Meet Cali

Cali Machen, CD - Childbirth Educator & Consulting Doula

Hi! I’m Cali. I’m a Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula and Midwife Assistant with a mission to encourage body autonomy, body literacy, and educated consent in birth.

With nearly a decade of experience as a doula, my passion is supporting birthing people through the magical and unpredictable threshold that is birth. I work with families in all birth settings from home births to hospital births.

I see myself as a nurturer and enjoy inspiring empowerment in families through providing information, continuity of care, and support of their individual desires around their birth and parenting experience.

It is proven that people birth the best when they feel safe. Whether this means a hospital birth, pain relieving drugs, a home birth, a natural birth, birth center etc, I am here to support you towards obtaining the birth experience that you envision, adapt to the unpredictable nature of childbirth, and feel as safe as possible through it all.

I have a BA in holistic health and psychology and am trained in Fertility Awareness, Hypno-birthing, and Pelvic Dynamics, and bring this training into my childbirth education classes. I am the owner of Ovum Doula Care, and actively takes birth clients in all settings. I also had the pleasure of being a childbirth educator at Lifecycle Wellness, one of the oldest still operating birth centers in the United States. In 2024, I started midwifery school and began the journey to becoming a midwife.

I co-teach Preparing for Birth, a trauma-informed, self-paced, and evidence-based childbirth ed course. As part of this online course, I offer a free 1:1 consultation with expecting parents to discuss any concerns and provide people with the support they need to to have empowered birth and postpartum experiences.

I love working with clients to:

  • process hopes and fears related to birth

  • create an environment of informed consent

  • provide educational support on the ins and outs of newborn care, breastfeeding, and physical recovery

  • support birthing people to feel confident in their choices and ability to a safe and empowering birth experience

Training, Education, Credentials, Publications, etc.

Education:

BA Holistic Health & Psychology

Certifications:

Certified Birth Doula: PALs Doulas, Seattle Washington (2018)
Certified Postpartum Doula: ProDoula (2019)
200hr YTT

Additional Training:

Fertility Awareness Method
Hypnobirthing
Pelvic Dynamics

Publications:

Preparing for Birth: Your Guide for Wellness in Birth & Beyond

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