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Welcome to Songbird Birth Services!
I'm Naomi Ignas -- a Childbirth Educator, birth consultant, lactation support specialist, and bereavement guide. My aim is to educate, inform, and support families in the life of their little ones, from pre-conception through postpartum.
I'm a mom to a child who was born at home, but my passion in birth began when I was only 11: I stumbled upon a midwifery book in the library and have been in love with all things birth ever since. As a Birth Doula, I have attended births both at home and in the hospital, and I understand the differences in dynamics in both settings.
Birth education is my passion: I truly believe that when put into practice, the information I provide can help reduce long and difficult labors, birth trauma, and the amount of unnecessary interventions. My hope for you is a peace-filled, empowered birth with choices that make sense for you and your baby!
I offer online birth classes for the first-time parent or for those who have a foundational knowledge of birth already.
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If you'd like personalized support for a particular issue you're facing (like inductions, postpartum mental health, breastfeeding, or loss), one-on-one consultations are available. Not everyone has immediate access to prenatal, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding education and support, and I'm passionate about bringing my work to areas lacking that access. Click here to learn more about these programs and to support that vision!
My expertise comes from a combination of formal training, workshops, and hands-on support as a Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, and Childbirth Educator:
Training
Childbirth Education: Academy of Certified Birth Educators (2011)
Birth Doula: DONA (2015)
PAIL Advocate: Perinatal and Infant Loss (through Nneka Hall, 2021)
Member of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (2022)
Classes, Workshops, & Events
Contemporary Breastfeeding Challenges: Giving Mother Nature a Helping Hand (USLCA Regional Workshop, Honolulu, November 2018)
Breastfeeding for Doulas (Bastyr University, June 2019)
Broadening the Midwifery Model of Care: Meeting the psychological/emotional needs of the mother/baby dyad – "The Baby's Experience and The Sacred Hour" (through Karen Strange, June 2019)
Brain Highways Babies Program: Developing the Brain (July 2019)
2-Day Spinning Babies Workshop for birth workers (Honolulu, September 2019)
Experience
Doula, Childbirth Educator, breastfeeding support specialist, and tech support for BirthBelievers (Kanē'ohe, Hawai'i, 2015-2020)
Owner, Childbirth Educator, breastfeedings support specialist, and perinatal and infant loss specialist (Boston, Massachusetts and online, 2020-2023)