Doula Team
Maya & Puri & Sophia O.
Maya
BIRTH DOULA AND LACTATION COUNSELOR
Maya is a Certified Advanced Holistic Doula, Lactation Counselor, and Hypnobirthing Support Doula. Maya has been attending births since 2009 and she has a deep respect for the ability of pregnant people to birth intuitively when they feel safe, loved, and calm.
As a doula, her commitment is to guide you with warmth and compassion in this special time, supporting your natural instincts as you prepare for birth and life with a newborn. Her practice combines a rational, evidence-based approach with a holistic focus on the body-mind connection. She also draws a healthy dose of practicality from her own personal experience as a mother of two.
Maya is certified in Perinatal Havening. Havening is a psychosensory healing modality that has helped her clients gain confidence in the birthing process, overcome fear of hospitals and doctors, heal traumatic birth experiences, and overall feel more joy and create a stronger bond between parents and babies.
TESTIMONIAL
"Today baby turns one! I reflected all day and thought about you and all your loving and empowering support. So grateful for all the ways you walked with me as I (literally) roared into motherhood with some grace, lots of humility, and borrowed confidence until it became more and more my own."
– Cazzie and Gerardo
Puri
BIRTH DOULA AND LACTATION COUNSELOR
Puri is a Birth Doula, Lactation Counselor, Childbirth Educator, and a mom of one little girl. She has been supporting families in NY since 2013 when she started working at Columbia University Early Head Start as a child specialist, doula, and childbirth educator. Since then, she has attended more than 160 births and continues educating herself. She is trained as a prenatal yoga teacher and infant massage teacher, and she is on her way to becoming an IBCLC.
Puri, originally from Barcelona (Spain), has a background in mental health. Her professional life has been dedicated to advocating and supporting families, helping them find their own voice and power. After the birth of her daughter and experiencing postpartum firsthand, she has become passionate about working with new parents beforehand so they can be as prepared as possible for one of the most humbling and transforming experiences of their lives.
Puri is committed to providing you with accurate and unbiased information, evidence-based and up-to-date, so you are fully educated and informed about your decisions. She honors every choice you make and will offer the support that works best for you in a compassionate and nonjudgmental way, helping you feel confident and respected.
Sophia O.
BIRTH DOULA AND LACTATION COUNSELOR
Sophia is a mom of 2 boys, birth and postpartum doula, and lactation counselor. She is a bilingual Spanish speaker and proudly serves clients in Spanish.
Sophia believes that every family deserves to have a fulfilling birth experience that they can cherish forever. She has become an enthusiastic advocate for families to make informed choices through the provision of evidence-based information. She believes that this is the foundation for families to be able to feel good about their birth choices.
Realizing that there is an enormous gap in care during the early postpartum period, She has become especially passionate about supporting and nurturing families during their transition to parenthood or as their family grows. She loves encouraging new parents to follow their instincts as they get to know their new baby.