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catherinemeyerdoula@gmail.com
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- State Licensed Midwife (France)
- Childbirth Educator
- Birth Doula Trained, Dona International
- Certified Breastfeeding Specialist™
- Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Jane Austin Mama Tree
- 200hr RYT yoga teacher, Danni Pomplun Yoga
- CPR certified
- Fluent in French
- Up to date on vaccination, including Flu and Covid-19
- Professionally Insured, CNM&F
- Studying Spanish
- Evidence Based Birth Professional
Certifications & Specialities
Catherine is a postpartum doula, breastfeeding specialist and certified yoga teacher.
Her intention is to help women embark on their journey gently through emotional and physical support with care, understanding and information, but also she wants to help them feel empowered, with the goal of making it an experience that they can fully enjoy.
In 2002, Catherine realized a childhood dream by becoming a Licensed State Midwife, in France, and enjoyed the great privilege of delivering over 500 babies. Then, she relocated to the United States in 2008, landing in San Francisco, where she has been raising her three children. In 2018 she became a Certified Breastfeeding SpecialistTM with Lactation Education Resources. Along the way, she developed a strong yoga practice, that gave her an inner strength and taught her to live with compassion and awareness, and embrace life as it is. And, in 2020, she earned her RYT-200 yoga teacher credentials at Haum, and have been trained in prenatal and postnatal yoga with Jane Austin.
Currently, she offers yoga at the Epiphany Center in San Francisco, a client-centered care for children, women, and families who are the most vulnerable in our society. She volunteered also at San Francisco General Hospital as a postpartum doula, and at Eviction Defense Collaborative. Those experiences gave her a new perspective on life and renewed her desire to serve her community. Catherine’s mission is to accompany women and their families through the many joys and challenges of the first weeks of postpartum, and help them realize how strong they are.
Postpartum Day Doula
Childbirth Educator
Breastfeeding Educator
Prenatal yoga teacher
Catherine Meyer
- Complimentary 30-minute Welcome Call with a GGDA concierge
- Monthly Educational Workshops
- Online Breastfeeding support (up to three a month)
- Online Pelvic Floor clinic (up to twice a month)
- Access to GGDA's library of resources
- Access to the Village People, providers, and affiliate discounts
ggda membership package includes:
- Nursery prep prior to baby's arrival around 37 weeks
- Assistance with newborn care such as diapering, bathing, feeding, comforting and sleeping
- Referrals to local resources as needed
- Referrals to appropriate health care provider ( IBCLC, Pelvic floor PT, Acupuncturist, Massage Therapist )
- Evidence based informations
- Instruct in optimal feeding positions, latch, frequency and duration of feedings
- Assess effective feeding and milk transfer in uncomplicated breastfeeding situations
- Sibling Care
- Light household and cooking
- Yoga
- Support breastfeeding/chestfeeding initiation and the normal course of lactation
- Instruct in optimal feeding positions, latch, frequency and duration of feedings
- Assess effective feeding and milk transfer in uncomplicated breastfeeding situations
Rates:$70/hr,
additional fees for multiples
catherine's postpartum package
- kimberly d.
We worked with Catherine Meyer as our day doula and highly recommend her services. She was beyond supportive and flexible coming to help us feel settled the day after our daughter was born two weeks early, which helped us feel settled as new parents living across the country from our families. A Catherine offered intangible value teaching us skills and answering our many questions. Catherine also provided hands on support to allow us to rest and recover ourselves. Our daughter absolutely loved Catherine and would always settled when Catherine picked her up. If you’re considering a day doula, we highly recommend Catherine!
"She was beyond supportive"
- megan w.
Catherine was beyond helpful with our newborn. Her calming demeanor and nature are what made the experience overall great. Catherine helped keep baby on an eat play sleep schedule (I use the term schedule loosely, it is the newborn period after all!) but I found it really helpful as a second time mom. I would recommend her services to anyone, especially first time moms as she has a lot of knowledge to share.
"I would recommend her services to anyone"
- Kathy t.
"Catherine and Milan were amazing. Reina was a very challenging baby, and both were super patient and showed so much care. Also, provided me and Katherine so much positive support. We immediately felt like they both were 'on our side'. We would not have been able get through the 4th trimester without them both. We would hire both again if we had another baby, or would recommend to another family without any hesitation."
"We would not have been able to get through the 4th trimester without them."
- stephanie f.
Catherine is amazing and we would have hired her full-time as a nanny if she was "on the market"! :) My husband and I will never forget leaving the hospital after staying 4 nights and having a challenging birth and recovery. We were on our way home, parked and hadn't even unpacked the car and Catherine had arrived 40 mins early to greet us and meet Camden. The first thing she said to me was "how are you feeling and where would you like me to start? " She is phenomenal. Catherine has three kids of her own and is so patient, kind, and caring. She can multi-task extremely well, and our son Camden adores her, he was always smiling whenever she arrived and loved having Catherine over! Catherine did baby laundry and baby dishes, fed and changed Camden, and also sang him bedtime songs and read him books. She is so caring and thoughtful when it comes to the momma's recovery too. She recommended postpartum yoga classes as well as a postpartum pelvic floor therapist to me to help with my sciatica that developed about 4 weeks postpartum. I attended both and was so happy for her recommendations. We miss Catherine every day and would hire her again in an instant like I mentioned. THANK YOU CATHERINE! :)
"We miss Catherine every day and
would hire her again in an instant"
- Eunice S.
Our family was lucky enough to have Catherine Meyer as our postpartum doula. We survived newborn life with our first child but early on in our pregnancy reached out to GGDA to find a doula to ensure we got a bit of extra help. As it turned out, not only were we glad to have the help during key “witching hours” when our toddler came home from daycare and sleep started to fall apart for the newborn, we were also so grateful to have Catherine to help us navigate our son’s unique needs, which differed a lot from our first child. She fit right in with our family and earned our daughter’s friendship and trust as only an experienced mother can.
As experienced parents who suddenly found themselves in new situations relating to our son’s sleep, gas/fussiness, latch, and constipation, we were immediately relieved to have someone who really has seen it all and had a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with us.
Beyond that, Catherine was a true thought partner for me. I would often wonder something out loud or be at a loss for what to do for sleep or gas and Catherine would google, research, and consult resources with me. Together, we found approaches that would work and at no point in time did I feel pressure, judgment or anything less than full support. Parenting is such a tough journey and to have both an extra set of capable hands AND really trained and sympathetic ears was lifesaving for me postpartum. With Catherine’s help, I was more confident and relaxed. Whereas with my first child, I can say with certainty that I would have spent hours doom scrolling or driving myself crazy researching.
Lastly, some of the little extra “above and beyond” things Catherine would do always made me feel so seen and so cared for. She noticed how we liked things, and would start to help me tidy when the baby was sleeping, or wash pump and bottle parts whenever she had a moment. I always told her that I usually get to those after the kids are asleep and she always said, “well maybe you can get more rest then.” On days where I could count the hours I’d slept on one hand, and I had meltdown after meltdown from both kids, it was just such a relief to know that Catherine would be able to help me tackle it all together.
