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Katarina Ruiz

Ancient Remedies

Salinas, CA Service range 50 miles

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Birth Fee

$0 to $3000

Postpartum Rate

$50 to $75

Indigenous/Aboriginal Doula

Birth Fee

$0 to $3000

Postpartum Rate

$50 to $75


Medicaid and Third Party Insurers

Currently approved to receive payments from the following programs:


Birth Doula Experience

2 years and 10 births attended

Postpartum Doula Experience

3 years and 50 families served


Doula Training

  • Apprenticeship with midwife, community elder or formal preceptor, May 2023
  • Apprenticeship with midwife, community elder or formal preceptor, May 2023
  • Apprenticeship with midwife, community elder or formal preceptor, July 2024

Type of practice: Solo practice

Clients per month: 1 to 2 births and 1 to 4 postpartum families

Postpartum limits/restrictions: No one is turned away for lack of funds ~ All my work is offered on a sliding scale.

Attends hospital births? All Hospitals

Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers

Attends home births? Any Home Birth


College Education

AA/AS


Special Services Offered

  • Babywearing education
  • Belly binding
  • Bereavement doula (pregnancy & infant loss)
  • Childbirth education services
  • Cloth diapering education
  • Full spectrum doula services
  • Miscarriage support
  • Placenta encapsulation
  • Prenatal or postnatal massage
  • Reflexology
  • Satellite doula (for remote and rural clients)
  • Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
  • Therapeutic bodywork
  • Vaginal steam/peristeam services
  • Virtual and remote doula support

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

I am a student midwifery , apprenticing under Andrea Ruizquez , local indigenous home birth midwife.

Languages Spoken

  • English

Fee Details

Comprehensive Package - 4, Prenatal Visits - Attendance of Labor & Delivery - 2 Postpartum Visits I do not turn away because of lack of funds. Please reach out and lets figure out a way to find you the best support. Offering ~ 4 Prenatal Visits - Attendance of Labor & Delivery - 2 Postpartum Visits , bodywork y más No one is turned away for lack of funds ~ All my work is offered on a sliding scale.

Service Area

Salinas, CA Service range 50 miles

Client Testimonials for Katarina Ruiz

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Rachel Carson

9/5/2024

Katarina came into our lives at a time when we really needed some extra night time support and we could not have been happier that she did! She was so great with our daughter, professional, communicative, and trustworthy. We felt so comfortable and safe knowing our little one was in good hands during the night when she was here. I highly recommend Katarina and can't speak highly enough of her!

Christina Martinez

7/24/2024

Katarina has such a special presence about her that makes you feel so well taken care of.

I was going through my first pregnancy as a single mother and she came with me to doctors appointments, created a beautiful birthing space for me with candles, flowers and spirituality cleansing the birth space so my son and I would enter this world in beautiful energy. I felt so at ease having her by my side pre and post pregnancy. 
The pregnancy massages, bone broths, traditional belly bindings, and the care of my son during my cuerantera were amazing and so comforting.
Katarina's services as my doula were truly an honor and I could not of had the birth I imagined without her help in every way. She will definitely be there for my second birth! 

Megan Monroe Gardner

7/23/2024

Katarina was a godsend to me after a very, very, traumatic experience having an abdominal hysterecomy. Despite the fact that my husband is a local physician, I had many complications after my surgery which were completely unexpected. I previously had two successful c-sections without any complications or post-pardum depression. I went into my hysterectomy nervous, but not scared. Had I known what would happen next I would have had planned to have "Kat" by my side for the weeks to come. Thankfully, she was able to drop what she had going on to help me when I needed it. She showed up at my house with the freshest of groceries and made me an assortment of soups and teas. She also prepared meals, one of my favorites were her beet salads, amazing! She cut up fruit, comforted me, gave me massages as needed in modified positions as if I had a c-section. She does all of this with grace and a natural knac in her body to heal you. I don't know how she does it, but she is the very best! She has also watched my children and I trust her completely. I have so much respect for Katarina and what she is doing and I give her my highest regard when recommending her for anyone in this type of situation in the future. My family absolutely loves her ??

Birth Availability for Katarina Ruiz

= Available. Calendar last updated: 08-01-2024

Postpartum Availability for Katarina Ruiz

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