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Every birthing person deserves the support they need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610b15e488536e1bb7bcd2c5/1628225454195-5LNRPI8YFZG1ZFMWINPF/DSC_0093.JPG Services - Birth Doula Support and Lactation Counseling Complete Package Access to Intentional Birth Prenatal and Birth Education curriculum $397 value 20 hours of on-demand video curriculum, student workbook and info handouts up to 10 hours (in three sessions) of virtual/ in-person education and connection with your doula prior to labor We practice exercises, birthing positions and explore mental/emotional habits that influence how pain is experienced We practice breathing and mindfulness and co-regulation We talk through each person's desired role and capacities through the birth process, and hold space for firming up couple’s strengths and deepening connection We learn how to know when labor has started, what to expect, and what to prepare for after the baby has been born Informed consent, the typical interventions that are used when labor stalls and how to avoid them, and what can be done naturally instead of them I support a woman's physiology. Stress is a healthy physiological response when we are frightened, so it is an important component to how I serve couples to hold space for their fear and stress, to process it out, in order to have a healthy relationship with it during the pregnancy, birth, and parenthood journey My educational background is in Family Life Education so my general approach to birth is seeing it as a holistic experience that includes all of life’s experiences, all parts of the self, and both partners individually and corporately as members of an ecosystem Spinning Babies® Birth Preparation Class (two private one-on-one sessions) Spinning Babies® is an approach for ease and comfort in pregnancy and childbirth. “Easier birth with fetal positioning” We believe that fetal positions are not random, that babies fit the space available. Yet, thinking of the size of the baby or the pelvis is not enough. Birth anatomy can be flexible. 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Hi. I am Monique Salgado. I am a certified birth doula with DONA International. I am also a Certified Family Life Educator, a Certified Lactation Counselor, a Certified Infant Massage Instructor, and a Spinning Babies Certified Parent Educator. My journey with birthing-women began in 2014 in a year-long apprenticeship with a powerful 25 year birth doula veteran. I have 21 years of experience working in a childcare capacity with families and children and I was a nanny to three very precious little (grown-up) ones for 11 years, and these days along with birth work, I work as a parent companion for a family services agency. I live by the creed that self-awareness begets other’s-awareness and both of those acts are empowered by love. I serve families by seeking to learn and sense their unique needs, and then show up in the ways that serve those needs. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Family Life Education and an Associate of Arts in Child Development, and I long to bring all that I am and know to the service of each client. 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