Meet The Doula!
Kiarra Galvez, Certified H.E.R.B.A.L. Birth Keeper and Spiritual Doula
Hi all! My name is Kiarra and I am originally from Fresno, California though currently reside in Honolulu, Hawai'i. I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl in July of 2018 via cesarean after suffering from loss and fertility complications. Like many others, my own birth trauma is what pushed me into birth education, becoming a birth worker, and helping change the birthing world as we know it.
I decided to get into birth work because of my own birthing outcomes; I knew the statistics of Black women in birth, but I thought if I educated myself enough and prepared my partner enough we would not be the same. Needless to say, it took me being cast to the side and almost dying, even becoming a statistic myself for me to put my foot down and say, "HEY! I can NOT let this happen to anybody else!" That is when i started doing my own research on certification programs, what I really want to embody, and the type of knowledge I wanted to obtain.
I believe, as a birth worker, it is wrong to discriminate on what types of births I attend because, as a birth worker, I am here to provide support for all birth. I especially support hospital birthing, home birthing, unassisted birthing, VBAC birthers, families of color, and LGBTQ+ families. I feel especially drawn to these families because these are the most unsupported and under-represented communities in the birth world. Being apart of these communities as an individual, I know support and education for these families is crucial to succeed and survive in the birthing world. I am educated on homeopathic remedies as well as herbal and holistic alternatives for pregnancy, birth, fertility, postpartum, and beyond.
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