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Charlene Labrador

Cocoon Doula Services...website coming soon

Vancouver, BC Service range 7 miles

Birth Fee

$725 to $1200

Postpartum Rate

$25 to $35

Birth Fee

$725 to $1200

Postpartum Rate

$25 to $35


Birth Doula Experience

2 years and 4 births attended

Postpartum Doula Experience

2 years and 9 families served


Doula Training

  • DONA International-Approved Workshop, October 2022
  • nkshAytkn Indigenous Doula Training, November 2022

Type of practice: Solo practice

Clients per month: 1 to 4 births and 1 to 4 postpartum families

Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
Servicing Vancouver and Burnaby Region

Attends birth center births? No Birth Centers
Currently none in BC

Attends home births? Any Home Birth


Special Services Offered

  • Childbirth education services
  • First Aid and CPR
  • Prenatal & postpartum fitness services
  • Prenatal Yoga
  • Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
  • Virtual and remote doula support

Training Documentation

credential


Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

Related experience: I am currently enrolled in the Childbirth Educator Program at Douglas College. I spent one summer assisting with reception work for Midwives (setting up appts & assisting with requisitions for diagnostic tests). I do independent work as a doula for prenatal, birth and postpartum support. Also assisted as a community doula: offered prenatal and postpartum support (connected with organizations such as: Heron's Nest, Healthiest Babies Possible, FIR at BCWH, Huckleberry Midwives) | Additional study: Fertility Awareness Method. Teachings of herbal medicines from Esoteric Herbal Physician, volunteering at x?c?ic??s?m Garden and visiting different Apothecaries for herbal support during pregnancy. | Additional Training: 240-hr Yoga Teaching Certificate + Prenatal Yoga Teaching Certificate.

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Tagalog

Service Area

Vancouver, BC Service range 7 miles

Client Testimonials for Charlene Labrador

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Shawn Bourks

9/9/2024

It was a privilege to have Charlene Labrador as my doula in pregnancy, during birth, and postpartum. Her calm demeanour and peaceful energy made me and my partner feel at ease while navigating such a monumental life experience for the first time. Chars laid back, good humoured, patient personality had us looking forward to our appointments.

Char is not only a very knowledgeable doula, but is a yoga instructor as well. I have scoliosis, so she showed me yoga poses and stretches that really helped with the body pain that I was experiencing in pregnancy and after birth. The breathing techniques she taught me had me feeling grounded and empowered during anxious and painful moments. The mantras and positive affirmations she shared with me were so helpful too. Char also offered massage while I was in labour, and it relaxed me so much that I managed to fall asleep for a bit during contractions at the hospital. She’s truly amazing!

Char helped make sure I was nourished by providing pregnancy tea filled with healing plant medicines. I'm hypoglycemic, so she arranged for me to have healthy, energizing snacks and plenty of hydration at the hospital as well. I felt so cared for. 

As Indigenous people, my partner and I have intergenerational trauma regarding hospitals and institutions. To have Char advocate for us was huge, and the whole experience helped me gain some trust for the medical system. It felt like a breakthrough for me, as someone who was raised to be wary of hospitals and western medicine.

I feel very lucky and blessed to have had Char help me bring my son earthside safely. If I could do it all again, I’d want her on my team. I highly recommend her.

Birth Availability for Charlene Labrador

= Available. Calendar last updated: 11-30-2024

Postpartum Availability for Charlene Labrador

= Available. Calendar last updated: 11-30-2024