Welcome to Our Doula Practice

Los Angeles Birth Partners (LABP) offers expert care and support to help families make informed decisions to achieve their best birth and parenting experience. We support your personal choices and are dedicated to helping each family have a healthy and positive pregnancy, birth and 4th trimester.

We offer a variety of education classes for the perinatal and postpartum period such as; Birth Preparation, Postpartum Doula Support, Breast/Chestfeeding/Infant Feeding, Newborn Care and Lactation Consults. We want your family to experience a joyful transition to parenthood. As full spectrum care providers, we honor the entire reproductive journey and look forward to giving your family compassionate collaborative care.

LABP is one of Los Angeles’ longest standing doula practices. A ‘Doula Practice’, sometimes called a ‘Doula Circle’, is a group of several doulas who work together, sharing call time and other client responsibilities. We are a team of birth professionals providing expert doula support to birthing people in Los Angeles County. We are all deeply dedicated to our clients and birth work.

  • “I was connected to LA Birth Partners by what now feels like divine intervention. I was 30 weeks pregnant and realized my birth plan was the opposite of what I truly wanted. ... from that first interaction I knew exactly what I wanted my son's birth to look and feel like. Khefri was so supportive and empowering. She connected me with a group of doulas ... I also picked my amazing doula who I've referred to several friends since. We took our preparation classes with Khefri as well and learned so much about what to expect in labor/delivery. ... everything was digital but we still felt connected and informed during the classes. There was breath [work] and positions. It was great for us. ... I felt confident, powerful, and prepared because of my work with those at LABP."

    Kalia B

  • "I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for the doula recommendations; we ended up meeting and booking Ellen Branch for 30 hours (18 completed so far) and she has been absolutely wonderful!!! Like a Mary Poppins for both myself and our new baby girl ❤️ (by which I mean she has been extremely helpful, educational, a big confidence booster and so very kind.) We very much appreciate your assistance in finding someone so lovely who has also been able to help me get some much needed sleep at night, and have already recommended LA Birth Partners (and Ellen!) to a couple of pregnant friends."

    Chris & Keith H

  • “[LABP connected] us with two doulas who were essential to the birth of our first daughter!... Nakomi and Debbie worked together with perfect teamwork. They helped prepare us mentally and emotionally as well as helping us to craft and follow a birth plan ... [and] navigate challenges that would have been overwhelming to deal with ourselves. Their experience as well as their professional and caring demeanor set us at ease. After bringing our baby girl into the world with their help, I now know that their help is indispensable. Thank you Nakomi and Debbie!”

    Tim Y

  • "Between our session with you and having Tonya by our side through the whole process, I was so much calmer and more prepared for the unexpected way the birth unfolded.”

    Hannah B & Taylor Z

  • “My wife Liv and I wanted share the joyous news that our baby boy River joined us last week, on his own time and vaginally - just as we’d dreamed! Tonya Michelle is our doula and helped us bring him earthside, and we’re using so much of what we learned from you in our first week with him. Thank you so much for all that you’ve taught and shared; we are so over the moon and in love with our son!”

    Liv & Lucy O

Thank You, Cheryl!

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We are excited to announce that our Founder, Cheryl Baker, CCE, CD & CLE has retired and begun a new chapter in her life. We celebrate her and honor her legacy of family centered care, communal entrepreneurism and advanced doula mentorship.

After serving the community for 40+ years she will be taking a well-deserved sabbatical and sailing along the East Coast!  An exciting new adventure in her life that will allow Cheryl to also be closer to her son and his family.  

We wish Cheryl the very best as she embarks on this chapter of her life.  Cheryl will be able to do internet and phone consultations and will be able to arrange FaceTime classes.  You may contact her at  Cheryl@losangelesbirthpartners.com