Birth & Postpartum Doulas Near Me in Bellingham, WA

We had a wonderful experience working with MacKenzie as our birth and postpartum doula. As first-time parents, we had so many questions throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period, and MacKenzie was always incredibly patient and thoughtful in answering them. She has a lot of knowledge and experience and was able to give us the information and perspective we needed without ever making us feel overwhelmed. Her prenatal visits were especially helpful in preparing us for what to expect during labor and delivery. She helped us understand our options, supported the choices that felt right for us, and advocated for me as the mom when needed, while always respecting that the decisions were ultimately ours. During labor, her calm and supportive presence helped both of us feel more confident during such an intense and unfamiliar experience. After the birth, she stayed with us to make sure breastfeeding was getting off to a good start. I also passed out after labor, and having MacKenzie there was incredibly reassuring. She helped me and my partner understand what was happening and navigate the situation when we were both exhausted and overwhelmed. We really appreciated that her support didn’t simply end once the baby was born. She was also a great resource during the postpartum period. Having someone experienced whom we could turn to with all of our first-time-parent questions made the transition into newborn life feel much less overwhelming. In addition, MacKenzie is a Carrot in-network provider, which was very helpful for us. She was willing to coordinate with us and make sure her invoices met Carrot’s reimbursement requirements, which made the reimbursement process much easier. We are very grateful to have had MacKenzie support us through such an important time in our lives, and we would absolutely recommend her to other expecting and new parents.

- Lu

Garcia is absolutely wonderful with babies and her beautiful caring nature makes for a relaxed environment. I would recommend her services to anyone.

- Trina B.

Tyqasia helped us out overnight with our twins while we were still wanting extra help and our regular doula was on vacation. I was so happy she was able to step in to spread around the lack of sleep! She was up for the challenge, willing to learn what we had been doing, bring her own experiences of comforting babies etc. and took great care of our girls to help us get a good chunk of continuous sleep ?? Chatting with her each morning was also great to see how things went, learn what things she tried that might work well for us too and also share what we have noticed to help her next night hopefully be a little easier. I appreciate she always washed hands when she arrived which I'm not always great at reminding visitors of and she jumped right in with helping us soothe the babies for their first stretch of nighttime sleep. Tyqasia also asked great questions to help me remember all the things I needed to make sure she knew so everyone could be set up for success which was super helpful for this very tired and forgetful mom!

- Erika Yoshioka