Maternal Health

Laura Marina Perez, CPM, LM is an honorary founding member in the conception of Community Well, and a local community midwife who works with new and growing families. Laura is also a member of the San Francisco Homebirth Collective. As an apprentice-trained midwife, she trusts women and trusts birth.

The word "doula" comes from the ancient Greek meaning "a woman who serves" and is now used to refer to a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to a mother before, during and shortly after childbirth to help her achieve the healthiest, most satisfying experience possible. 

The placenta is the organ that surrounds the fetus in the womb and allows for the exchange of nutrients, blood, and waste with the mother. It is expelled from the uterus after the birth of the child. The custom of consuming the placenta, often done as placental encapsulation, is centuries old, practiced most often in Chinese medicine.

The Rebozo Closing Wrap  (postpartum binding) is a beautiful and nurturing way to hold the birth mother and reconnect her to the earth, herself and enhance her connection to baby.   This sacred way of bringing closure and honor to the mother,  helps integrate the mothers nervous system as it helps to contain and restore the mothers energy.