We Welcome Little Wonders
into the World
Hands-On Support for Women and their Families Before, During, and After
Pregnancy
Welcome
We are honored that you are here
Pregnancy is a rare lifetime event, one where your body, mind, heart, and spirit should be well cared for. But it’s not often treated as such, and women aren’t always listened to. We want to change that. As doulas and Certified Holistic Reproductive Practitioners, we are trained to treat the physical and energetic body as one, providing holistic support for the well-being of women who are pregnant, and who would like to become pregnant, as well as their partners.
Because all women and families are different, we provide individualized packages that can be tailored to your specific needs. Our services include energy work (reiki), reflexology, birth education, and of course physical and emotional support for the big day. Because our care is so complete—and so necessary—many continue with us from the journey of conception into postpartum.
We want our clients to feel supported, seen, and understood throughout their journeys into parenthood. And we want our clients to become parents—not infertile couples, not patients, not numbers. We understand that your journey doesn’t end the moment you get pregnant, or the moment you leave the hospital with your baby. We understand that your journey is just beginning.
We’re grateful that you’re considering us as your partners in fertility, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. We can’t wait to take this journey with you.

© Photo by Rachel McAllister Photography
A note from our founder, Lara Lasky.
Prior to becoming a certified doula and a Certified Holistic Reproductive Practitioner, I had a long career as a public health scientist. Although it was rewarding work, something was missing, and I found myself yearning for more one-on-one connections and the ability to make a difference in the lives of families. Then my sister, an OBGYN and midwife herself, invited me to attend the births of her children, and I was hooked. Nothing compares to the moment new life comes earthside.
My own struggles with fertility, and my less than picture-perfect birth, have led me to believe that everyone should have someone by their side to ride the waves of emotion that come when you are working to bring life into the world.
These experiences led me on my new path.
As a new birth doula, I often stayed connected to the families I had helped during the birthing process, calling to check in and see how they were doing. This is when I discovered that new families need just as much support after the baby comes home. This is why I also offer postpartum doula services. With families living further apart, and in our busy modern lives, new families find that a little extra support is exactly what they need to get through those first weeks and months of their new baby’s life.
It is my great joy to work with families throughout their journeys into parenthood and beyond. Regardless of where the journey takes you, I am here to walk along the path with you.
Meet Our Team
Trina (she/her)
Trina received her doula training from the International Doula Institute. She’s a certified birth and postpartum doula, a certified breastfeeding counselor, and a certified childbirth educator. Trina has a master’s degree in healthcare administration and a bachelor’s degree in community health and health promotion. She’s a mother of two girls and a grandmother to one. Her main goal is to educate families, offer words of affirmation, and help create a beautiful birthing experience for all families.
Tiffany (she/her)
Tiffany became passionate about birth during her pregnancy and the birth of her daughter. She valued the support of her birth team and felt empowered when her choices were validated. During the process she also realized that birth is not a one-size-fits-all experience.
As a makeup artist for over 15 years, she learned the importance of truly listening to clients and finding ways to help them feel empowered and confident.
Shelli (she/her)
Shelli is a certified Labor Doula through The Matrona and a certified Postpartum Doula, Reflexologist, and Reiki Healer through By The Moon. Shelli’s love for the fertility journey started when she became an ultrasound technologist at a fertility clinic. During her years at the clinic and through her own fertility story, she discovered that many people desire a healing and holistic approach to their pregnancy path.
Alexa (she/her)
Alexa is a DONA-trained birth and postpartum doula. She provides continuity of care from pregnancy through labor, in postpartum, and beyond. She works flexible day and evening hours, is comfortable in a variety of settings, and is sensitive to the differing needs and requirements of all. Alexa offers full-spectrum, trauma-informed care. Her practice incorporates holistic massage…
Renee (she/her)
Renee is an experienced doula who understands the uniqueness of this special transition and is honored to be part of your support team. A seasoned pre and post natal yoga teacher and Thai bodyworker, she is now training in the Body Ready Method, an assessment and movement program to better prepare bodies for pregnancy, labor and postpartum. As a postpartum doula Renee provides holistic services including v-steams and healing soaks with Lara’s herbal blends and belly massage and binding. Taking care of the baby or preparing a delicious soup or snack while you rest and heal is her priority. Renee became a doula after having confident and knowledgeable doulas during the births of her 2 children, her family lives on the NW side of Chicago.
Libby (she/her)
Libby is a certified birth doula through The Matrona and currently enrolled in the Birthing from Within Childbirth Educator program. Libby believes that giving birth to your child and the mother within is a life-changing, potent and transformational process. As a doula, she believes every birthing person deserves to feel heard, seen and understood in the way that makes them feel safe and whole so that they can have a positive birth experience.
She is passionate about evidence-based birth information, birth-related anatomy, physiologic birth and worldwide postpartum traditions and cuisine. She thinks that mindful conception, birth and postpartum can lay the foundation for an empowered motherhood…
Shauna (she/her)
Shauna is an experienced DONA trained labor doula. She is passionate about all stages of birth, from pregnancy through postpartum. Her goal is to empower women and support them in taking control of their births. Women know what is best for their bodies and their babies and Shauna is there to support those choices during birth. She will listen, share knowledge and hold your vision of your birth as you see it. Pregnancy, birth, and growing a family is a beautiful, sacred time and she feels honored to be a part of every birth she is at…
Verity (she/her)
Verity is a super experience doula who is trained through DONA as a birth doula and CAPPA as a postpartum doula. She is also trained holistically through HERBAL. She is trained in the Bradley Method, and is also a Breastfeeding Counselor, Perinatal and Infant Care Educator, and a Placenta Encapsulation Specialist. Verity is a student midwife. As a labor doula she loves to provide knowledge and help families find their deep inner knowing that will help with an empowered experience. As a postpartum doula, she specializes in…
Cote (she/her)
Cote believes birth is an empowering and transformative process that is so unique and individual to each Mother. Her passion is to support and enhance the birth experience by using her vast experience of 17 years in holistic therapies. Coté is the co-founder of Holistic Family Doulas. Cote is a certified Holistic Doula with The Matrona, Reiki Master, and herbalist. She is studying to be a Birthing fromWithin mentor. She blends different techniques such as meditation with singing bowls, Reiki and ancestral Rebozo to ensure a personal approach to birth and postpartum healing.
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