Midwifery Services
From conception to childbirth, as a midwife, Atoosa provides everything you need for a healthy pregnancy and prepares you for optimal health during delivery and the postpartum period.
Childbirth Classes
Our 6 hour private childbirth education class is tailored to fit your birth preferences in the comfort of your home or our private classroom. It is broken up into 2 sessions of 3 hours each.
Class covers:
- Nutrition, exercise, anatomy, gestation, stages, and phases of labor
- Coping techniques and labor practice
- Interventions and medication options
- Warning signs during pregnancy and labor
- Birth plans and postpartum preparation
- Creating a birth vision with the client that honors past experiences and current beliefs and desires.
- Postpartum education and preparation
DONA Birth Doula Training
A trained birth doula provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to birthing individuals and their families before, during, and after childbirth. They offer non-medical assistance such as comfort measures, coping techniques, and advocacy to ensure the birthing person feels empowered and supported throughout their labor and delivery experience. Doulas aim to enhance the birthing person’s sense of control and confidence, while also fostering positive communication with medical staff to facilitate a more informed and satisfying birth experience.
Atoosa is a DONA certified birth doula trainer. Training workshops are held year-round. Workshops are 24 hours in length and fulfill 2 of the requirements for DONA birth doula certification- the doula training portion and the 8 hour childbirth education class. The Breastfeeding For Doulas class is taught separately from the workshop and is 4 hours in length.
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What to become a DONA certified birth doula?
Breastfeeding Classes and Lactation Support Visits
We offer classes during pregnancy to prepare you for your breastfeeding journey. We also offer lactation support at your home to assure the breastfeeding relationship is well established and both mother and baby are thriving.
3 hour class: $295
90 minute home support visit: $300
Doula/Monitrice Services
Mamatoosa’s Birth and Postpartum Doula Registry
Atoosa boasts two decades of experience training hundreds of doulas and collaborating closely with community-based doula networks. Presently, she curates a select team of top-tier birth and postpartum doulas known for their exceptional standards of care. Through her registry, Atoosa facilitates personalized matches between clients and doulas, ensuring a seamless experience from initial consultation to postpartum support.
Meet Atoosa
Mother, Educator, Midwife.
Atoosa Benji, LM, CPM , DONA(BDT). CLE, is a Licensed Midwife through the Medical Board of California and a Certified Professional Midwife through the North American Registry of Midwives. She practices in Los Angeles and surrounding areas, providing education and midwifery care during the perinatal and postpartum period. She is also a passionate birth doula trainer and speaker addressing audiences worldwide about the importance of compassionate and trauma-informed care for all birthing people.
Philosophy
As no two human beings live the same life journey, no two have the same birth journey. Our arrival is as unpredictable as our journey. It is the job of a midwife to welcome the incoming soul, to honor and protect the journey of the human entering this realm, as well as to protect and honor the journey of the person birthing.
Human beings are autonomous over decisions about their own bodies, as the body houses the soul. Upon coming into this world, we are given an intuition, a knowing about what is right for us, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. It is the job of the midwife to educate, provide choices, and honor decisions people make about their bodies with skilled hands and watchful eyes.
Birth is to be honored. It is the day the soul begins its journey and the mother is transformed.
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The Mamatoosa Membership is the perfect gift for new and expectant parents.
Members receive access to a dedicated care team of registered nurses, doulas, lactation consultants, mental health coaches, nutrition coaches, and care coordinators – available every day of the week.
Educating, Empowering,
& Honoring Your Journey
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