Supporting your inner birth wisdom with tender loving care

I am Cathy Gomez (she/her), BSRN, CLEC, RYT, CD(DONA), and I provide comprehensive and compassionate birth doula care for birth givers, expectant parent(s) and their families in the Greater Sacramento Area.

I would be honored to help support your best possible birth experience and empower your own inner birth wisdom. 

May you embrace your birth with tender loving care,

-Doula Cat

I also offer:

  • Lactation counseling and support (CLEC)

  • Certified Body Ready Method pro® that can provide proactive tools to optimize pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum recovery

  • Private prenatal yoga classes (RYT-Birth Wisdom Certification)

  • Mindful Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) classes

  • Reiki energy sessions

I currently serve Sacramento County, Placer County, El Dorado County, and Yolo County including Folsom, Fair Oaks, Granite Bay, El Dorado Hills, Rancho Cordova, Gold River, Loomis, Roseville, Rocklin, Sacramento, Elk Grove, Natomas, Cameron Park, Orangevale, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Antelope, Lincoln, and Davis.

“Childbirth is an experience that holds the power to transform us forever. During birth, we remember the generations of those who have birthed before us, and find peace in knowing that the strength of our ancestors is within us. We are never alone.” - Doula Cat (Inspired by Suzanne Arms)

*Photo By NB Birth

As Your Doula, I Support Your Unique Birth

  • I believe every expectant parent’s birth wishes and wisdom need to be heard and honored.

  • I believe a birth doula needs to provide evidence based information that can help guide expectant parents to be able to make informed decisions when preparing for their unique birth experience.

  • I believe pregnancy is an incredible time of transformation, expansion and releasing while also being called to step forward into the wonders of parenthood. 

  • I believe pregnancy is also a time of many physical and emotional changes that can come from any growth process. These changes can create challenges and fears about childbirth and parenting.

  • I believe a birth doula can help advocate for expectant parent(s) to have a partnership with their health care providers and participate in their health care. This also includes empowering expectant parents to ask questions and be able to give informed consent. Some of the qualities I try to cultivate while supporting expectant families and their selected birth team are kindness, trust/safety, patience, joy, humor, and non-judgment.

  • I believe pregnancy is an opportunity for a birth giver to connect to their own inner birth wisdom that has been passed from all past generations of other life givers. This sacred wisdom has empowered and guided birth givers since the beginning of time.

  • I believe a birth doula can offer emotional and physical support through comfort measures that promote more calm, ease and a joyful birth experience for expectant parent(s) and their unique baby. 

  • I believe a birth doula is part of the community of support an expectant parent(s) can have to nurture them while they learn to nurture their own baby. I believe a birth doula can help connect parents to continued community support.

  • I believe pregnancy, labor and birth is a precious time that has memories a birth giver can carry for a lifetime. I believe a birth doula through active listening and loving kindness can help families process their unique birth stories and encourage healthy memory keeping and resilience.

  • I believe every birth giver should be able to have a birth doula if desired so I offer a sliding scale for my services.

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