https://www.loambirthservices.com/home daily 1.0 2025-05-28 https://www.loambirthservices.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6238e1fb6a4e362b0ebc61ca/79a08abd-5eae-4dcb-9895-ded0e3c59f13/anastasia+and+bodevan about Welcome! My name is Anastasia; a hand-me-down from my great-grandmother. Once a complete stranger to birth, I stumbled upon midwifery and doula support in my late 20’s after spending 11 years working as an Arabic linguist. I attended my first birth in 2021 as a midwife’s assistant in the homebirth setting. I left that birth with a renewed reverence for women and a deep knowing that I had discovered one of my life’s purposes. I’m married to a wonderful man named Andrew, a fisherman, woodworker, problem solver, and my biggest supporter. We have been married for nearly 4 years and became parents ourselves in February of 2025 to our son, Bodevan! Our life is fairly nomadic and, although we anticipate moving every couple of years as Andrew’s career demands, we’re leaning into the chaos and deeply appreciating each community that we find ourselves in. We are currently located in Madison, Wisconsin and anticipate being here for the next few years! I'm looking forward to rooting into this beautiful community and anticipate that our departure will be especially heartbreaking. If you are a mama or a birthworker in the area, please reach out! I'd love nothing more than to meet you for coffee and gab about life. All my love, Anastasia My First Steps in Birthwork I began my journey in birth as an assistant to a lovely midwife in Augusta, Georgia for just over a year before immersing myself in doula work. I started out as many doulas do, seeking “certification” for skills that I was born with. I completed the DONA training and came away uninspired. I chose not to finish my certification and instead sought out mentorship from other birthworkers, soaking up the wisdom that filled the spaces I was in. I served many families in the hospital setting when I first became a doula because I felt, and in some ways still do, that the hospital was where my support was the most needed, but my heart was heavy with the stress of hospital birth and I knew it wasn’t sustainable. I have since chosen to focus my energy on supporting homebirths, childbirth education, and, on occasion, will attend select birth centers and hospitals where necessary. I deeply enjoyed spending my time “with women” and felt called to pursue homebirth midwifery. I enrolled in midwifery school in 2022 at the Midwives College of Utah and look forward to availing my services as a Certified Professional Midwife in the future. In the spring of 2024 we fell pregnant and prepared to welcome our baby the following February. I withdrew from midwifery school knowing that midwifery waits and would be there whenever I am ready for her. I enjoyed a beautiful pregnancy and an incredible birth experience that opened my eyes and revealed to me some powerful truths in a way I never expected. While navigating the postpartum period, I have stepped away from in person doula support and am now offering my service to women through childbirth education and virtual support. My Birth Beliefs I believe that birth is a normal, albeit deeply profound, physiological event. I believe that women are wholly capable and unmistakably deserving of the right to decide when, where, and how they birth their babies. I believe in birth, client led-care, true informed decision making, and intuitive as well as evidence based education. I believe that being invited to a birth is a divine privilege and that a deep reverence for the space is absolutely non-negotiable. I believe that birth often works best when it is undisturbed. I believe every family deserves access to doula support regardless of financial circumstances. A price tag cannot be placed on your birth experience. Outside of the Birth Portal A mother first, it is the calling that I cherish most. If you can't find me, I'm probably wandering around with Bodevan in and out of cafes and through parks. When I have a moment, I enjoy making art that honors pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. 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