Prenatal and Labor Doula Care for the Utmost Transformation
Neri Life Choma, M.A 🦋
Labor Doula, Perinatal Coach, Childbirth Educator,
Doula Trainer
With 26 years of experience supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood, I offer a unique approach that combines evidence-based doula care with transformational prenatal coaching.
Through personalized conversations, preparation, and continuous support, I help families build confidence, self-trust, and the skills to navigate birth with exceptional coping skills, clarity, and agency.
Whether you choose personalized support through our collaborative doula team model or with me, you receive compassionate, trauma-informed care grounded in knowledge, experience, partnership, and coaching.
Please visit the ABOUT section for more information about me and my team.
From Fear Reaction to Confident Creation: Let's Do It!
Congratulations on your pregnancy!
You are beginning one of the most profound transitions of your life — a journey filled with excitement, questions, decisions, and moments of uncertainty. In a world that is changing so quickly, it is more important than ever to feel grounded, supported, and connected to your own inner wisdom.
You don’t have to navigate this journey alone. With personal doula support and in-depth prenatal coaching, you can move toward birth with greater confidence, clarity, and trust in yourself.
Together, we will explore your hopes, values, beliefs, and unique needs so you can make informed decisions and create a birth experience that feels aligned with who you are. Through coaching conversations and practical birth preparation, you will develop the confidence, self-trust, and tools to navigate challenges with greater resilience and calm.
My team and I bring together extensive knowledge, hands-on coping techniques, and transformational coaching strategies to provide care that honors your uniqueness and supports you in becoming the expert in your own journey. Our goal is to help you approach birth and parenthood feeling prepared, confident, and connected — not only to your baby, but also to yourself.
Choose the Care Model That Fits Your Needs
NERI'S BIRTH SUPPORT
Starting at $4,500
insurance approved
- 4-6 prenatal coaching sessions, and additional sessions as needed
- Access to my audio-visual guide (see below) and any resources and referrals needed
- Unlimitted emails, phone calls & texts
- On-call 24/7
- Continuous hands-on support throughout your childbirth
- Informing and advocating
- One postpartum home visit
COLLABORATIVE DOULA CARE
Starting at $3,000
insurance approved
- 4-6 prenatal coaching sessions, and additional sessions as needed with me
- Access to the audio-visual guide (see below) and any resources and referrals needed
- Limitless emails, phone calls & texts
- A home visit by one of our fantastic team members — a certified doula trained and mentored by me — who will support, inform, and advocate for you throughout labor, while consulting with me as needed, and will come for a postpartum home visit.
NERI'S PRENATAL COACHING
6-Session package for $1,000
insurance approved
- Discovering your beliefs, values, motivations, strengths, and challenges to gain clarity of your desired journey.
- Implementing field-specific coaching strategies and exercises to increase your confidence and help you overcome fears and personal challenges
- Amplifying your internal authority
- Writing affirmations
- Practicing mindfuleness and support tools
- Developing your sense of autonomy and self-advocacy skills
About Us
The Birth Coach & Doula Collaborative
Our collaborative doula model brings together the wisdom and experience of a seasoned birth professional who coaches you prenatally with the presence and dedication of a well-trained, hands-on birth doula. You will meet and connect with both doulas during pregnancy, allowing you to build trust, comfort, and a meaningful relationship with each member of your birth team before your baby arrives.
During pregnancy, you receive prenatal coaching and preparation with Neri, drawing on 26 years of experience supporting families through pregnancy and birth. Through meaningful prenatal conversations, Neri helps you clarify your values, preferences, strengths, and hopes for your birth experience while exploring any concerns or challenges that may arise along the way. Together, you build confidence, self-trust, and the tools to approach birth with greater clarity and preparation.
During labor and birth, your dedicated birth doula provides continuous in-person support, comfort, and advocacy. Behind the scenes, the two doulas collaborate closely to ensure you benefit from both experienced guidance and compassionate, hands-on support throughout your journey.
About Neri
For over 26 years, I have had the honor of supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and the transition into parenthood. After attending hundreds of births as a labor doula and directing two birth resource centers, I founded Bay Area Doula Training to share my knowledge and experience with the next generation of birth professionals.
I am also the founder of the Birth Coach Method, an innovative approach that integrates coaching strategies into perinatal support. My work is rooted in the belief that birth is not only a physical experience, but also a deeply personal transformation that requires confidence, self-trust, and informed choices.
As a relationship-based, trauma-informed practitioner, I help families explore their hopes, values, strengths, concerns, and unique circumstances. Through meaningful prenatal conversations, I support clients in developing clarity, confidence, and agency as they prepare for birth and parenthood.
Over the years, I have trained and mentored many talented doulas in our community. Today, some of these exceptional doulas are part of my collaborative birth support team, bringing their dedication and skills to families while benefiting from my mentorship and decades of experience.
I am proud to bridge doulas and medical professionals through my California BRN-accredited nurse education.
Whether I support a family personally or through our collaborative doula team model, my mission remains the same: to provide compassionate, empowering care that helps families approach birth with confidence, a positive mindset, and trust.