10/20/2026
This is actually one of my favorite parts of my story.
I became a doula before I became a doctor.
My first real exposure to pregnancy, labor, and birth wasn’t from a textbook or a hospital chart. It was sitting beside patients, supporting them, watching what they needed, what they feared, what made them feel heard, and where the gaps were.
That perspective stayed with me through medical school, residency, and every patient encounter since.
It made me a better doctor.
But it also made me more aware of the things traditional medical care can miss. The emotional support. The context. The questions that come up in between visits. The experience of the person actually living through the pregnancy.
DoulaDoc was built with both of those perspectives in mind.
The doctor who understands the medicine.
And the doula who knows how important it is to sit beside you through it. 🤍