Midwifery Monitrice & Holistic Care Services and Models of Care

We honor the physical, emotional, and cultural needs of each birthing person. While we no longer attend births as a licensed midwife, we offer Monitrice Care—holistic, supportive guidance for pregnancy, especially for those navigating fertility challenges, trauma, or previous loss.

Pregnancy is a transformational journey. We provide personalized, trauma-informed support that considers your history, beliefs, and body wisdom.

Our services include:

Prenatal Sobadas & Energy Work: Hands-on care and energy balancing for alignment and comfort.

Prenatal & Birth Education: Gentle, empowering classes for complex birth histories.

Rest & Nourishment Spaces: Time to restore with guided rest, herbal support, or emotional check-ins.

Monitrice Birth Support & Companionship: Continuous emotional and physical support during pregnancy and labor.

We walk beside you gently, knowledgeably, and with deep care, so you’re fully supported throughout your pregnancy.

We provide holistic, trauma-informed support to help you reconnect with your body, explore pleasure, and heal at your own pace. Our approach honors your personal history, resilience, and body wisdom. Whether you’re navigating trauma, pain, or simply seeking deeper connection, we hold space for your healing with care, consent, and curiosity.

We work from a feminist, body-positive, and ability-inclusive framework, offering both touch-based and no-touch options guided by your comfort and boundaries.

Our services include:

Sexual Health & Intimacy Consultations: One-on-one support exploring desire, identity, intimacy, and body awareness.

Somatic Healing & Bodywork: Trauma-informed practices to heal sexual trauma, anxiety, or dysfunction.

Support for ED, Vaginismus & Vulvodynia: Somatic exercises to reduce tension or pain alongside medical or therapeutic care.

Pelvic Wellness & Herbal Support: Pelvic-focused care including movement, pain release, vaginal steam, and herbal remedies.

Scar Tissue Massage (Preventative & Restorative): Gentle touch or guidance to support tissue healing, mobility, and connection.

Energy Healing & Traditional Support: Reiki and ancestral sobadas to balance energy and support emotional release.

Healing is not one-size-fits-all. We’re here to walk with you, honoring your full story and autonomy.

We honor the full spectrum of experiences after pregnancy—whether it results in birth, loss, abortion, or another outcome. Our care is rooted in a holistic wellness model that addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual shiftsfollowing hormonal changes, body recovery, and life transitions.

Our approach supports emotional well-being, healing from loss or trauma, reproductive planning, rest and nourishment, culturally meaningful care, and holistic health maintenance for every body and story.

Our services include:

Traditional Sobadas: Hands-on, body-centered care to support physical and emotional alignment.

Cuarentena-Inspired Support: Postpartum traditions adapted for all outcomes, emphasizing rest, warmth, and intentional healing.

Infant Feeding Support: Lactation and alternative feeding guidance, inclusive of queer, trans, and non-binary families.

Post-Perinatal Loss & Abortion Recovery: Support for physical healing, emotional integration, and nervous system regulation.

Nourishment & Meal Support: Nutritious, grounding meals to support recovery and well-being.

Reiki & Energy Work: Gentle practices to balance energy, release emotions, and provide spiritual grounding.

Herbal Medicine & Pelvic Steams: Customized herbs and steaming to promote womb wellness, pain relief, and comfort.

Grief Rituals at Home: Private, family-centered ceremonies for remembrance and connection following reproductive loss.

Your story matters. Whether your journey includes joy, grief, complexity—or all of the above—we walk with you gently, knowledgeably, and with care that honors your body and heart.

We understand that the path to conception is rarely linear. It can bring hope, heartbreak, and uncertainty—all at once. Whether you’re trying to conceive, preparing for insemination, grieving a loss, or navigating fertility challenges, you deserve care that honors your full experience.

Our approach is inclusive, accessible, and affirming of all bodies, genders, and family structures. We offer ancestral, somatic, and energy-based tools to support your body, mind, and spirit.

Our services include:

Monitrice Care for Conception & Insemination: Hands-on or presence-based support before, during, and after at-home or in-practice insemination, promoting calm, attunement, and care.

Herbal Medicine for Fertility: Custom herbal blends to nourish the womb, regulate cycles, and support reproductive wellness.

Care After Fertility Loss: Gentle, trauma-informed support for emotional and physical healing after miscarriage, chemical pregnancy, or unsuccessful cycles.

Reiki for Conception: Energy healing to enhance relaxation, alignment, and connection to your body’s timing.

Traditional Sobadas for Fertility: Ancestral abdominal massage to encourage circulation, alignment, and womb support throughout your conception journey.

This is sacred work. You don’t have to navigate it alone—we’re here to walk beside you with empathy, knowledge, and tenderness.

At the heart of every community is companionship—the steady presence of someone who holds space during life’s most tender moments. This support is ancient, human, and guided by love, intuition, and care.

We believe no one should navigate pregnancy loss, miscarriage, or abortion alone. We provide gentle, culturally-rooted, in-home care that centers your body, emotions, and pace. Whether your experience is recent or long past, we walk beside you with grounding, comfort, and compassion.

Our offerings include:

Monitrice Support After Miscarriage, Abortion, or Pregnancy Loss: Personalized, in-home care focused on emotional presence, body literacy, and nonjudgmental companionship.

Traditional Sobadas: Hands-on abdominal care to support emotional release, physical healing, and womb reconnection.

Nourishment & Herbal Medicine: Warming meals, teas, steams, and herbal remedies tailored to your body’s needs for recovery.

Reiki & Energy Work: Gentle energy healing for emotional balance, grief processing, and spiritual integration.

There is nothing wrong with you. You are not alone. We provide care that honors your body, your loss, and your resilience—with reverence, respect, and deep support.

We honor the work of walking with people through life’s most tender, complex, and transformational transitions. From birth to death, hormonal changes to identity shifts, we normalize companionship as essential care.

This is ancestral work, passed down through generations. What we now call “monitrice” or transitional support has always lived in our bones—a quiet, powerful presence guiding healing and witness. In a world that often rushes, medicates, or ignores these sacred thresholds, we offer slowness, nourishment, and presence, believing that healing begins when we are seen, held, and honored.

Our offerings include:

Gender Transition Monitrice Care: Gentle, affirming support during gender-affirming medical or social transitions, focusing on body connection, emotional presence, and self-affirmation.

Adoption Transition Support (“The Other Postpartum”): Trauma-informed care for birth and adoptive parents, supporting the emotional, hormonal, and physical realities of this profound transition.

End-of-Life Companionship (Death Midwifery): Presence-based support for the dying and their loved ones, including ritual, energy work, and emotional holding.

Menopause Monitrice & Companionship: Support through perimenopause and menopause, with herbal care, energy work, education, and community re-rooting.

Transitions deserve more than clinical checklists—they deserve reverence, presence, and trust. We walk beside you with warmth, care, and ancestral guidance.

We provide gentle, educational, and trauma-informed gynecological care rooted in herbal wisdom, body literacy, and cultural traditions. Our goal is for you to feel informed, empowered, and at ease in your body, especially when navigating reproductive health challenges.

Our approach blends hands-on education, natural remedies, and body-centered care. We support individuals experiencing menstrual challenges, hormonal fluctuations, infections, or preparing for their first pelvic exam, including those with trauma histories or chronic conditions. We also teach self-examination and menstrual mapping, honoring your body as a source of knowledge and empowerment.

Our most popular services include:

Pelvic Self-Exam Instruction: Learn to use a speculum and mirror to observe your cervix, track ovulation, and monitor vaginal health.

Breast Health Education & Screenings: Hands-on guidance to recognize normal tissue, identify changes, and understand your own breast landscape.

Natural Gynecology & Vaginal Care: Herbal remedies and holistic strategies for UTIs, yeast infections, BV, as well as natural family planning support and IUD check/removal.

First-Time or Trauma-Informed Pelvic Exams: Gentle, consent-centered support for Pap smears, vaginismus, vulvodynia, or past sexual trauma, moving at your pace with care.

You are your own best expert. We provide the tools, guidance, and support to help you connect deeply with your body and feel confident in your reproductive care.