birth and
postpartum experts
Greet your baby with confidence.
Whether you choose to work with one of our Doulas or take a class with us (or both!), you will have the right tools to birth without fear and be ready to step into your new role as a parent.
BENEFIT FROM A PROFESSIONAL, EXPERIENCED TEAM, SPECIALIZED IN PROVIDING INSIGHT AND REASSURANCE.
When you choose to work with Brilliant Births, you can rest assured knowing every member of our team has completed a rigorous vetting process and adheres to the strictest requirements. Every one of our members owns their own business and contracts with clients directly. We bring a wide variety of hands-on experience, training, certifications, and expertise to help support your unique needs. We are all CPR certified, carry liability insurance, and have undergone a comprehensive background check.
Meet the Team at Brilliant Births
Founder and CEO of Brilliant Births, Heidi Kate
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Throughout her entire life, Heidi has been a reassuring voice to others. A leader and supporter, a woman and a friend. Heidi earned an associate degree from Northern Arizona University in Environmental Sciences and a Dual Masters from the University of California Berkeley in Urban Planning/Environmental Sciences. After working for several years and earning a high-level management position in the solar power industry, Heidi had a life-changing realization. She became a mom and immediately realized that support is a fundamental need during pregnancy, labor and birth.
Heidi left her degree and career to pursue becoming a professional, certified doula. Heidi knew that with her passion for providing support, her commitment to education, and her ability to encourage and reassure others, becoming a doula was an obvious choice. It was almost as if the position was created specifically for her!
Heidi is certified to teach HypnoBirthing and Lamaze Childbirth classes. She has trained as a birth doula through DONA, CAPPA, Cornerstone, ProDoula, and Dynamo Doula. Her additional focus of study includes Spinning Babies and Evidence Based Birth. Heidi has also earned her Master rebozo credentials and placenta certification.
With a passion for vaginal birth after cesarean section, Heidi has supported and celebrated more than 50 clients as they reached this powerful goal. Her deepest desire is for her clients to know that they are cared for, that they can feel confident in their choices, and that they have the information they need when they need it.
Heidi married into a 4th generation Bay Area family and has resided there for the past 13 years. Together she and her husband raise their three children. When Heidi is not working, she loves spending time with her extended family, living an eco-friendly lifestyle, reading, watching BBC period dramas and doing seasonal canning.
“As your doula, I’m not here to choose your path. Instead, I am here to be a reassuring presence and to help you navigate your course.” – Heidi Kate
We’d love to help you find the perfect match doula for your birth and postpartum. Reach out to us today for more info and to meet our team of doulas ready to help you.
Our Commitment
Brilliant Births strives to be an anti-racist organization. As birth workers, we understand that the medical industry in the United States has assaulted, traumatized, and exploited people of color, especially Black and Indigenous people, and we have seen that continuing violence first-hand.
We believe our responsibility as a majority white organization of doulas is to know that history, provide trauma-informed care, pursue anti-racism within ourselves and our community, and be supporters, advocates, and protectors of all birthing people. We acknowledge that we live on land stolen from Indigenous people and in communities built through the forced labor of people of color. We know that systems of oppression and violence targeting Black, Indigenous, and all people of color continue to damage families' health and well-being profoundly.
We are committed to reparations and community relationships that reallocate resources, decolonize, and disrupt systemic violence and oppression. We have chosen to partner with Stronghold to provide ongoing organizational training and consultancy. We pay ongoing reparations through Shuumi Land Tax through the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.
