Birth is powerful.
So are you.

Supporting international families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. In Amsterdam.

I've been a doula for eight years - first in California, then in Amsterdam, where I've spent the last five supporting international and expat families through pregnancy, birth, and the fourth trimester.

My background in psychology shapes how I show up: not as a therapist, but as someone who understands what it means to feel truly held inside one of life's most intense experiences. I bring information, walk through options, and help you get clear on what you want.

Birth doesn't end when the baby arrives. It's a story that stays with you - in your body, in your memory, in how you step into parenthood. I work with you, your partner, what's happening between you. And if you're navigating something specific, like a breech presentation, a pregnancy past your due date, broken waters without contractions, you don't have to figure it out alone.

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(WHAT OTHERS SAY)

"Working with Lua as our Doula was an amazing experience from the beginning until the end. We decided to work with Lua based on her experience but mostly our personal feelings with her as a person. Her background as a clinical psychologist was also really interesting to us as we wanted to have the right support both physically and psychologically for this key moment of our lives, especially as we are both expats and far from our families and support system. We really feel like we wouldn't have been able to do it without her calm, multiple advice, support and continuous encouragement as we went from our house to one hospital and then another. She was like a big sister to us, who knows exactly how to help and when. Lua was there for it all and we can only recommend her services for anyone who wishes to be supported by a doula during pregnancy, labour, and beyond! "

Adhisty & Emmanuel

Collaborations →

Alongside this work, I run Hello Doula, a matching service connecting Amsterdam families with the right doula.

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Hello Doula

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Mothers on Film Amsterdam

Photographing mothers on film / gatherings & sessions / Amsterdam
By @luagrimalt @hollymorri

Birth is powerful. So are you.

Alongside this work, I run Hello Doula, a matching service connecting Amsterdam families with the right doula.

Birth is powerful.
So are you.