Embraced Beginnings Birth Doula

Redondo Beach, United States

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Serving Redondo Beach and surrounding area
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Birth, labor & birth support, childbirth education, physical support, emotional support, evidence based informational support, partner support, breastfeeding, babywearing support, cloth diapering education, acupressure for pregnancy/​labor, reiki, reflexology. Serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, SFV, Westside, Santa Monica, Malibu, Topanga.

History

Established in 2012.

Prior to becoming a doula and childbirth educator, I studied music (earning a Bachelor’s of Music Performance in 2003). I went on to work in a wellness clinic working with individuals, empowering them to lead a healthy lifestyle. After giving birth to my two children in an empowered way, with a great care provider and loving support, I began hearing stories from friends and family about their own births. I heard repeated stories of women who had not felt heard or listened to during their births, felt unsupported and generally had a bad experience during such a sacred time. I felt a calling to help women and partners find a better way: To teach them prenatally about their options, support them through labor/​birth, encourage them and treat each mom/​partner/​birth individually. One size fits all does not work in birth.

Thus…Embraced Beginnings was born!

Meet the Business Owner

Tasha B.

Business Owner

I am a DONA Trained Birth Doula and ICEA Trained Childbirth Educator. I have additional training in acupressure for pregnancy/​labor, reflexology and reiki. I support moms and their partner before, during and after birth. Empowering and supporting each mother’s birthing desires is my goal. I attend births in hospital, birth center, or at home. I want each mother to feel supported, cared for and empowered when birthing her baby.

I have been drawn to women’s health, nutrition and the power of healing touch for as long as I can remember. I thought about becoming a birth doula before getting pregnant with my first child. Once I was pregnant I decided to wait until my baby was born and a little older. Four years later as the happy mom to two children, I still felt a deep desire to serve women during labor and childbirth. I became a birth doula in September 2012 and a Childbirth Educator in May 2013. Additionally I hold a Bachelor’s in Music Performance from Florida State University.

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10 reviews of Embraced Beginnings Birth Doula

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Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Tasha was a beacon of light throughout my pregnancy, labor, and postpartum period. Before hiring her, my husband and I met with her and we both instantly felt comfortable and confident with our decision to hire her. She is very confident and personable – someone who I could see successfully helping me get through a natural birth both physically and emotionally. Even though I ended up having to be induced, it was because of her that I had a «gentle» induction with much fewer interventions. A few reasons why we hired her: she was more affordable then some other doulas, she had a lot of experience at our hospital (Cedars), and she comes with much more knowledge than other doulas as she is studying to become a midwife. I also liked that she spaced out her clients to avoid having to miss a birth. I texted/​emailed/​called her numerous times about so many issues before and even months after and she was always happy to take the time to give me answers and advice. Her huge amount of resources (books, DVDs, etc.) were so helpful too. Tasha also referred me to excellent colleagues in her network (lactation consultant, acupuncturist, etc). I know there are so many doulas in LA and it can be a daunting decision, but Tasha is a shining gem in the vast amount of choices.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Tasha is an amazing doula and person. My boyfriend and I are so thankful to have had her there with us for the birth of our first child. We were both nervous and she brought a huge sense of calm especially for me when I would’ve otherwise probably had been freaking out. The amount of time and the quality of her help is beyond words or 5 stars. She helped us iron out a birth plan, helped answer any questions or concerns we had and provided great resources for further information and most importantly she made sure the hospital followed our wishes. I was in labor for 58 hours and she was there with us the entire time. We had 2 prenatal visits with her and one post partem. she came highly recommended by a friend and as soon as i met her and started talking to her I felt at ease and was comfortable with her and she was someone who i could trust. I am grateful to have been able to have Tasha there to help us and be part of our birth experience. Thanks tasha :)
Place rating: 5
Santa Monica, CA
My husband and I are so thankful to have found Tasha as our doula. From the movement she came to meet us at our home in Topanga we knew she was a match. Tasha offered a wealth of knowledge and experience as a doula, prenatal and postnatal self care, plus an open non-​judge mental heart and mind to the kind of labor and birthing I envisioned. During my last trimester especially, I counted on her for emotional support as well. I felt like she was my advocate in my corner to empower my choices and wishes. My due date came and went. Then I had a small rupture in my amniotic fluid and my OB/​GYN ordered me straight to the hospital to start pitocin and internal monitoring. I was worried and scared and I had to throw my «no-​drugs, all natural, labor at home» birth plan out the window. Tasha met us at the hospital and helped me through every contraction alongside my husband and mom. She helped a ton with pain management! We had the dream team! I gave birth to a healthy, beautiful 8.5 lb baby boy. I am so thankful for her support. We hope to have her with us again for for baby 2.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Tasha provided my husband and I our in home childbirth education classes. My partner travels a lot… like 2x a month and so finding a CBE class that fit into our schedule was very challenging. When I contacted Tasha to do our private in home classes, I knew she was the perfect person for the job.
She asked me various questions on our birthing plans and created a customized course specific to our needs. As a doula myself, I feel my knowledge base is pretty vast when it comes to birthing, etc. So I mainly wanted the class for my husband. Well I must say over our 2day class, which was broken up into hours that didn’t make it feel like information overload, I learned a wealth of knowledge from her wonderful presentation. It was great because not only did we get a mixture of evidence based research, but we also got to benefit from her personal experience as a mother and learn additional tips and tricks when it came to cloth diapering and weaning.
I was especially impressed by the information Tasha presented us on Lotus birth. As my husband was still torn on whether he was ok with doing a non-​severance of the umbilical cord — we asked for special education on this topic. With her Midwifery training it couldn’t have been more perfect because she provided us with a detailed understanding of the pros and cons and ultimately my partner agreed to do the Lotus birth thanks to her thorough research.
Did I mention she pulled our class together within a matter of days! As we were quickly approaching my due date and had missed our last group CBE class opportunity. Tasha came in and supported us when we most needed it and at a very affordable price too! She even came and checked on me after the birth of our baby and her wisdom and kind heart continued to bless our family. I am so very grateful I had such a wonderful teacher for our CBE
Place rating: 5
Calabasas, CA
I can not say enough wonderful things about our experience with Tasha! She sat with me & massaged me for hours and hours! She applied counter pressure during the contractions, reminded me to breathe, brought essential oils & tea light candles to make the room more relaxing. She even brought her rebozo which I loved!
She sat on my wet bathroom floor with me as I was laboring in the tub for hours! She counted for me while I was pushing and motivated me by telling me how much hair my little man had. She took pictures of the birth & even came by after my son was born to show me how to use the pump! Then she was always available for me when I texted or called with my millions of new mama questions! Day or night, even weekends she was there with tons of helpful information and suggestions! We laughed & cried together and I am forever grateful to her for being there during my son’s journey into this world!
Place rating: 5
Valley Glen, CA
Tasha was lovely and wonderful to work with. She really made me feel so comfortable asking a million questions and was available anytime. I had a complicated birth and she was there every step of the way all night until my son was born. She even got some great pictures for us. She brought us soup to the post natal meeting which was amazing since it was so hard to cook in those first few weeks and she offered us up some advice. I will never forget her and highly recommend to anyone thinking of getting a doula.
Place rating: 5
Woodland Hills, CA
Tasha was my doula for the recent birth of my first child. From the first time we spoke on the phone, Tasha had a kind, radiant energy that I was immediately drawn to. With our birth doula package we had 2 pre-​birth visits, her services through the entire birthing time (L&D) and a follow-​up appointment. Tasha provided incredible physical, emotional and mental support to both me and my husband for nearly 20 hours. She truly put our needs before anything else. She was great in showing my husband how to connect with me during our birthing time and constantly talked me through each and every contraction, keeping me focused and calm. She provided different options for natural induction and ways to naturally cope with each contraction. I am so sincerely grateful to Tasha for her compassionate support throughout the entire process — I could not have gotten through it mentally without her. After our birth, Tasha has been wonderful in checking up a few times a week to see how we are doing, and has answered many questions I’ve had about breastfeeding, bonding, and general health. I HIGHLY recommend Tasha and intend to keep in touch with her. Tasha is an amazing doula and a truly wonderful woman. Thanks for everything Tasha!
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Having Tasha as our doula was one of the best choices we could’ve made. Her kind, gentle, generous and non-​judgemental support was perfect for my husband and I, especially with me having a high risk pregnancy. She was always available for any questions or concerns, or if I needed to just talk about my feelings. As a mother herself, she knows all about pregnancy and birth firsthand. She was consistently sensitive, loving and nurturing to me and my husband — who was becoming a first time father.
She had so many resources to offer; from books and videos to borrow, to progressive research literature and referrals for amazing birthing classes. My husband and I literally went from being ignorant and scared about our impending hospital birth, to becoming well versed, armed and educated about our rights. Tasha helped us to make a birth plan for our desire to have a natural labor with little to no intervention, to ensure we would have our birth wishes respected.
With her invaluable support, we felt adequately prepared when delivery day came. I was able to labor at home comfortably for as long as possible, with Tasha and my husband keeping tabs on my contractions. When it was time to go to the hospital, Tasha got there before we did, ready and armed with the birthing tools we planned to use. My OB, who ended up missing the birth, and the nursing staff, did not fully honor my birth plan and attempted to make me wait over an hour mid-​labor until the OB could get there. Had I allowed the staff to «stall my natural labor», I believe I would’ve inevitably needed intervention. With Tasha’s support, we felt empowered to stand by our wishes and not allow ourselves to be bullied by the hospital and staff into unnecessary measures contrary to what we wanted for our natural birthing experience.
My labor and delivery was fast, natural and went exactly the way my husband and I wanted. We attribute a huge part of that to Tasha for, educating, empowering, nurturing and escorting us along our pregnancy journey. I consider her a friend and would definitely use her again and highly recommend her.
Place rating: 5
Topanga Canyon, CA
Tasha is a local mama in my community and colleague. I highly recommend her services. She is deeply rooted in authenticity and brings such safety and love into all of her work. She supports the mother in the most beautiful way and holds such sacred space for birth. I love that she works with any birth from home to hospital and natural birth to cesarean birth. It takes a special doula/​educator to work with cesarean mothers and she is top doula for this kind of birth.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Tasha assisted us with the birth of our first son last July. When I first met her, I instantly felt a connection. I was looking for a knowledgeable and energetic person to assist me during that one special day. She did so much more.
She helped us before, during and after the birth, always available to give a good advice.
Being a busy working mother-​to-​be she helped me with planning the birth and even took the time to write the birth plan for me. Working with her was great, Tasha really guided both my husband and I through all the steps and possible scenarios, and we never felt rushed — she literally met with us for hours at a time before birth.
The day I went into labor she joined us home and was instrumental in choosing the right moment to go to the hospital.
Although nothing that day went as planned (does it ever??), we felt safe and confident by having her there with us. She really went above and beyond to make the experience positive, from bringing ice chips to massaging my legs and help me meditate and relax. She even took pictures for us since we somehow managed to leave our camera home! It was such an amazing day, an exceptionally gratifying experience thanks to Tasha’s help.
At the very beginning of my pregnancy, I was really indecisive as to whether I would need a doula or not but I am so happy I chose to have one and so lucky I got to work with Tasha!