Labor of Love Birth Services
Was created because welcoming your baby into the world is transformative on so many levels; physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. This moment will impact your life forever. We want to ensure that families meet this day with intention, connectedness and self-awareness to make it the best moment ever!
Labor of Love Services Birth
Our Mission
Labor of Love grew out of the desire to change our current birth culture and narrative. Too many expecting women find themselves overwhelmed, experiencing guilt or shame, plagued with self-doubt and judgement, and anxious with fear. Too many mothers have negative associations with our birth and postpartum experiences. Too many feel alone and isolated without the village and support needed to take care of oneself as a new mom. Such issues lead to over-all dissatisfaction, anxiety, depression and questioning ourselves as mothers.
Our goal is to help women embrace this moment and so this transition for what it is, an opportunity for growth as welcoming our babies into the world is transformative on ALL levels. We won't say that this is easy as transformation can be challenging but is doesn't have to be negative.
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Our goal is to help our clients meet this moment with confidence, safety and resilience. We know that this happens when women feel seen, heard, validated and offered genuine emotional and physical support during this time. Our services fill the gap between medical care and individual/personal care. Our clients are never alone in decisions, options or experience. We are by your side at a very challenging time offering expert guidance. We bring comprehensive support without judgement or agenda.
About Our Founder
Staci Berrey
Staci opened Labor of Love Birth Services in 2012 to support Orange County birthing families. Her goal was to help women have a better birth experience. She quickly realized that support and education were paramount in making great birth memories regardless of HOW a woman births.
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While Staci is now retired as a professional birth and postpartum doula, she has dedicated her career to help Orange County birthing families find the care and support they desire and deserve. Labor of Love was the first birth and postpartum doula agency in Orange County, and one of the first in the nation. Staci and Labor of Love have been at the fore-front of doula support becoming mainstream.
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Through Labor of Love, Staci has mentored 50+ birth and postpartum doulas, in addition to working with local Orange County prominent medical organizations and OBGyN practices to
​bridge the gap between medical birth support and emotional/physical support. She believes deeply that both are needed for a healthy birth experience.
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Labor of Love was built on the foundation that ALL birthing people deserve birth support, regardless of HOW they birth, as ALL BIRTH IS BRAVE!
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Staci is a Long Beach native born and raised in Southern California. She earned her BA in Art History from UCI and went on to earn her MA in Religious Studies at CSULB. She was pulled to birth work after having her first child in 2009. Staci worked as a solo birth doula for many years, and in 2016 brought on like-minded doulas starting the first birth and postpartum doula agency in Orange County.
