Hi, I’m Tatiana - welcome!
I’m so glad you are here.
My Story
I grew up terrified of birth. I honestly didn’t think I’d ever have the courage to go through it myself.
Then a friend game me a gift - that’s what her midwife, who later became mine, called it - the gift of witnessing her birth. It was a tangible realization of how natural this process is, and how strong women are. In Ina May Gaskin’s words: “There is a secret in our culture, and it is not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.”
That witnessing gave me the courage to have my own 2 births at home, gently and fully supported. For a while, I thought that’s simply what birth was - until I left my comfortable government job, trained with Birthing from Within, and became a doula myself. I quickly took off my rose-colored glasses.
The Birth House, a book images have stayed with me for over a decade…
I kept searching for answers to a question that wouldn’t leave me along: why does something so physiologically natural leave:
2 in 3 women describing their birth as traumatic
70-80% experience baby blues
1 in 5 developing postpartum depression?
My first midwife, who became a good friend for life, pointed me toward The Birth House by Ami McKay - a novel that traces how birth in Canada shifted from something women held for each other, to something taken out of their hands entirely. It gave me language for what I’d been sensing all along: the reality of the current birth culture. The more births I attended, the more I understood why one local midwife also teaches Women’s Rights at Carleton University - and the more I wanted to be a bridge, offering education, encouragement for partners, and steady advocacy, so women feel heard, seen, and respected through their initiation from maiden to mother.
That means coming to your birth with real preparation and evidence informed knowledge, so you can make choices that are truly yours. But it also means supporting your choices, fully and without judgment. To me, any birth you choose is a natural birth. My only goal is for you to feel empowered in it.
As my own kids grew
I threw myself into motherhood - homeschooling them, building the kind of secure, connected foundation I now help other families create from day one. Those years taught me as much about postpartum as any training could, including my own breastfeeding journey and years of volunteering with La Leche League. A good start matters, and I know firsthand that breastfeeding doesn’t always come naturally - that’s exactly the kind of support I am here to offer, wherever your feeding journey takes you.
I am also a traditional herbalist, apprenticing for 2 years in plant medicine, homeopathy, and essential oils - allies I still lean on to support your body through birth and recovery. I postpartum, I bring the practice of ancestral eating, nourishing meals designed to help you replenish what birth, and the marathon of growing and feeding a baby, asks of you.
Alog the way
I noticed how easily parenting can stretch us past our capacity - especially when no one’s ever taught us how to hold that weight. So, I’ve spent years deepening my own ability to hold space well, through mindful practices, prayer, and spiritual healing studied under Indigenous mentorship. I’m currently completing my Master’s in Counselling and Spirituality at St. Paul University, so I can support you with even greater depth.
I do this work to be of service - to women, their partner, and the healthiest possible start to their children. I believe birth can be an empowering rite of passage for everyone involved, and that postpartum support isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.
When I’m not doing this work, you’ll find me on the trails with my dog, hunting mushrooms and gathering plant medicine, camping with my teenagers, or curled up with another book on birth or psychology.
I’d love to be part of your story - supporting you exactly the way you need to be supported.
Training & Certification
BCom, Marketing - Carleton U, 2004
Birthing from Within, Doula & Prenatal Educator Training - 2012
Postpartum Doula Certified
Herbalist Apprenticeship, 2 years, with a local herbalist - 2020
Energy Work & Spiritual Healing Practices, studied under Indigenous mentorship 2.5 years
Human relations and Spirituality Certificate - St. Paul University 2026
MA Counselling and Spirituality - currently
Fist Aid & CPR Certified
Infection Disease Prevention Certified
Food Handler Certified
Member, Association of Ontario Doulas
“Tatiana’s calm and founded presence - is both beautiful and remarkable. She incarnates not only the wise woman, and the caring mother, but the qualities of a warm and comfy blanket that offers reassuring softness and gentle, but very real boundaries, if extra protection or safe pace are needed. Fully present, unobtrusive, intuitive, knowledgeable, she can guide from lived practice and support from deep experience and a place of respect and love.”
~ Sarah, Client Love