Welcome! I’m Niko.

I am a full spectrum doula, a mother and a devoted believer in the healing and transformational power of birth.

Birth is both a sacred journey and a deeply normal human experience. I strive to hold both — the mystery and the practicality — balancing reverence with preparedness and deep intention.

I am committed to supporting the perfect design of physiologic birth, and I believe wholeheartedly in the beauty of letting birth unfold without disruption. I also recognize that navigating medical interventions is a real reality for many birth stories - and birth work.

As we venture into the unknown together, I will hold space for whatever arises, be there to do what’s needed in each moment, and trust that YOU know your body and baby best. 

I was personally called to birth work after many years of feeling disempowered in the medical system. After navigating my own complicated termination in 2019, and devastating loss in 2022, I completed my birth doula training while pregnant with my rainbow son, Elio.

I gave birth to Elio unexpectedly — a powerful “change in plans” that became my greatest initiation. My planned home birth became a triumphant hospital birth, and in it, I learned the importance of real-time decision-making, and the raw, instinctive power of a mama’s conviction.

Giving birth, surrounded by my husband, doula and midwives, was the most intense, self-possessed, self-reclaiming and divine thing I will ever do.

I wish only that you may find what you are seeking in YOUR birth.

I have attended hospital and home births in Oakland, San Francisco and the greater East Bay, and each one is beautiful and healing. In my free time you can find me in my kitchen, in my garden, or on the trails chasing my husband and toddler. Every day, I am learning to live more slowly — with an open heart and a deeper sense of sovereignty.

I trained with Michelle Welborn at Natural Resources in 2023.