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You don't have to know where birth is going to know where you stand.

Birth is unpredictable. Preparing for it doesn't mean predicting every turn.

You can understand what's happening in your body. You can learn what helps you feel safe. You can explore what matters to you, ask better questions, practice tools that work for you, and prepare for decisions you can't predict yet.

Preparation isn't about controlling what happens.

It's about knowing yourself, understanding what's happening, and having somewhere to go when things change.

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NOT SURE WHAT YOU NEED YET?

Find your place to start.

Birth preparation doesn't look the same for everyone. Answer a few questions about where you are, what you're thinking about, and what kind of support would be most useful right now.

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Start by understanding birth—and yourself.

Mind-Body, Birth® is comprehensive, whole-person birth preparation designed to help you understand what's happening during birth while discovering what you might need as you move through it.

You'll learn about birth physiology, your nervous system, comfort and coping, communication, feeding, postpartum, sexuality, decision-making, and the emotional and relational parts of birth that are often left out of traditional childbirth education.

But you won't just sit and learn.

Through interactive activities and journaling prompts, you'll build your own personalized birth toolkit as you go.

You'll explore how your body responds to different sensations and practices. You'll notice what helps you feel safe, grounded, connected, or supported. You'll think about what matters to you, what you need from the people around you, and how you might navigate moments when birth changes direction.

By the end, you won't have someone else's list of the “right” ways to give birth.

You'll have information, practices, questions, and tools—and a better understanding of the person who will actually be giving birth: you.

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ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT

Sometimes you need more than information. You need someone walking beside you.

Virtual doula support gives you a place to bring the questions, decisions, fears, changing plans, and conversations that come up during pregnancy and postpartum.

Meet one-on-one with Dr. V to prepare for appointments, talk through your options, explore what matters to you, practice communication and decision-making, or simply have space to process what you're experiencing.

Using Michigan Medicaid?

Michigan Medicaid covers up to 12 doula visits during pregnancy and through one year postpartum.

Dr. V accepts Medicaid through Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, McLaren, Meridian, and HAP Care.

Private pay is also available for $125 per session.

Some commercial UnitedHealthcare plans may also cover virtual doula services. Coverage varies by plan.

Planning for birth-day support?

My virtual doula work focuses on pregnancy and postpartum, but I can still help you prepare for the birth itself. If you want a doula physically with you during labor and birth, I can help connect you with a birth doula who can be there in person.

Want to Start for Free?

The Mind-Body, Birth Digital Toolkit gives you a little bit of everything: practical birth-preparation ideas, an introduction to the mind-body connection, a 7-minute sound bath, information about why sound works in birth, and a guide to Widström's Nine Stages.

Sign Up to Get the Free Toolkit