I'm a trauma-informed, certified birth and postpartum doula, an INA (International Nanny Association) credentialed newborn care specialist (NCS), a certified lactation counselor (CLC), and an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor. I have decades of experience in perinatal care and am exceptionally skillful at guiding first-time parents through pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and the earliest phase of their babies' lives. 

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As a life-long learner, besides my doula, newborn care, and lactation certifications, I hold certifications in pediatric CPR and first aid, Spinning Babies birth practices, pediatric sleep shaping, managing multiples, postpartum mood disorders, and infant loss/bereavement support. I have taken extra steps, received an NCS certificate from CACHE, formerly known as the famed National Nursery Examinations Board (NNEB) in the UK, and completed Level I-III certification in Relationship Foundations for new parents with Elly Taylor of Becoming Us out of Sydney, Australia. I'm an official Hypno-Doula through Hypnobabies® and a current professional member of Evidenced Based Birth®, Postpartum Support International (PSI), the Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA), the International Nanny Association, and the Newborn Care Specialist Association (NCSA). I'm a Greater San Diego Birth Collective member and a member of the Birth Network of Monterey County. I volunteered for several years as a birth doula and doula mentor with the UCSD Hearts and Hands program. I'm a certified Parenthood Tour Guide through Becoming Us, which allows me to provide relationship-informed guidance and a deeper level of family-centered support to the people who choose me as their doula.  In April 2024, I completed a 9-week mastermind under Jojo Hogan, the founder of the Slow Postpartum Movement, to further my understanding of international practices in postpartum care. This year, I became an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor, and can now offer classes to expecting parents and continuing education workshops to doulas, nurses, midwives, and physicians.

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I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area as the oldest in a family of six kids, raised my three (now grown and flown) children there, and came to San Diego in 2021 after living for four years along Monterey Bay. Now, I split my time between both beautiful locales. Long before I started Sweet Peas, I had a career in the medical field as a radiology technologist. I ran my own children's portraiture business for a while before becoming a nanny and eventually a newborn care specialist. These days, when I'm not busy helping new families transition to life with a newborn or teaching professionals the latest evidence on topics related to perinatal care, I'm writing, practicing yoga, studying herbal medicine, hanging out with my husband, Ian, and our dog, Sable, and enjoying all that the California Coast offers. In January of 2024, I became a grandma.