Essential Birth Preparation and Labor Support for Hospital & Homebirth Couples
Patricia provides doula support and teaches Childbirth Education for both hospital and homebirth clients. She attends deliveries at the following hospitals: Little Company of Mary, Torrance Memorial, Kaiser West LA and Kaiser Harbor City, Cedars Sinai, St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, UCLA Santa Monica and UCLA Westwood (Ronald Reagan).
She supports homebirth couples who live in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, West LA, and South Bay Beach Cities, including Long Beach and San Pedro.
Patricia Grube began her doula training whilst living in England where she was exposed to a wealth of knowledge and the Active Birth Philosophy. She returned to America and completed her training with CAPPA and DONA and currently works in Los Angeles County and the South Bay Beach Cities. She is also trained to provide Hypnobirthing Labor Doula support. She is also a member of DASC (Doulas Association of Southern California); APPAH (Pre-and Perinatal Psychology & Health); and Birth Works International.
She is the founding Co-Leader of the West Los Angeles Chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN). ICAN is a non-profit organization made up of volunteers whose mission is to help improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC).
Patricia can be contracted to work as a Midwife Assistant. She received her Neonatal Resuscitation Practitioner (NRP) certification through Karen Strange. Patricia currently assists a local homebirth midwife, upon request.
Because of her strong background in dance and movement therapy, she has been called the "Dancing Doula." Patricia is also a certified Yoga teacher and currently teaches Pregnancy Yoga, Mommy & Baby Yoga, and Couples Yoga for Birth Workshops at Yoga Works, South Bay location. She received her prenatal yoga teacher training through Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa at Golden Bridge Yoga.
Patricia is also a published author who writes about topics in childbirth and yoga. She has posted her published articles on her Blog homepage. To read and learn more, please click here and follow her Blog.
Patricia is a devoted mother to her son and it was because of her empowering birth experience that she believes in a woman’s right to choose where and how to give birth and inspires women to believe and trust the natural birth process through the wisdom of their bodies. She works with back-up doulas who also share her style and birth philosophy.
*Patricia works with qualified doulas as back-up support to ensure coverage for births. |
