The Village Doulas
Birth Education. Community. Village Prenatals.
Welcome to the Village,
A space to find community through all stages of motherhood, from pregnancy to postpartum and beyond.
Our village prenatals are a place to gather, learn and share our stories.
This blend of education and support from other women offers each of us the opportunity to walk the path of pregnancy, birth and mothering in ways that are uniquely authentic to each of us, honouring and highlighting our different journeys and choices while anchoring us in the modern day village.
Birth Stories - April 8
The Village Prenatals
A village prenatal is a gathering of women in varying phases of womanhood, centred around the sharing of valuable information and stories about pregnancy, birth, and the journey beyond.
In these modern times, women have never been so isolated. More than ever, we must actively choose the precious art of gathering, which is why these sessions are intentionally held in person.
Our prenatals go beyond traditional prenatal education. Each session is thoughtfully prepared to dive deep into specific topics related to the childbearing year. Women who attend gain not only knowledge, but also a sense of community with others often walking a similar path. They leave feeling connected, supported, and equipped with something meaningful to guide them along the road ahead.
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Meet the Village Doulas
Hi, I’m Olivia! I'm a mother and a doula devoted to supporting women in having empowered, embodied birth experiences. While pregnant with my daughter, I dreamed of a peaceful homebirth. However, my journey led me elsewhere and I ended up giving birth in the hospital. Although it was profoundly different than I had envisioned, it also gave me the profound medicine of learning how to stand firmly in my voice and discovering firsthand the immense power of the mind during labor. My experience shaped the way I now show up in birth work. I come to this work with an unrelenting calling to guide women in preparing for the birth they deeply desire (the birth that is rightfully yours!). Not a birth defined by fear, pressure, or external expectations, but one rooted in trust, knowledge, and connection to your own inner wisdom. I see birth as a totally normal and physiological event, and also as one of the most transformational thresholds in a woman’s life. It is the rite of passage into motherhood, no matter how it unfolds. It is the ultimate hero’s journey: an initiation into the deepest parts of ourselves. The village prenatals are designed to support you in this sacred work. This is a space where women gather in community, prepare intentionally for their births and remember that we were never meant to walk this path alone.
Hi, I'm Alexa! I’m a mother, teacher and a doula. When I became pregnant with my first daughter, I was the first in my circle to enter into matrescence; the first to live through the emotional and physical journey of growing a child and the first to transform myself into someone who could birth that child into the world. And while wildly beautiful and transformative, becoming a mother, even for the second and third time, felt and continues to feel lonely and cold in the moments where I forget to search outside myself to be seen, heard, understood and to do the same for another woman, another mother.
For so many of us, birth has become something spoken about only in whispers, behind closed doors, shrouded by fear and uncertainty. Yet birth was never meant to live in the shadows. For generations, women gathered together to share their stories, their knowledge, their courage. Birth belonged in the circle of women. And with that circle came empowerment. The kind of empowerment that frees us to claim not only our births, but our motherhood, as fiercely our own.
For me, Village Doulas is about helping bring birth back into that circle, through education, conversation, and community. We want women to feel surrounded by stories, by knowledge, and by one another so that this powerful transition feels inspiring rather than isolating.
