Christine Mackinnon

3/21/2025

We hired Clara from Clear Light Birth to be our doula for our first child. We cannot express how insightful, thoughtful, and comforting she was throughout our process. Her evidence based approach to doula support matched exactly what we needed. She made the entire journey feel comfortable during one of the most vulnerable and intimate human experiences. We cannot imagine what our story would have been like without her standing by our side. Without a doubt we would recommend her services to our closest friends and family.

Bruce

2/14/2025

As a first time dad, I cannot say enough good things about working with Clara. She was very responsive, patient, understanding and supportive throughout the pregnancy, birth and follow ups after the birth. She is very knowledgeable and has a great ability to communicate and educate. I felt far more prepared having her on our team. It was also comforting having her advocating for us through some tough spots. I highly recommend working with Clara. Thanks Clara!

-Bruce

Danielle

1/18/2025

Clara was an absolutely exceptional support system for both my husband and I during the prenatal period as well as during birth. Her gentle, compassionate, and informed approaches to everything really put our mind (and hearts) at ease. I truly appreciated her ability to not only educate us on what to expect on the day of delivery and how to advocate for ourselves, but the emotional support that she provided throughout the process was really what stood out to me. I can’t speak highly enough of Clara and recommend her to anyone who is interested in a birthing Doula.

Swathi Srivatsa

1/17/2025

Words fall short in expressing my gratitude for the love, care and compassion that Clara showed me as she helped me through my second pregnancy. I had many emotional scars from my birth experience the first time around and Clara finally helped me heal them. She is on your team from the word go. She is an incredible listener, advocate, friend and magically knows what you need her to be and when. Your voice, your desires, your needs are in the center of the care she provides. She is also incredibly knowledgeable and provides scientific evidence to help support your decision making. I can say it with confidence that if Clara is your doula, you are guaranteed the most incredible birth experience no matter what your choices/ preferences end up being.

DJ Hu

11/16/2024

We had an amazing experience having Clara as our doula for the birth of our baby, and we cannot recommend her enough! From the very first meeting, Clara exuded warmth, professionalism, and a deep sense of care. She offered us invaluable advice, emotional support, and practical guidance that helped us tremendously as first time parents throughout the entire process.

During the birth itself, Clara was incredibly helpful! Her calming presence and expert knowledge were exactly what we needed in those intense moments. She helped us navigate decisions with clarity, respected our preferences, and advocated for us in the most compassionate way. Her dedication, kindness, and expertise truly made all the difference, and we are so grateful to have had her by our side for the birth of our baby. If you're looking for someone who is deeply committed to supporting families with love and skill, Clara is the one!

Kimberly Kneeland

11/3/2024

I highly recommend Clara as a doula and her child birth classes. When I was pregnant with my first baby, I had had very little experience with children and exposure to childbirth except for scenes and tropes from movies and media. It was so comforting and empowering to have Clara by my side, helping me to find the evidence-based information that I needed so I could make the decisions I wanted to concerning my birth experience. Her coursework also delved a lot into the emotional, and spiritual preparation of having a baby, which was something I didn't realize would be so useful going into this huge life transition. Clara conducts herself in a friendly and very professional manner and I felt safe and comfortable with her at all times -- not to mention we had a ton of fun together as well. When it can time for my daughter to be welcomed into this world, I felt strong, empowered and in control, despite the fact that there were complications with her birth. Clara supported me, my partner, my sister (who was also present at the birth), and my daughter amazingly well and I recommend her services to any expecting parent!

Kyle Dalbec

11/3/2024

My wife and I feel fortunate that we were able to work with Clara during the process of having our daughter. Clara's support for us in the journey from pre-birth, during our time in the hospital, and then post-partum was invaluable.
Clara set us up for success early on in the process with the physical, emotional, and mental elements of going through childbirth and becoming parents. Then having Clara as our advocate in the hospital took a tremendous weight off our shoulders. Frankly, after the birth when we were at home, Clara was like a member of our family - helping get us through what is certainly an emotional and overwhelming experience (as we were first time parents).
I couldn't recommend Clara enough!

Addie

11/2/2024

Sometimes you meet someone who has found their calling, and Clara has found hers as a doula! Clara supported us with the birth of our second child. She was incredibly supportive via text as we waited, and waited, for the arrival of baby #2. I was presenting signs of preeclampsia and was induced. I was disappointed, but accepted it as a necessity and remained hopeful that I could avoid the number of interventions I had with my first birth. When Clara arrived at the hospital, she brought comfort and positivity, which got me in the right headspace. When baby’s heart rate started dipping with contractions, I was required to be on monitoring, preventing me from walking around and limited my coping with contractions. When preeclampsia became more severe, hospital staff proposed a number of interventions. At this point I became fearful, sad and frustrated. Clara was able to give me the framework and encouragement to work through these negative emotions. She guided me through an emotional release and my labor started progressing again. Clara found positions that worked with the limitations presented by the continuous monitoring. In the end, I was able to give birth without an epidural or the use of pitocin, which were my top priorities for my second birth. I’m still amazed that it worked out so well because, when things started getting rough, I really thought it would never happen. And, truly, I don’t think it would have without Clara’s help! From my husband’s perspective, Clara’s support, vigilance and communication gave him space to comfort me and to fully participate in the emotional moments leading to and after delivering our daughter. Clara has great energy; she’s positive, confident, kind and worked very well with the hospital staff. She’s a wealth of birth knowledge and her tips and guidance made it possible for me to have a great birth. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to other families.