Stephani De Azevedo CD(DONA)

Stephani is originally from Logan, Utah, and has lived here in Meridian for the last six years.  She is the mother of four children and she is enjoying the experience of learning how to be their mother.  She graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Exercise Science.  While attending school she learned about her love for health, physiology, and the process of birth.  Her approach to birth work is physiological and her talents are keeping calm in stressful situations.  She enjoys camping and spending time in nature with her family and loved ones.  She also enjoys traveling and seeing new places and cultures.  

I am a big believer in building a community that supports new mothers.  For thousands of years, women have been supporting other women in child birth.  It is only in the last fifty years that it has started to become strange to ask another mother to assist you in your birth story.  Truly I believe the greatest way to have a peaceful birthing story is to hire a doula.  
I recently read a story about a bee keeper that found a bee drowning in his own honey.  The bee keeper pulled out the bee and went about his work.  Later he went back and checked on the bee, and found that the hive a swarmed around her and cleaned her up until she could fly again.  Because that's what bees do, they take care of each other.  
As women and sisters, I believe we are meant to take care of each other.   I want to create that.  I want to create a network of mothers that love and take care of each other.  My doula work is all about creating that community. So whether I am your doula, or I help you find the one that aligns with you, please reach out and ask.  I bet I can find a way to serve you.
​ I offer birth education and my birth skills to help families prepare for their birth.  I bring my support and my love into your home and your birth space.  

Birth Doula Training: DONA International

Contact:
Phone number: 801-971-0286
Email: themotherkeeper@gmail.com
Facebook:  The Mother Keeper
Instagram: themotherkeeper

Services:

Birth Doula Support Package 
Free consultation
2 prenatal visits
Support via phone, text, email or Marco Polo
On call at 38 weeks
Labor support until baby is born and 2 hour after baby is born
1 postpartum visit
Always available to answer questions

Experience with
The Bradley method
Hypnobabies
Spinning Babies
Lamaze
Physiological Birth
Teen pregnancy

Birth Doula Fee: $900
Retainer $200 (due at booking)
Remaining balance (due at 37 weeks)
Sibling Doula $750

Testimonials

Catherine 5/2023
​I cannot say enough great things about Stephani! She was amazing for us!  Thankfully we have formed a friendship because I am not ready to let her go.  From the beginning she was there for me and my family in whatever way I needed or wanted.  When I went into the hospital multiple times due to preeclampsia and then had to deliver 3 weeks early she was always there for m.  She even came to the hospital the last time perm request and was my advocate while my husband was at home with our other daughter.  
Her kindness, loving nature and she absolutely 100% cares for you and everyone around you.  Stephani is very thoughtful and knowledgeable.  She also would be willing to come and help with anything extra I needed for example like cleaning the house.
When we have more babies, she will 100% be our doula.  I can not imagine anyone else being there with my husband and I when all this is going on.  Having her there during labor was such a BIG difference.  
If you are thinking she may be a good fit for you, jump on that thought.  You will NOT be sorry.  Just meet her in person and you will see exactly what I mean.  
God was so gracious putting her in our lives! My anxiety would have been through the roof if it was not for her throughout this process. 
Thank you Stephani for everything!

Laura 9/2022

I truly cannot recommend Stephani enough! She was attentive before the birth, checking in and making sure we were in communication. Her birth class was super helpful too!! I felt very confident going into labor for the first time. My midwife was inattentive and only came in to make sure the baby was healthy after I delivered him BUT STEPHANI KICKED BUTT!!! I 100% COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HER. We were such a team and she was able to help my husband understand what I needed and was able to intuit what might help me also. Although we only met in-person twice prior to labor, it was seamless and comfortable. I truly leaned on her emotionally and physically. Whether you're planning an unmedicated birth or a hospital birth do yourself a favor AND CALL STEPH! Your body and baby will thank you I know I'll be using her for any future labors and I won't recommend anyone else!!! Super grateful, from the bottom of my heart.

Lacey 5/2022

Planning an out of hospital un medicated birth was a little nerve wracking, especially because people would automatically tell me horror stories. Having my Stephani by my side made a world of difference, and I had an amazing experience! I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. She helped me not only through labor and delivery but with all of the emotions and anxieties leading up to it. She made me feel comfortable and taken care of at one of the most vulnerable times of my life. I am so grateful I had her, and wouldn’t want to do it again without her!

Brittany 1/2022

Stephani was MADE to be a Doula. From day one of meeting her I felt a connection and a mothering energy about her. I am so grateful that I had her by my side for my recent birth experience. I had a Doula with my first child and although I “knew what to expect” I still wanted that additional support of a Doula for my second pregnancy. It was refreshing to have her come to our home and go through the different stages of labor and talk through our wants and her suggestions. It had been over 5 years since I gave birth the first time and I assumed everything would go the same way, I was very wrong! Every part of my birth with my second was different and as a planner by natural this threw me for a loop. I was so thankful to have Stephani by my side as I labored differently than expected. When the contractions came on strong in the end, my husband was on his way back to the hospital and Stephani was the only one there keeping me on track. In the end we had a memorable birth experience and I owe a great deal of that to Stephani and her calming nature as a Doula.

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