These birth doulas are here to support one another and are part of the back up team.
meet ggda's birth doula team
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Meet the birth team
Doula Bria
Bria Donaldson is a Certified Labor and Postpartum doula, Placenta Encapsulator, Lactation Education Specialist and is studying to become a mid-wie. She is dedicated to ensuring that you feel empowered and supported throughout your pregnancy and labor.
She has a background in childcare, research, and women's health, and is committed to providing meaningful and impactful support to families like yours.
Doula Eve
Eve Daures is a French midwife with years of experience in labor and delivery, and a doula since 2016. She offers full-spectrum support with a unique blend of medical knowledge and holistic care. Her focus is on letting the body’s natural physiology do its thing, empowering women to trust their bodies. She loves using acupuncture during pregnancy to prepare for birth and reduce complications. Acupuncture aligns perfectly with her philosophy of keeping things as natural as possible. Her own birth experiences have shaped how she guides women, helping them feel empowered and trusting in their bodies. When she's not supporting births, you can find her practicing yoga or enjoying nature.
Doula Hannah
Hannah Golden is a Certified Birth Doula and Pre/Postnatal Fitness Specialist with a profound passion for empowering expectant families throughout every phase of the perinatal journey. As a proud California native, she's channeled her lifelong love for fitness and care for others into the world of birth work, where she firmly believe that labor is the most athletic event of a woman’s life.
Hannah offers holistic birth support, tailored to your needs and preferences. Whether you opt for an epidural, induction, or unmedicated birth, she is here to guide you with strength and grace.
Doula Jamee
Jamee Vasquez is a Certified Birth Doula and Body Ready Method® Pro. One of her strongest attributes is her care for others and found her life’s work in being a doula. Her approach to birth work encompasses emotional, physical, and informational support throughout your perinatal journey. She believes that every family deserves to feel prepared and empowered during this special time in their lives.
She feels honored to walk alongside expectant families during their unique journeys of pregnancy, labor, and birth.
Doula Jaya
Jaya Pruitt understands the importance of personalized care during such a significant time in your life. Her approach focuses on building connections and empowering you throughout your journey. With years of experience as a doula, she aims to provide hands-on support and help you adjust to new dynamics.
She is committed to being of service and ensuring you feel well-informed, protected, and cared for every step of the way. She'll work with you to make your birthing experience a positive and empowering one. She is also in the process of becoming a mid-wife.
Doula Kim
Kim Knapp is a certified birth doula and educator. She approaches birth work with compassionate, evidence based care and is passionate about supporting and advocating for birthing families. Whether you are planning an unmedicated birth, an epidural, or a planned cesarean, she provides the support you need to help you and your partner feel confident and relaxed about your birth experience.
The birthing process is as vulnerable as it gets and having Kim as the support person you trust is a high honor she does not take lightly.
Doula Marina
Marina Poole is a Holistic Birth Doula and Prenatal Yoga & Exercise Specialist supporting families in the Peninsula and South Bay. Her mission is to help you bring your baby into the world with confidence, love, and joy through physical, mental, and emotional preparation. She blends movement, meditation, breathwork, and evidence-based information, believing in a physiology-first approach to advocate for your choices. Feeling safe and loved is paramount for a positive birth experience.
Doula Maya
Maya Jones is a Full Spectrum Doula, Certified Placenta Encapsulator and student nurse. She is dedicated to supporting families like yours through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. She supports all individuals regardless of their birth preferences, whether it's a natural birth, medicated birth, cesarean birth, or VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean).
Inspired by her roots and driven by a passion for equity, she is committed to addressing disparities in Black maternal healthcare. She strives to empower her clients and chip away at the systemic barriers to equitable perinatal healthcare.
Doula Morgan
Morgan Mettler is a Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula through DONA. She has experience supporting medicated and unmedicated vaginal births, scheduled and emergency Cesarean births with first, second, and fourth-time parents, queer parents, low-income parents, autistic parents, non-native English-speaking parents, sexual assault survivors, people with depression, and parents of color. She is a member of the queer community and this has strengthened her belief that all bodies deserve respectful, compassionate, and culturally humble care.
Doula Neva
Neva Hauser is a Certified Birth Doula and Body Ready Method Certified Birth Pro who offers her clients evidence-based, trauma-informed, and client-centered doula care. Her goal is to support you through this transformational time, ensuring you feel confident and courageous throughout the birth and postpartum experience.
She works in all birth settings and is comfortable with various birth scenarios. She is committed to advocating for you to ensure you feel safe and respected during your birth experience.
Doula Sabrina
Sabrina Martinez is a birth doula with a decade of childcare experience, from volunteering at her grandmother's daycare to supporting families at The Village Postnatal Retreat Center.
She's passionate about providing physical and emotional support during childbirth, empowering families as they prepare for parenthood, and guiding them through their birthing journeys while honoring their choices. She also volunteered with the birth doula program at General Hospital and collaborated with the birthing team at Sutter Health Hospital.
Doula Talia
Talia Alarcon is a trained birth and postpartum doula and completed an apprenticeship lead by our founder, Jennifer Darwin. She transitioned away from a delightful 20+ year profession in healthcare management and chose to train as a doula, a career where she can nurture her path of service to others. Part of her role as a doula is empowering families by listening to their birth goals and holding space for them to make informed decisions. Her goal is that the birthing person and team feel confident and grounded. Her greatest joy is that she is a mother to my favorite human beings, her two boys.
Our Birth Doulas work together as a team to make sure that you have an experienced doula for your labor. You will have a primary doula who meets with you during your pregnancy to make sure you have the skills and confidence to begin your journey into labor. On the rare occasion your primary doula is unable to attend your birth you will have an on-call backup doula from the group to support you. Our Labor Doulas have years of experience and have attended hundreds of births in the Bay Area. All the Doulas in our practice provide you with evidence-based information for your pregnancy and birth.
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