Marsha Stephanson
Founder of Cater to Mom & Empowered Mama Journey
Marsha is the Founder and CEO of Cater to Mom, postpartum care subscription box. Marsha’s idea to create a care box was “birthed” out of her personal experience with postpartum depression and her desire to see other moms feel cared for in their postpartum journey.
Marsha is also the founder of Empowered Mama Journey, an organization dedicated to educating, empowering, and creating awareness of the 4th Trimester and beyond within the Austin community and surrounding areas.
You can learn more about Marsha and Cater to Mom here.
Brigette Walters
Full Spectrum Doula
Brigette is a holistic full-spectrum doula serving Austin and surrounding areas through pregnancy, birth, and beyond. Brigette trained and certified with Doula Trainings International (DTI) and is the owner and founder of Lotus & Luna LLC. She established Lotus & Luna with the mission of providing compassionate care and guidance to empower and uplift families during this season of life.
Brigette’s journey started with the pregnancy and birth of her first child, which laid the foundation for understanding the power and strength of birthing people. Her empathetic nature and calm demeanor create a grounding environment for her clients. She serves as an advocate and active listener, providing steadfast, unconditional support free of judgment. She understands that every birth and parenting experience is unique, and is proud to support all birthing people on their journey, no matter the experience they have had, hope to have, or end up having. Brigette creates a safe space that allows her clients to embrace where they are, while ensuring they have the guidance and support needed to instill confidence and promote feelings of connection and peace. Being a doula is within Brigette’s heart and soul, and through this work, her passion has grown for supporting families during the sensitive postpartum period. She uses her expertise paired with her intuition and understanding of her clients’ wishes to provide personalized, nurturing care that helps families meet their postpartum goals. It is her role to inform and inspire families to use their instinctive wisdom to make decisions about their baby, while showing up for each and every interaction with an unwavering, full heart. Brigette feels she has truly stepped into her purpose, and is honored to be a part of such a profoundly transformative time in the lives of birthing people.Kerrianne Krolle
North Austin Birth Doula
Kerrianne is a holistic birth doula and holistic postpartum nutritionist serving North Austin and surrounding areas through pregnancy, birth, and into the postpartum space. She received her training through Carriage House Birth and Postpartum University. She is a mother of two children and a devoted army wife with a burning desire to transform birth for all.
Kerrianne’s journey started after the birth of her first child, which gave her a hunger to learn about a holistic lifestyle and transform birth spaces by empowering mothers and their partners through education, love, and support.
Using an evidence based birth and Hypnobirthing approach, she helps families have the unique birth experience.
Kerrianne aims to help mothers after birth with a holistic support. She is passionate about advocating for reproductive rights, Physiological birth, and caring for a birth person’s whole spirit, soul, mind, heart, and body
Julianna Carbonare
Holistic Doula + Menstrual Guide
The Easeful Moma
Parenting Support
Mariah Sage helps moms take a more relaxed + easeful approach to parenting and be the mom they want to be by drowning out the noise of advice and input, and find practical parenting strategies that align with their unique family values + family culture. Mariah supports families with preparing for conscious parenting through preconception planning, healing family dynamics + behavioral concerns, setting up family systems, and improving communication and connections in your family.
Gabriela Gonzalez, RMA
Bilingual Full Spectrum + Sibling Doula
Parris Tiumentsev
DONA Birth Doula
Parris Tiumentsev is the mother of five children and received her doula certification from DONA international. Her passion for helping mothers through pregnancy and birth began in high school and little did she know how far that love would take her. As a student of midwifery and having had home births for four out of five of her children, she knows first hand the strength and power the female body is capable of. She knows birth is a natural process and understands this process on many levels. It is not only the birth of a baby, it is also the birth of a family. Her experience in birth is extensive and she has attended over 100 births to date. She has chosen to specialize in families experiencing high risk situations, hospital deliveries and mothers with high anxiety and sensory needs.
Her own journey into motherhood was not a smooth one and her first child was diagnosed with a serious birth defect early in her pregnancy. She is very thankful for this trying experience as it has given her a priceless understanding of what birth is like when things are slightly more than “normal.” She experienced a high risk birth, an extended NICU stay; planning for the worst, hoping for the best and going home without her baby for several months, (Who is now a healthy high school boy). She is proud to be able to offer comprehensive doula care to all mothers and families no matter the type of birth they hope for or what type of birth and journey into motherhood/fatherhood comes their way. If she could teach all mothers one thing, it would be that you absolutely cannot fail at birth. No matter how your baby comes to earth, it matters. You matter. What is important at the end of the day is that mom did what she thought was right for herself and her baby and she felt supported in her choices. That is why Parris is a doula and what drives her.
Liz Baker
Craniosacral Therapist for Infants & Adults
Jules Morlet
Birth + Newborn Photography
Birth is something you can be the most present for and have the least remembrance of.
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– Mini Maternity in your home or designated location (30 minute session)
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– Mini “New” Family in your home or designated location (30 minute session)