about us
We are most excited about partnering with families and other birth workers in the Bay Area and across the country in planng maternity experiences with the goal of increasing public and personal awaress about birth rights.the bare with me doula group
Our group is committed to helping you prepare for your labor, birth and postpartum experience. We focus our energy on helping expectant parents grow comfortable, safe and aware during the pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum period. Our personal labor and birthing experience along with training ensures that the birthing person and support team are well informed about all that happens before, during and after giving birth.
our founders’ story
as the bare with me doula group,
we are committed to providing quality doula support during labor, birth and postpartum that feels warm, carefree, yet transformative.
Deundra Hundon
Birth & Postpartum Doula, Co-Founder
“I didn’t feel supported by my partner, mother or father during my children’s births not because they were being mean or hurtful but simply because they didn’t know how to be fully supportive partners in my childbirth experiences. My current work as a birth worker would have provided a solution to this problem.”
– Deundra Hundon, Doula
I’m currently supporting mama’s and papa’s as a birth doula and completed my training with Cornerstone Doula Training. In addition to my training, I’m a mother and grandmother; two experiences that have provided me with personal experience with childbirth and infant and toddler care. My passion and interest for doing birth work and becoming a doula began when I was just a student in high school preparing for college. Since then, I’ve worked in childcare and education as a teacher, program director, family support coordinator and college advisor. My experience working with children and their families for over 25 years has prepared me for understanding families’ special needs and bringing calm and focus to the entire family in some of the most challenging times.
My approach to all people is to provide love, compassion and support. There isn’t a class that we have in our school system that teaches us how to have a wonderful and supportive birth and bring into the world wonderful, beautiful healthy babies. I believe that my role is to be that teacher and provide the course of learning and be present for the birth.
The births of my two children (although they are wonderful children) were anything but wonderful. I felt scared, unsure, unclear about the vocabulary being used to describe my labor and delivery. I’m committed to making sure that every mama and papa that I work with as a doula feels safe, and that mama feels confident about the strength of her body and becomes an expert on her labor and birth options.
I promise that I will:
- Stay with you throughout your emotional journey throughout your labor
- Stay connected with you and your partner to create and maintain a safe, private and calm inner and outer environment
- Stay committed to you informing and empowering you to make choices that feel right for you, your baby and partner
Alli Cuentos is a mama, daughter, sister, partner, creative and birth and full spectrum doula. She is a founding member of Community Well, a holistic family support center in the Excelsior neighborhood of San Francisco. She is also a Co-Founder of SisterWeb, San Francisco Community Doula Network and currently serves as the Director of Evaluations (AKA. Data Queen).
Alli has supported over 450 births, mentored dozens of new doulas and taught hundreds of expectant families in Childbirth Education classes. Prior to finding her calling as a birth worker, Alli designed curriculum, coordinated early education programs serving immigrant families as well as taught in public schools and preschool settings.
When not having kitchen dance parties with her four kids and many pets, she can be found wandering in Glen Canyon, teaching mural classes or looking at old pickup trucks.
Alli Cuentos
Birth & Full Spectrum Doula
Alli Cuentos
Birth & Full Spectrum Doula
Alli Cuentos is a mama, daughter, sister, partner, creative and birth and full spectrum doula. She is a founding member of Community Well, a holistic family support center in the Excelsior neighborhood of San Francisco. She is also a Co-Founder of SisterWeb, San Francisco Community Doula Network and currently serves as the Director of Evaluations (AKA. Data Queen).
Alli has supported over 450 births, mentored dozens of new doulas and taught hundreds of expectant families in Childbirth Education classes. Prior to finding her calling as a birth worker, Alli designed curriculum, coordinated early education programs serving immigrant families as well as taught in public schools and preschool settings.
When not having kitchen dance parties with her four kids and many pets, she can be found wandering in Glen Canyon, teaching mural classes or looking at old pickup trucks.
Stephanie Dixon
Birth + Postpartum Doula, Chief Operating Officer, and Co-Founder
As a San Francisco State Alumnae and a Communication Studies major, I studied courses in health communication, public speaking, journalism, and broadcasting in an effort to one day be able to advocate for the needs of others. As a Doula, Childbirth Educator, Chief Operations Officer and a mom; I have the opportunity to do so by supporting the needs of others as they consider becoming a parent, are currently expecting or are already new parents.
Some of my responsibilities include working with midwives, doulas, OBGYN’s, medical staff and board members to create a platform which fosters communication between expectant moms and their partners. I also work hard to carry out the preferences of our families throughout each stage of their pregnancy, labor and postpartum experience.
Being a Doula and Childbirth Educator is more than providing professional expertise related to pregnancy, birth and postpartum. It is about providing expectant parents, their partners and family with a roadmap on how to lead a healthy and productive lifestyle throughout their pregnancy and postpartum experience.
I am a Doula, Childbirth Educator, Philanthropist, and Motivational/Public Speaker.
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