THE WILDFLOWERS

She/Her
Co-Owner
Birth Doula/ Educator
&
Placenta Encapsulation Specialist

I am a cisgender queer settler living on Katzie nation land (Langley) with my partner, our two children and our giant dog. I have been a full spectrum doula working on this land for 7 years, and the foundation of my doula work is built upon the roles I have held throughout my life and within my communities.

My first roles were as a daughter, sister, and friend. My adolescence introduced the role of ‘coach’ as I worked with a competitive swim club in my hometown for 10 years, and then other complex and lifelong roles like being an additional caregiver to another’s young children, a partner and a mother followed.

My life experiences sparked a special interest in things like body physiology and mechanics, the mind-body connection, brain development and function, human sexuality, and the effects that culture and community have on both the roles within families, and on the entire timeline of the human experience.

These interests are reflected in my doula work with my enthusiasm for providing birth giving folks and their support people with well rounded education in the perinatal period that includes how birth can unfold, how the brain and body changes in the process, how to navigate culturally driven medical systems, and how to meet the rite of passage of being a birth giver and the shifting season that this rite brings, in a way that feels authentic to each individual.

My doula work is always applied with an evidence based, individualized, and family centred approach, and I strive to provide trauma informed care, acknowledge my bias, and be informed by my privileged ability to gain extensive experience attending births both in homes and hospitals, and work collaboratively with various forms of health care, both medical and paramedical.

I love doing deep work with folks as they explore their own human timeline and move through one of life’s biggest milestones with intention, curiosity, and reverie for the whole childbearing year.

She/Her
Co-Owner
Doula
&
Certified Breastfeeding Specialist

I am an Ontario transplant who now lives on an egg farm in the Fraser Valley with my husband, our two kids, two dogs & two cats. I have always been drawn to everything pregnancy, birth and babies. I was a doula before I even knew what a doula was 15 years ago when I was invited to be a part of a friend’s birth. Since then, I have given birth to three babies of my own, finished my B.A. in Psychology from UBC, and completed a handful of different doula and birth-related trainings.

In my practice as a doula, I draw on my own personal experiences with pregnancy, loss and birth, my trainings, and the wisdom I have acquired from the over 115 births I have attended to provide individualized support to each family. I love birth work as I get to be a forever student and learner! I have had the honour of attending births of all types ranging from unplanned HBAC (Home Birth After Cesarean) to planned cesarean, and everything in between. I am forever grateful to each family who invites me to be a part of their birthing journey.

My current focus is on running the daily operations behind the scenes here at WFBC and working to become an IBCLC with the amazing support of my mentors Katy at Simply Nourish and Tracey at By Your Side Lactation.

She/Her
Birth Doula/ Educator
&
Prenatal + Postpartum Yoga

I was born and raised in Maple Ridge. After spending a few great years in Fredericton NB for an undergrad in Leadership and Women's Studies, I returned home to the Fraser Valley and am now settled in Yarrow with my husband, two young daughters, a dog, a garden, and two cats.

The wisdom of other women led me to this work and fuels me forward. After seeing something in me that I was unaware of, two people - my sister in 2009 and then a dear friend in 2014 - invited me to walk alongside them on their homebirth journeys. The seeds of my passion for birth were firmly planted. Fast forward to my own powerful birth experiences (2021 and 2023), I was yet again emboldened and encouraged by women who believed in my inherent ability to birth and my natural capacity for birth work - you guessed it, Wildflower Doulas Steph and Michelle!

After my first birth was so deeply and beautifully affected by yoga and meditation, during my second pregnancy in 2022-2023, I built on my previous 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with an 85hr Prenatal YTT in order to support others to incorporate mindful movement in their motherhood journey. During this same period of time I also became a certified Birth Doula.

Thank you to the incredible Wildflower team for taking me on as a birth doula mentee. Learning from Steph and Michelle is such a gift. And of course, most importantly, gratitude to the families who will welcome me into their birth space to serve and learn at their feet.

She/Her
Postpartum Doula

My family is originally from India, but I was born in Dubai and immigrated to Canada in 1996. I grew up in Richmond and moved to Vancouver in my 20’s, and am currently living in Langley with my husband, our two kids, and our dog.

The vision that I would one day be helping women postpartum came to me after the birth of my second child. We had done a lot to prepare not only for the arrival of our baby, but also for the window of time I would spend healing from the birth. This lent to a vastly different experience compared to the birth of my first child. With a few simple, yet profound changes put in place, I stepped into my role as a mother of two with considerably more strength and made what I considered to be a holistic recovery from my births. The key ingredients that supported me during my recovery and paved the way for this transformation were plenty of rest, nourishing foods, and the presence of loving individuals. By making provisions that allowed for the time and space for me to slow down and heal, I stepped into a place of empowerment that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I remember being cocooned in my room the days following my son’s birth, hoping that one day I could share these practices that had such a strong impact on me, with others.

Now as a certified postpartum doula, I use a calming presence and nurturing approach to provide a range of services to families after birth. From baby care, to cooking nourishing meals and offering words of encouragement, I hope to help keep balance in the home and set families up to bond and enjoy these first few days and weeks with their new baby.