Doula and Childbirth Educator
Sonoma County, CaliforniaMy name is Magdalena, I am a birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator serving Sonoma and Marin Counties. My inspiration for this path began after witnessing birth at a young age and knowing that supporting people through this profound time in their lives is my purpose.
I see my role as a doula as offering evidence-based information, sharing your options, and helping you connect with your intuition so you can make the choices that feel right for you and your family. I have attended over 40 births, including planned and unplanned cesareans, home births, unmedicated hospital births, epidural births, VBACs, twins, and more. What witnessing birth has taught me is that there is no single right way to give birth, only the way that is right for you and your baby.
Birth is unlike any other event in life. It can unfold just as you hoped, and it can also be hard, intense, and challenge you to make unexpected choices. It may be natural, physiologic and require little or no assistance to keep you and your baby well, or it may necessitate intervention to ensure safety. I have witnessed people have deeply positive births in every setting, even when birth looked wildly different than they imagined. What matters most is that you feel, and are, safe, that your voice is heard and respected, and that you are empowered with accurate information and supported in making intuitive choices.
I seek to meet individuals and families where they are and support them in having a safe and deeply satisfying birth experience, whatever that means for you.
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As of March 2026, I have completed training with Body Ready Method® and intend to become certified late Spring 2026.
“Pregnancy, birth and postpartum recovery are no small feat! Both physically and mentally – this journey is a big one, yet very little guidance or support is typically given to support the expecting family. Outcomes in our modern medical complex are abysmal and we know that families deserve better. We believe that with the right support, we can shift the paradigm of how we prepare during pregnancy, how we adapt during birth and how we approach postpartum recovery. We know that for the best possible outcomes it takes a proactive, prehab approach to prime the body for birth (of all kinds) and recovery. What you do during pregnancy can have a massive impact on both birth and recovery – by optimizing the core and pelvic floor to be more responsive during pregnancy, postpartum recovery becomes much easier – however the baby arrives. That means less core and pelvic floor dysfunction, less aches and pains and less pregnancy and birthing injuries. The preparation of the body and mind during pregnancy is often underestimated, but sometimes things happen that are out of our control so being ready and knowledgeable can make a huge difference.
And if you’re planning a vaginal birth – the same principles also help stack the cards in your favor, taking control of the controllables of making birth more efficient!”
— BRM®
I am excited to be adding 1:1 individual alignment and body balancing sessions to my offerings. All of my birth clients receive an assessment and individualized movement and I am also offering these sessions to non-birth clients. I am accepting Medi-Cal and Kaiser Permanente insurance plans for this service at a $0 out of pocket cost.