I’m a queer, Afro-Caribbean settler on unceded T’Sou-ke lands of Vancouver Island, and I love the moon! I’m currently enrolled in Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings’ 12-week Full-spectrum and Child Birth Educator courses, as well as their Race & Privilege in Birthwork course.
As a doula-in-training, I’m currently offering birth and postpartum services at no cost as I work toward certification.
The new moon is a time of considering what will be nurtured and grown going forward. Bringing forth new life is sacred, and I want to help others navigate their journeys through pregnancy, birth, and into postpartum in ways that honor the magnitude of these transitions. Like the time of the new moon, reproductive passages signify blossomings into new ways of being. My joy is to help others cross these thresholds feeling knowledgeable, empowered, and spiritually attuned.
My training includes support through fertility, surrogacy, loss, and abortion care, as well as supporting queer and trans birth journeys. I’m guided by an intersectional lens, recognizing ways race, gender, economic status, dis/ability, and many other ways of being can impact reproductive experiences. I offer non-judgmental and evidence-based care that honors each person’s unique identity.
My doula style is reflected in my astral chart ✨As a quadruple Scorpio, I form deep, close-knit connections and value clear and transparent communication. As a parent, I know how important community is for folks crossing birth portals. I hope to feel like a cousin who knows your kitchen well enough to serve you a nourishing cup of tea.
I live in Sooke and offer in-person care from Shirley to Victoria.
I support birthing people laboring in birthing centers, in hospitals, and in their homes. Birth offerings:
- 4 prenatal visits
- Pod & community mapping
- Meal train set-up
- Child birth education
- Custom package of information and local resources
- Birth plan support
- Herbal supports
- Custom baby welcoming poem
- Culturally attuned baby welcoming ceremony
- Meditation and mindfulness practices for baby connection
- Unlimited support 9AM-5PM via voice notes, texts, and phone calls for the duration of your contract
- A 24/7 on-call period starting at 37 weeks
- Support during early labor at home
- Curating the birth space with decor/mementos/sacred objects
- Labor accompaniment and partner support
- Birth photography
- 2 postpartum visits
Basking in the joy of a beautiful birth experience at Roundhouse Farm ✨
Everyone deserves their dream birth. I believe positive birth stories can be helped by growing confidence through ancestral and meditative practices combined with evidence-based knowledge of the labor experience. All those who came before you are lifting you up. You are powerful! Let’s step into your power together.
Postpartum offerings:
- Custom package of information and local resources
- Birth story listening and emotional support
- Pod & community mapping
- Assisting with baby and sibling care
- Cooking and preparing snacks
- Light house work
- Meal train set-up
- Grocery pick-up
- Herbal supports
Let’s get to know each other!
If you’re considering me as your doula, please fill out the form for a free hour-long consultation.
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Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi 