Serving all families in all birth settings in the greater Phoenix area.
WE ARE A TEAM OF DOULAS IN PHOENIX, AZ SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING POSITIVE BIRTH & POSTPARTUM EXPERIENCES
Birth Doula Support
A balanced approach to holistic, evidence based, and empowering care
Doulas empower you to use your own voice and intuition; providing evidence based information, hands-on support, and resources for your body and your baby.
We support all birth goals including unmedicated, epidural, and cesarean in all birth settings (including home, birth center, and hospital).
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We’d be honored to be a part of your journey into parenthood.
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Established in 2013, Cherry Blossom exists to decrease birth and postpartum trauma, empower you to make the best decisions for your family, and increase support for maternal mental health.
meet our birth doulas
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Doulas are changing the landscape of motherhood, parenting, and birth work for generations to come. We would be more than happy to build a custom package for your family with any needed add-on services like education, photography, or placenta encapsulation. Below are our base packages for birth.
Birth Packages
Not exactly sure what’s right for you?
Let us build a custom package specifically for your family.
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Ask us about insurance reimbursement options
Ask us about insurance reimbursement options
Not exactly sure what’s right for you?
Let us build a custom package specifically for your family.
Bonuses for all Packages:
- Complimentary Access to our virtual CBE Course
- Mother’s Blessing Event during your pregnancy
- 10 Golden Hour Images with your newborn at birth
- Access to our monthly group prenatal education in our East Valley/Phoenix locations
Coming soon
Add Ons
Postpartum Planning Class
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Healing Womb Care
This includes 2-3 hours of curated in-home care dedicated to your healing in postpartum and far beyond. Your doula will draw a warming bath and prepare a light lunch/tea with application of a Bengkung belly bind or setup for yoni steaming. This is a sacred time to process birth alone or with your doula.
Many of our families find that a lil’ extra support translates to calmer, faster healing.
Starting at $275
4-5 hours of in-home Traditional Ayurvedic & Asian or Mexican meal preparation with a specialized recipe guide. Each menu corresponds to your body in terms of nutrition and digestion in your first few weeks postpartum. Our families provide groceries and containers while we bring heat and heart to the kitchen to create a nourishing environment.
Traditional Meal Preparation
Newborn Care Class
Our nurse-led newborn care class is held quarterly at our Mesa office, Root & Rise Collective. Group + private classes available.
Starting at $250 per visit or $1,500 for 6 wks of meals
Starting at $150
Process of preparing the mother's placenta after the birth of her baby to help with balancing postpartum hormone shifts.
Placenta Encapsulation
Starting at $325
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Support When You Need It
Your pregnancy will be as unique as your baby’s fingerprint. Our goal is to provide timely care when you need it.
Here’s what you can expect from your Cherry Blossom doula:
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"Colleen was the anchor that settled me"
The single best decision I made during my pregnancy was asking Colleen to be my doula. With a previous negative delivery experience and anxieties about the upcoming one, Colleen was the anchor that settled me. She was calm when I was scared, she was rational when I was irrational, she asked my healthcare team questions I overlooked so that I could make the best decision. She discussed options with me and made me feel comfortable with the path I chose. When I reflect on my birthing experience all the things that went well were greatly influenced by her presence.
-Nadia
Kind Words
Kind Words
"You reminded me of my own power when I felt it had abandoned me."
Thank you to my doula and photographer, Kayla at Cherry Blossom Doula - you were unparalleled in your commitment, attunement, and dedication...my anchor through every wave. You reminded me of my own power when I felt it had abandoned me.
I have never been so grateful for another human as I was for you during that experience. I have so much love for you and your healing gifts
- Laura
- Lindsay G.
Kind Words
"I’m beyond grateful that our paths have crossed!"
I truly mean it when I say you are one of the most influential people in my life. Your work matters so much. Pregnancy and birth are such a transformational, vulnerable, and sacred time, and with each experience I feel like I’m being molded into someone new. I’m beyond grateful that our paths have crossed!
"... I felt confident and secure because you were there..."
"I will never forget how you made me feel so heard and safe through what should have been a very scary experience. The twins birth was a whirlwind but throughout it all I felt confident and secure because you were there to listen to me and to me through it.
- Amy
"During labor, her calm presence and words of encouragement kept my spirits up..."
"Megan Straub is absolutely amazing! From the very beginning, she was so easy to connect with. Her warm personality and genuine care made me feel comfortable and supported instantly. During labor, her calm presence and words of encouragement kept my spirits up and helped me find the strength I didn’t even know I had. She truly made me feel like I was never alone through the entire process. What touched me even more was how she followed up after birth, continuing to show her support and understanding when I needed it most. Megan is compassionate, empowering, and truly changes lives while helping bring life into the world. I feel so blessed she was part of my journey!"
-Lauren
- We handpick the right doula for your family. This is not an agency model – we guarantee your experience from our very first consultation call to your final follow up appointment. You can count on your doula to build real, lasting relationships with your family.
- You can trust that each Cherry Blossom doula is caring, compassionate, and highly qualified. We take care of our doulas so they can take care of you. Each of our doulas are fingerprinted and certified.
- Our intention is to become a “one-stop-shop” for birth and postpartum resources. By offering services like lactation support and meal prep under the Cherry Blossom umbrella, we’re helping more families find the care they need (when they need it…not three weeks later).
For 12+ years, Cherry Blossom has been serving families and empowering real, raw parenthood. Our team has grown by leaps and bounds, but some things remain the same:
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Meet Our Birth Doulas
Megan is in an incredibly passionate DONA certified Birth Doula that has been actively supporting Phoenix families in their journey to a beautiful birth experience for the past 9 years. Born and raised in Phoenix, AZ Megan shares a love for birth, family, gardening, her dogs, and this beautiful desert that we call home.
As a birth doula, she provides complete emotional and physical support for families before, during, and shortly after birth. Megan believes that when women are educated and supported during this huge life transition, they are more likely to feel empowered during the birth of their children. In turn they can begin parenthood with positive energy and loving hearts. She supports by meeting emotional, physical and informational needs, while also supporting partners and other support people that are attending or involved in the birth process. Megan is full of laughter and love and believes that there is space for joy in every birth setting!
Megan is a birth justice advocate and is very involved in harm reduction of all kinds as this is one of the things that she is most passionate about. She actively works towards reducing harm to women in the birth setting and educating families on their options while being there for them emotionally and physically. She has supported 300+ deliveries in her doula career and is open to supporting all families. She has experience supporting people who are in recovery, polyamorous/open families, VBACS, birth after loss and families delivering multiples. She strongly believes that all people should be treated with kindness and respect during birth.
Megan
@cherryblossomdoulamegan
Birth Doula Director, Labor Doula, Birth Photographer
Birth Doula & Photographer
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I will never forget witnessing my first birth and how empowering it was. It was what led me to become a L&D nurse in 2018. Over the years, I've cared for many families gaining a deep understanding of both the beauty and sorrows of the birthing process.
I have comforted, laughed, cried and supported patients with nothing but compassion and love. I have seen firsthand how birth trauma can occur, how the healthcare system fails birthers and the lack of education that occurs during the prenatal period.
Becoming a doula, my goal is to help bridge that gap. I will provide emotional, physical and informational support to help you feel empowered, confident and informed throughout your pregnancy and birth. I offer evidence-based resources to help you make informed decisions, ensuring your voice is heard and respected by your care team.
I will be a pillar in your corner helping you feel less scared if things need to medically pivot. Being a L&D nurse has given me an amazing foundation so I can serve you better.
Whether you're seeking a medicated or unmedicated birth, hospital or homebirth, navigating the challenges of high-risk pregnancies, or healing from a previous difficult birth experience, I am here to support you. I can’t wait to start this journey with you.
Toni
Birth Doula + Birth Photographer
Birth Doula & Birth Photographer
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@CherryBlossomDoulatoni
Hello my name is Kayla Shabeck and I am a birth doula. I wear a couple other titles as well; a wife, mom to two girls , a child life specialist, health advocate and I hold a Masters in Health Psychology, all making me personally and professionally very passionate about the birth work I get to do.
Before becoming a doula I have worked in the pediatric clinical setting as a certified child life specialist. Within this discipline, I have worked with pediatric patients and their families for 7 years providing support throughout their hospitalization.
I promote autonomy, resiliency, and coping through the modalities of preparation, education, comfort positioning, distraction, and play to help my patients navigate their medical journey. These same skills and services transfer into my work as a doula as
I provide you the support, advocacy, emotional safety, and solace throughout your child bearing journey. From the months of your pregnancy, to the end of the golden hour, I am here to serve you as part of your support team. My approach to birth work will equip you with the tools to beautifully bear and birth your baby.
Kayla
@cherryblossomdoula.kayla
Birth Doula
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Michet stumbled onto this beautiful journey while attending massage therapy school and immediately felt this path was for her. In 2021, she decided to quit her corporate job and step into birth work full time. Michet flourished knowing she helped families feel safe and supported through the most magical and vulnerable time of their lives. As a birth worker and person, she identifies as a healer, an educator and an adventurer.
Helping to heal bodies through massage, especially prenatal massage became Michet's greatest passion. Pregnancy presents beauty, but it can also be uncomfortable. Being able to provide relief, education, and welcome a divine mind, body and baby connection are the supports Michet strives to uphold. She is a firm believer in taking care of your mind, body, and spirit. She says, "We have to know and trust our bodies to withstand the physiological experiences of birth."
Michet has been a labor doula with Cherry Blossom since summer 2022 and this journey has allowed her to step into her wider purpose. She empowers families to tap into what keeps them grounded and stable mentally, while also making sure that they have the necessary tools and resources to make informed decisions that align with their beliefs and make them feel safe.
Currently Michet is also a student midwife with Aurora Midwifery. In her free time, she enjoys hanging with her loved ones and two fur babies, Zuez and Charlie. She believes deeply that birth should be respected, your voice should be heard, and your feelings must be made valid. She welcomes her families to step into their power, to do the work both mentally and physically needed to prepare, and to trust mind, body and intuition. Michet feels so abundantly blessed to do something she loves - and, she looks forward to supporting more families and to walking alongside you on this sacred journey called pregnancy and birth.
Michét
Birth Doula, Photographer, LMT (Licensed massage therapist), Student Midwife
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@cherryblossomdoula.michet
Colleen Bartruff is a passionate DONA certified birth doula dedicated to empowering women in their birth space and ensuring they feel supported, informed, and confident throughout their journey. She understands that your birth experience stays with you, and she prioritizes both physical and emotional well-being, offering compassionate care tailored to each birthing person’s unique needs.
As a certified perinatal mental health professional and licensed counselor, Colleen recognizes the profound connection between birth and mental health. She provides a calming, reassuring presence, helping clients process emotions, reduce anxiety, and advocate for their needs during labor and beyond.
In addition to emotional support, she is a Certified Body Ready Method Pro, using evidence-based techniques to optimize flow, balance, and space during labor. Through strategic positioning, movement, and comfort measures, she helps facilitate a smoother, more intuitive birth experience.
Whether you're planning a hospital birth, birth center experience, or home birth, Colleen is committed to helping you feel strong, supported, and empowered—before, during, and after birth.
Colleen
Birth Doula
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@cherryblossomdoula.colleen
Did you know...
Doula support has shown to significantly increase positive birth and postpartum experiences and decrease unnecessary pain medication, medical interventions, labor length, and postpartum depression rates.
53%
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less risk of unplanned Cesarean surgery (NCBI, 2023) with Doula Support
Frequently Asked Questions
All of our doulas are certified and trained in traditional medicine best practices. We will always recommend minimal interventions in the interest of introducing the least amount of risk to birthing parents and babies. However, we understand certain diagnoses and circumstances require more medical support, and we are grateful for those (necessary) interventions. We walk alongside each family, and help them navigate their unique experience one step at a time. Here’s all you need to know: we are here to support you in any way that feels empowering. We will take our cues from your healthcare preferences, and tailor our approach to your comfort.
Our doulas understand better than most: pregnancy and birth is beautiful…but not always simple. If your past pregnancy(ies)/births turned out to be a struggle, you’re in very good company. Between the massive lifestyle shifts, health complications, financially-motivated medical norms, frequent hormonal tidal waves, drop off in support, and societal/household pressure against rest and ease, it’s no wonder so many moms struggle mentally and emotionally in pregnancy and birth! Our doulas are a safe confidant for your fears, and will act as a trusted guide in navigating these sometimes unexpected tidal waves that come up when we are least expecting it. This time though….you’re not alone.
We are preferred providers with the fertility benefit companies Carrot and Maven. We accept HSA/FSA cards, and we have positive relationships with companies like Boeing, CVS, Uber Corp, Walgreens, and Amazon. Contact us to see if our fees would be reimbursed by your private insurance company.
Absolutely. As doulas, we’re aware that BIPOC and LGBTQIA frequently experience adverse outcomes in childbirth and are more likely to face postpartum complications due to inequitable standards of care. We are especially passionate about advocating for, equipping, and empowering families that would otherwise be brushed off or minimized. Every doula on our team is extremely passionate to see every family get the care and support they need; regardless of race, gender, religion, or sexual preference (this really should go without saying). If you have a couple minutes and need a happy cry, check out our birth photography feature in She Knows magazine – dedicated to LGBTQIA parents.
Generally, we meet you in active labor at your home or your preferred birth place (once contractions are consistent) to help lessen the chances of slowing your labor down, OR when you are ready for her to be in your space, and ready for hands on support.
However, there is no perfect formula to follow here and clear communication at this stage is essential. We trust YOU and will join you when you give the word!
During early labor, we will be available to you for phone support, to listen and help assess over the phone how things are progressing. We will communicate what’s normal (and not normal), ways to rest, and how to manage this phase of labor.
We want to meet your needs, so ask for what you need, what you’re feeling, and where you’re at mentally and physically! We will ask questions and offer support based on your answers and how you sound. Tell us when you’re ready for hands-on support (we never assume), and we will join you at home or at your preferred birth setting. This is your space, and we always wait for the invitation.
While every client-doula relationship varies based on needs (and communication style), we do ask you to lead the way communicating with your doula during pregnancy. This can look like checking in after each prenatal appointment and sharing milestones along this journey. You can also ask your doula questions pertaining to your prenatal care, ask for resources that can help you make informed decisions about your birth or postpartum care, or just tell us what’s weighing on you.
Please give grace. Being on call 24/7 means we do not have normal waking hours. We might be re-charging our batteries so that we can give you 100%. If we don’t respond to a non-urgent matter while we are in the middle of a birth, please know we still care about you! Please give us a day or two and follow up! We will give you the same grace in response times. For non-urgent matters, please text during normal business hours or email at any time of day. Because birth is unpredictable, we also may need to reschedule the occasional prenatal or follow up consultation. We ask for your understanding in advance.
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