Ridge Rd.
Aptos , Ca 95003
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| A nonprofit family center supporting families through pregnancy & parenting. Offering childbirth education, pre/postnatal yoga, support groups, workshops and more! Serving families in English & Spanish. Scholarships & sliding scale available. |
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Santa Cruz Pelvic Health
Taflyn Wilschinsky Jen Rawlins & Jenna Riley
701 Mission Street
Santa Cruz , CA 95060
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| We are three doctors of physical therapy, (Taflyn, Jen, and Jenna), specializing in pelvic health for the past several years. We love working with folks during pregnancy to prepare for childbirth and resolve pain or other pelvic pelvic health related symptoms that may arise with pregnancy, such as incontinence, prolapse and diastasis, as well as supporting parents with postpartum recovery and return to exercise or other activities. At Santa Cruz Pelvic Health, we use a combination of hands on treatment, movement and exercise training pre and postpartum to address any and all pelvic health concerns and offer virtual sessions if preferred. |
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