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Sweet Peace Doula

Certified Birth Doula. Unbiased, compassionate care during the wildest ride of your life. Serving expecting familings in the Fraser Valley.

After binge-watching Call the Midwife at 19 years old, I stumbled upon my first doula training opportunity. Within less than a year I had my first birth and was hooked. Since then I has travelled all over, from studying Midwifery in Hawaii to helping deliver babies in the Philippines! Finally landing back in Canada to pursue doula work in British Colombia and now, here in KW after moving to Ontario. My passion for birth work was once again lit by the difficult birth of my son. I am most alive when helping others feel educated, cared for and empowered during their birth. When not attending a birth you can find me watercolour painting, canoeing, swimming with my son, or exploring a new coffee shop with my hubby!

11/01/2025

Dressed up as what I wanna be when I grow up!

Call the Midwife! (Sadly with the downpour I couldn’t take a pic with my bike 😭)

The show that started this while thing, that led me to research doing birth work. Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃

10/25/2025

Decided my stories needed a spot on the feed. This was while brain storming and editing some slides on maternal mental health as I had the honour to teach a prenatal class for 💜

Mental health will continue to be a big conversation on my socials because 1 in 5 will receive an official diagnosis of some form of postpartum mental illness. During COVID it was 1 in 3 and honestly since then & knowing how hard it is to get support or screen it could easily be more than 1 in 5.

You deserve to enjoy your postpartum & your baby. You deserve to bond with them and feel present in your body ✨

I’ve created a worksheet that provides you with the following:
• A personal reflection to do prior to baby’s arrival. To help you have a baseline to refer back to in the midst of the postpartum fog.
• Overview of the how and why the transition to motherhood brings about baby blues, big feelings and or overwhelm.
• A postpartum mental health check-in.
• Self care solutions that target your basic needs and can help you rise above a bad day or a hard few weeks.

Not all mental illness is avoidable. If you end up struggling with postpartum depression or anxiety, it’s not your fault. But I hope this worksheet offers you that lifeline to help you back to shore before you get dragged out into the deep (because some times we don’t realize we’re drowning).

Comment below and I’ll send you the document! Doulas, feel free to also receive this as a tool for your clients! (Soon I’ll figure out how to link it in my bio…)

As always, I’m cheering you on.
💜 Elisa

10/23/2025

Just like that, I’ve wrapped up my last birth of 2025.

A very special number, my 5️⃣0️⃣th birth! 🎉🥳

It’s taken me 11 years to reach such an accomplishment. For inbetween births I got married, moved across the country, survived COVID-lock downs, had two babies, endured postpartum after a rough first birth and a C-section for my second. I’ve always found my way back to birth, and I’m proud of that.

These last few deliveries I’ve felt my confidence increase. I’ve also begun to notice a positive impact from the hard work I’m doing in therapy on my own birth trauma. The healing I’m enduring is paying off and revealing to me that yes, if I work hard, birth work can still be sustainable for me.

I’m looking forward to being off call for the holidays. I can’t say when I’ll be opening my books to take on more clients, but I know this season is just pressing pause.

Feeling an incredible amount of gratitude for the 12 births I supported, 12 babies I witnessed say hello to the world, this year. I learned SO MUCH about the juggle of running my little business + family. I did the damn thing, I set out to take on 1-2 births a month while still being home with my kiddos. I learned what was possible and what was too much. It’s been messy but I’m proud of the lessons I pushed through. Anywho, I’m excited for whatever is next, but mostly excited for some rest.

Thanks for being here,
Elisa ✨
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10/09/2025

How lucky am I to have found my calling ✨

10/08/2025

A long one, but a fascinating concept ✨

A note on helping nurture our nervous system, the final point being “taking action”. This direction could be done in the following ways:

✨ Asking for a different nurse, finding a new care provider better aligned with your beliefs, hiring a doula.

✨ Creating an intentional trauma informed care plan, inviting your care team to review this plan before labour, making your boundaries clear once you arrive to your birthing location.

✨ Having your partner be your voice, upholding boundaries and reiterating your needs or desires.

✨ Following through with a report or complaint of care if you feel it necessary (hopefully not). Although heavy and or yet another thing to worry over postpartum, using your voice can be an important puzzle piece in healing.

The body, brain, nervous system, and the human experience of deep emotions, will never cease to amaze me!

10/06/2025

It’s our anniversary 💜💍👰🏻‍♀️

I’m often asked, how do you manage on-call life? And my answer is always the same, “I couldn’t do this without Matt”. When I get called to a birth, my honey gets a call too. He comes home and takes over parenting so I can support you!

I knew he was more than just a good boyfriend but husband material when while I was attending a birth, when we were dating, he showed up for me. I’d been in and out of the hospital with this client for a few days, utterly exhausted, his place was closer than mine from hospital. He told me to come over to rest for bit and I walked in to a candle lit, the bed made nicely for a nap. He tucked me in for a rest only to feed me when I woke up before having to head back. I knew then he’d be an incredible life partner of someone who holds space for birth and requires their own “doula-ing” during the process.

Birth work isn’t possible unless your loved ones are on board. We’re a team, my hubby and I, even if only I show up at your birth. He’s worked hard these past few years and achieved a promise he made me years ago to work a remote job so I could continue to be on call and his work be more flexible for the unique needs of having a doula as a wife. He doesn’t just come home and take over as primary parent, impatiently waiting till he can get back to work. But is fully present and relieves me of any of the mental load of the kids while I’m away, no texts, questions or calls.

So cheers to 8 years married honey, you make my world turn round ✨💜

09/22/2025

The tiniest peanut you ever did see 💜✨

Two of the fastest babies I’ve ever seen come earthside, born days apart, both named my top two girl names?! Oh correction, I only witnessed one as this little one arrived before I’d even gotten my car started 😅

09/08/2025

Let’s get this party startedddd! 🎉

This has been a work in progress people, we’re talking 2 years I’ve been working towards a diagnosis. Or at least had my suspicions. I’m excited to let you in as now we can well, move on! But I get to be upfront and honest about things moving forward.

Where my other fellow neurospicies at? Also, any other late-term-diagnosis peeps? Let’s throw a party for me…like a gender reveal…expect it’s just me, combination type ADHD 😆🥳🎂

09/03/2025

Decided to turn my most recent ramble stuck in my notes app into a post 🤪 what do you think?

Do you agree? Any opinion or perspective is welcome 💜

Awhile back I promised to begin sharing the more “sobered” experience of birth/babies/postpartum. I still am trying to find the balance on how to do so with grace and compassion. But if there’s a way I can walk you through this journey so you don’t feel like “no one told me”, than I’d say it’s worth it.

Cheering you on, always 💜

09/02/2025

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08/27/2025

Babies, birth, love making and family planning; all fall under the same umbrella.

After all you can’t exactly have one without the other!

So although this isn’t birth content, I felt it was still an awesome topic to discuss.

I am incredibly passionate about the Natural Family Planning method as a form of birth control. Why? Because it allows us to become aware and alert to our bodies, its cycle and what it may be telling us. Connecting with our bodies is empowering. I also encourage partners to join in the education and understanding of the method so that you BOTH can carry the mental load of birth control.

NFP is simply following your bodies menstrual cycle to determine which days you are most likely to conceive. Then using those days as a guide of when to avoid making love. After all, you are only fertile 24 hours (48 if you release 2 eggs) in your entire cycle!? It may seem overwhelming but I assure you with time you’ll notice your bodies unique pattern and it’ll feel easy.

Reasons why I love Tempdrop specifically? It doesn’t matter if there are interruptions or irregularities with your sleep. Your waking temp is what is charted and can be thrown off by irregular sleep patterns. This is impossible for a nursing mom or even toddler mom to avoid. Tempdrop’s design solves this issue! This is not a sponsored post, I’m just a big fan.

I have so much more to say and or educate, but alas this is already a novel. Would you like to learn more? DM and I’d love to pass on a link and or more info.

Also a fun daydream I’ve always had is hosting an informal NFP class. Would you be down?

08/07/2025

Over the years my quiet whispers of encouragement during contractions have changed.

Yes, you are powerful, strong & can keep going!

But the part of birth we don’t often see online, hear about in stories, or see in movies…is how messy it can get. Not just literally messy, but emotionally.

Each of us will come to a crossroads within our birthing journey. Where suddenly we are faced with a reality check. Up until this point the waves were manageable. We’d found a rhythm, but now? “I can’t do this, I’m so tired, it’s too much.”.

And that’s where I’ve shifted my practice. I used to rush to fix it, to try and smother those negative emotions with positive affirmations. To try and help you see the positive or unintentionally bring in a new doula tool to quickly move on. But unintentionally I was completely dismissing and running from the messiness of these emotions. I feared if you felt such a way it reflected failure within my capabilities as your doula!

But that’s not true…I’ve still a lot of life to live. But as I’ve learned to sit in my own messiness have I been able to meet you in yours. My words now sound something like this,

“Wow, that one looked like it really hurt”
“I see how hard your trying”
“This IS scary, your allowed to cry! But remember, you’re not alone, we’re right here”
“I’m so sorry this isn’t how you thought things would go”
“I’m so proud of you, you’re working so hard to meet your baby”
“You’ve endured so much already, I KNOW you can do hard things”

What do these words make you feel? As you reflect, I ask you to be curious about those emotions. Are you afraid? Perhaps you think, that won’t be me. Either way I hope you take away this = don’t fear the mess. Just press harder into it. There is an incredible power in giving PERMISSION to these emotions. They can’t control you nor consume you when you name them and say “ahh yes, discomfort, pain, dissapointment…welcome here, I’ve been waiting for you.”. These feelings are within you, not some foreign enemy. They are working with you and for you.

I see you. I see how scary sitting in the mess can be. I hope this reflection helps you wonder and prepare 💜

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