Motherhood is not something to Perform.
Dubai, UAE
Motherhood is not something to Perform.
Pregnancy and birth are not simply events to prepare for.
They are transitions.
My work as a Birth Guardian is to walk beside you and your family with education, practical preparation, emotional steadiness and continuous support - without asking you to achieve a particular kind of birth.
You may come to me because you want to understand birth more deeply.
You may want your partner to feel genuinely prepared.
You may want someone you trust beside you when labour begins.
Or you may be looking for continuity from pregnancy, through birth, and into the transformation of postpartum.
There is no single level of support that every family needs.
Choose the place that feels most like where you are now.
A grounded beginning.
Two private sessions for couples who want personalised birth preparation without booking labour support.
We explore:
Includes: two private sessions, access to the Birth Guardian Client Library and continuous virtual support during your preparation period.
Best for: Families who want something more personal than a general antenatal class but do not need extensive preparation or birth attendance.
Preparation that goes beyond the mechanics of birth.
Three private sessions combining practical birth education with emotional preparation, partner confidence and hospital navigation.
Alongside understanding labour, we can explore fears, expectations, communication, interventions, birth preferences, movement, comfort measures and how to remain connected when circumstances change.
Includes: three private sessions, partner preparation, birth-preferences exploration, emotional preparation, hospital navigation, postpartum planning, Client Library access and continuous virtual support.
Best for: Families who want deeper preparation but do not require me to be on call or attend their birth.
My most comprehensive preparation-only experience.
Five private sessions take you and your partner from understanding the physiology of birth through hospital navigation, emotional preparation, practical partner support, birth rehearsal and preparation for the first days postpartum.
A personalised birth-preferences document is created from our work together.
Includes:
Best for: Couples who want to prepare with me deeply but will rely on their medical team, partner or another doula during labour.
Focused labour and birth support.
For families who already feel well prepared but want an experienced, steady presence when labour begins.
We meet before birth so I understand your preferences, your partner, your history and what helps you feel safe.
I am then on call from 37 weeks and provide continuous support through labour and birth.
Includes:
Best for: Families who have already completed comprehensive birth preparation.
Preparation + presence + integration.
This is the beginning of my complete Birth Guardian support.
We prepare together before birth, I remain available throughout pregnancy, I am on call from 37 weeks, and I join you continuously through labour and birth.
Afterwards, we meet again to begin integrating the experience.
Includes:
Best for: Families wanting a trusted relationship before birth, continuous birth support and an opportunity to reconnect afterwards.
More preparation. More partner confidence. More space after birth.
The Expanded Journey allows us more time together before and after birth.
Includes everything in Essential, plus:
Best for: Families who want a deeper relationship before birth and more support integrating the experience afterwards.
The complete Birth Guardian preparation and birth experience.
Five private preparation sessions allow us to work deeply before labour begins.
By the time I join you for birth, I already understand your story, your concerns, your partner, your priorities and the environment in which you feel safest.
Includes:
Best for: Families who want my most comprehensive preparation and birth support without extended ceremonial postpartum care.
Specialised support after caesarean.
Preparing for VBAC can bring hope, questions and memories of a previous birth.
We make room for all of it.
This journey combines previous-birth reflection, VBAC education, realistic preparation, hospital navigation, partner preparation and continuous birth support.
The intention is not to guarantee vaginal birth.
The intention is for you to approach your birth feeling informed, involved, respected and supported - whatever pathway ultimately becomes necessary.
Includes:
Best for: Families wanting specialised emotional, practical and continuous support for birth after caesarean.
Birth support with intentional postpartum care.
Birth does not end when the baby arrives.
The Foundation Journey brings together my complete Signature preparation and birth support with meaningful postpartum care.
Includes everything within the Signature Birth Journey, plus:
Best for: Families who want pregnancy and birth support together with meaningful postpartum care, reflection and ceremony.
The complete passage through pregnancy, birth and becoming.
This is my most personally held Birth Guardian offering.
It is for families who want one trusted person walking beside them not only as they prepare to give birth, but as they move through pregnancy, labour, birth and the mother's return into herself.
Our work has time to become relational rather than transactional.
Includes everything within the Foundation Journey, plus:
Because this journey requires significant availability and continuity, only a limited number of Full Integration families are accepted.
Best for: Families seeking the highest level of continuity, preparation, personal support and postpartum integration.
Before entering the labyrinth of birth, there can also be a moment to stop and honour the woman who is about to walk it.
A Mother Blessing is not a baby shower.
The attention turns toward the mother - surrounding her with encouragement, intention, ritual and the people who will hold her as she approaches birth.
Simple, intimate and meaningful.
A deeper ceremonial experience incorporating the labyrinth, reflection and layered ritual.
A fully personalised ceremony with extended planning, family or partner participation, meaningful rituals and follow-up connection.
Venue, catering, décor, photography, flowers, gifts and specialist materials are quoted separately where applicable.
Depending on the service selected, Birth Guardian care may also include access to my private five-module Client Library, ongoing virtual support, preparation for appointments, reflection after appointments, birth-preference discussions and additional personal connection when appropriate.
My support is relational, but it is also clearly within scope.
Birth Guardian services are nonclinical and work alongside - never in place of - your doctor, midwife, nurse or hospital.
Preparation-only services may be paid in two instalments. The final balance is due before the final preparation session.
Birth-support journeys:
60% booking retainer when your agreement is signed
40% remaining balance by 36 weeks
Your full balance is completed before the on-call period begins.
Your estimated birth period is reserved once your agreement and booking payment have been received.
You do not need to choose based on how you think you are "supposed" to give birth.
Start instead with the kind of support you want around you.
Do I want preparation?
Do I want Caridad beside me during labour?
Do I want support to continue into postpartum?
From there, we can find the journey that fits.
If my approach resonates with you, I invite you to begin with a private consultation.
We can talk about your pregnancy, your family, your hopes, your concerns and the level of support that would serve you best.
“Birth is not something a woman needs to perform.
It is a path she walks - one that deserves presence, protection and respect.”
- Caridad Saenz
Birth is not something to be managed.
Dubai - Ajman - Abu Dhabi
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