My journey into birth work started long before I had the language for it. I was raised by a mother who was health-conscious; she was living "holistically" back in the 90s. She transitioned us cold-turkey to plant-based living & birthed her last two babies with midwives and doulas after two C-sections. Long before any of it was trendy, she was modeling autonomy & faith in health, birth, and motherhood. That planted a seed in me that challenged generational patterns and helped shape my lens of womanhood.

As I grew older, I realized my love for connecting with others and caretaking. While earning my CNA credential in high school, I found deep joy in simply being present with patients. I learned that I enjoy listening, tending, & supporting. And while pregnancy and postpartum aren’t illnesses, they are undeniably some of the most vulnerable and transformative seasons in a person’s life. Helping women and families feel seen & supported is something I was made to do.

In college, I grew tired of my daily and monthly doses of pharmaceuticals to manage my PMS, dysmenorrhea, & ovarian cysts. After an IUD that left me with more problems than solutions, I stopped taking birth control & turned to plant medicine and diet. It was in this lifestyle and mindset shift that I became drawn to homebirth.

I don't recall ever having met anyone who did it, but on my first unofficial date with my now-husband, I told him I wanted to homebirth and homeschool my future children (partly to scare him off). It didn't work. His smile only grew, and he said something like, “Same.” We’ve been married seven years now.

In 2021, I found myself burnt out after trying to be a "career" woman & unintentionally abandoning the things that brought joy. Yet as I walked alongside a close friend during her first birth and postpartum, and something clicked. For years, I thought I was being led toward a formal medical degree, despite the gentle nudges from the Most High saying otherwise. But supporting her brought me home...To my mother’s story, to the quiet legacy of midwives and doulas in my lineage, to the significance of birth in spiritual and feminine growth, to the rich history of birth work among communities of color & those that descended from slaves. I was being called.

Amana exists to honor that call & hold space for those ready to journey with belief in their bodies & their Creator.

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