Doula Support Services for Metro Detroit Families

Are you ready to embrace your birth journey? Contact me today to learn more about my services and how I can support you. Together, let’s create a positive impact on the birthing experience for you and your family!

Having a baby is hard work

From healing, adjusting, and navigating all the "new" in parenthood, having a baby is a lot. While it’s true that babies don't come with a manual, there is another truth you hear less often: pregnancy and birth don’t come with a manual, either.

Pregnancy is one of the largest changes your body can go through, culminating in a birth that you can’t predict. The process can be daunting, especially since it comes at a time when you may be physically exhausted. Having someone to walk you through this stage with knowledge and experience can relieve stress and help you move toward parenthood confidently.

I’ll hold your hand through all the unknowns!

Empowering your birth journey with compassion, knowledge, and support. I believe that every birth is a sacred experience, deserving of respect and empowerment. This is why my focus is on mindful birth, ceremonial birthing practices, and advocating for the rights of birthing individuals..

Labor and Birth Doula Support

Labor and Birth doulas are professionals who provide physical, emotional and informational support to you throughout your pregnancy and during labor.

Investment (non-refundable): $2,500 due at contract signing

Shekita is a Medicaid Enrolled Doula providing services to Medicaid beneficiaries. Contact Shekita to determine if her services are covered by your insurance and if she is accepting new Medicaid clients.

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs-doula-registry

Labor and Birth Doula Services include:

Two prenatal visits to discuss and create your birth plan, practice comfort measures, and discuss expectations for the birth.
Unlimited Texts
Evidence Based Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Education
On-call period begins two weeks before your estimated due-date
Continuous Support. I will remain with you throughout your labor and birth and will stay a maximum of two hours after the birth of the baby.
Two postpartum visits to see how things are going, answer your questions and talk about your birth.
Guided Yoga and Meditation (pre-recorded)
Resources and referrals to the area’s most trusted complementary health providers such as Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Massage, Pelvic Floor Health, Breastfeeding, etc.
Use of any books in my lending library.
Car Seat Safety Education and On-Site Installation/Inspection
Self Care Push Present

Birth Blessing Ceremony

Shekita facilitates birth rites of passage ceremonies as a Wild Women's Project Circle Facilitator. With a passion for brining ritual back into modern life and community, and a goal of normalizing these rituals in society by honoring pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

A Birth Blessing, also known as a Blessing Way, is an opportunity to create a moment in time that celebrates and honors a birthing person and their journey into birth.

This ritual is derived from a Navajo tradition that recognizes and honors the journey of pregnancy and the transition of birth as a momentous occasion in a woman’s life. It is a celebration of pregnancy and birth as a sacred and unique journey where the collective energy of loving women can help guide the mother through birth.

Unlike most cultures, we don’t find many rituals in American culture these days. There’s rarely a coming of age or naming ceremony. For many, weddings and funerals are the extent to rituals that they experience in their everyday lives. But there is power in ritual. It marks transition, it affirms important values, and it provides an opportunity to connect with mothers in a sacred place free of distractions.

When mothers connect, we celebrate our femininity. And that subtle acknowledgement of a tribe is profound. Rituals are doorways between the spiritual and physical world. We experience a moment in time and then step back into our daily lives enriched by that experience.

Investment: Starting at $500

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Coming Soon! Mindfulness- Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) Class

Join other expectant parents in this groundbreaking, 9 week line-online mindful birthing course.

Learn to engage the mind to work with pain, fear, and anxiety during labor while increasing confidence and courage for the experience of labor and delivery.

In this Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) Course, learn to

Access deep physical and mental relaxation
Engage the mind to work with pain during labor
Increase confidence and courage for the experience of labor and delivery
Practice Prenatal Yoga for strength and flexibility
Develop Skills for managing stress in pregnancy, parenting, and daily life
Enhance partner communication skills
Become more aware of your own approach to parenting

Full Payment Registration: $345 (Single), $495 (Couples)

Payment Plan Registration Available*

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"She was also always so upbeat/positive!"

Shekita was very supportive and made me feel so much more comfortable knowing she was there as part of my support team. She made creating my birth plan very simple and was very caring before, during and after birth. When I was feeling down during my complicated birth process she was there with those words of encouragement to make me and my child's dad feel better. I was also diagnosed with a rare illness called intraheptic cholestasis of pregnancy which made me high risk and she was very much in tune with me and the baby since day 1. I also felt comfortable as she's very relatable, understanding, and she's was also always so upbeat/positive. She's a great doula and very resourceful. She even encouraged me to follow my plan to be a doula one day.

Raemere Garrett
"She helped motivate me.."

She was respectful an very kind she did her job very well ,as well she helped motivate me in many ways possible, I really appreciate Shekita being there for me

ILieaha Conn-Crawford
"I had an amazing pregnancy experience with her...."

Shekita has been an amazing advocate /doola/friend . I had an amazing pregnancy experience with her in the birth of my baby girl, February 17, 2024 . OK, honestly I rather a four page story on how my pregnancy went! To you soon to be mommy choose Kita she’s amazing!

Aleigha Cann