with confidence
the mapuana method helps you...
Navigate Birth
Calm Your Mind
Prepare Your Body
Navigate Birth
Calm Your Mind
Prepare Your Body
Navigate Birth
Calm Your Mind
Prepare Your Body
20+
years of birth support
100+
families cared for
1
personalized approach
My Hawaiian roots are a meaningful part of who I am and how I care for others. I was raised with a deep respect for 'ohana, connection, faith, and the wisdom carried through generations. There is an understanding in our culture that caring for one another is sacred - that we are never meant to walk through life alone. I bring that ancestral spirit into my work with women: honoring the body , listening deeply, trusting intuition, and creating a space where each woman feels seen, supported, and deeply cared for.
HAWAIIAN | NAME
MEANING: A WINDBLOWN FRAGRANCE
mah-poo-AH-nah
Your Birth. Your Voice. Your Team.
I provide personalized labor and birth support for women who want an experienced advocate beside them from preparation through postpartum. My role is to help you understand your options, prepare for the unexpected, communicate your needs, and stay connected to yourself through the process.
SIGNATURE DOULA CARE
FLOATING INTO BIRTH
COUPLES TOUCH IMMERSION
Prenatal BODYWORK
Comprehensive education, advocacy, and in-person support throughout pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum.
In-home therapy catered to your needs. Rest comfortably on the Prego Pillow while your massage is thoughtfully catered to your body’s needs at the time. Each session is personalized to help ease the areas holding the most tension.
Your Birth. Your Voice. Your Team.
I provide personalized labor and birth support for women who want an experienced advocate beside them from preparation through postpartum. My role is to help you understand your options, prepare for the unexpected, communicate your needs, and stay connected to yourself through the process.
I'm Mapuana
I have always been a natural caregiver. As the second oldest of four children, caring for others has been woven into me from the beginning - and today, that includes caring for my 83 year old mama, staying connected to my 2 grown children, traveling with my husband whenever we can and hosting healing retreats with fellow doulas. I am a woman of faith, family, curiosity, and connection and I bring all of that into the work I love.
My days are beautifully divided between 20+ years in the birth industry, my work with Doterra as a wellness advocate and supporting women as a birth doula. At the heart of it all, I simply love helping people feel cared for.
a woman of faith. family. curiosity & connection
Care designed for the families who want more from their birth experience.
The Mapuana Method is for the woman who wants to be an active participant in her birth – not simply a passenger in the process. She values personalized attention, thoughtful preparation, hands on care, and having someone experienced beside her who will listen, educate, and advocate without taking over. Whether you're planning a homebirth, preparing for a hospital experience or simply want to feel more confident and connected to your body, this is for the woman who believes her experience matters.
Trusted by families.
Supported by professionals.
Rooted in 20+ years of experience.
It was important to me to feel autonomous in my birth experience and have the information I needed to make my own choices. Mapuana helped me feel prepared and confident to do just that. She’s also a wonderful massage therapist and took such thoughtful care of me before and after birth. I’m so grateful for her support throughout my journey!
Alyson Hollaway
Mapuana is warm, caring, and incredibly knowledgeable.
We had a wonderful experience with Mapuana as our doula for our home birth. Mapuana did a great job of helping me fine tune what I wanted for my birth experience in a very supportive way. She's so caring and knows just how to make a birthing mom feel like a goddess. Her knowledge and use of essential oils during labor was so helpful in creating just the right support I needed at each phase. You're in great hands with Mapuana as your doula!
Theresa jefferson
You're in great hands with Mapuana as your doula!
Before giving birth to my daughter I questioned whether I needed a doula. I made the best decision for me and for our birth going with Mapuana. She was very personable and made a great effort to get to know me and my family. She was attentive, supported my goals for birth, and gave me a lot of comfort measures which actually helped. She coached my husband on how to be there for me and also helped me prepare for breastfeeding. She constantly reassured me and gave me the confidence I needed to follow my birth plan. By the way, her prenatal massages are amazing and worth their weight in gold! Thank you Mapuana!
lia & Danny soto
I made the best decision for me and for our birth going with Mapuana.
She supported me throughout my pregnancy and birth and gave me the knowledge and confidence to navigate things I hadn’t experienced during my first pregnancy. Most importantly, she believed in my ability to have a VBAC. She never made my goal feel unrealistic. Instead, she empowered me to approach birth without fear and believe in what my body was capable of.
Mapuana became so much more than a doula. She was one of the first people I trusted to hold my new baby, and I knew without hesitation that my baby was safe in her arms. She came into my life as my doula and became a friend. I’ll always be grateful she was by my side.
taylor & gian shaw
My experience with Mapuana was truly incredible.
Mapuana is a doula sister of mine. We have shared clients together and I have seen first hand the love and compassion she shares with her clients. Not to mention her hands, they’re like heaven on your skin. She has the magic touch; and knows exactly what to do intuitively. I have been the recipient of her hands before and you can feel her love through her hands.
Mary Skinner
Owner of Lotus Doula Tribe
I have seen first hand the love and compassion she shares with her clients.
Mapuana has been a doula for over twenty years, and you can feel that experience the moment she walks into a birth space. Nothing feels rushed or dramatic around her, just grounded, confident support. Her skill with massage and essential oils is intentional, intuitive, and rooted in practiced knowledge. There are so many things she’s taught me about birth that I didn’t even realize I didn’t know.
ashley chipper
Any client of hers I’ve met speaks so highly of her and genuinely values her care.
