Hola Divina!

Welcome! I’m so excited you’re here. I am Ivania and I guide, nurture, and support families during their Cuarentana, the first 40 days after birthing a baby, by reclaiming and reintroducing Traditional Indigenous Postpartum Care focusing on ancestral healing.

Do you want to…

Retreat within your home and honor your body and your womb with ceremony and ritual in which our ancestors practiced before us.

Regain both physical and emotional balance as you adjust to life with your new baby with warm nourishing foods that will help keep warm for proper healing.

Rest and heal during your Cuarentena with community level support taking care of you while you get to know your new baby.

Respect, honor, and connect with those in your lineage, your ancestors and their postpartum traditions

Fully feel prepared for life with your new baby and for the best possible Cuarentena experience.

Eliminate stress, worry, and confusion and replace it with clarity, calm, and confidence.

HOLA!

I’m Ivania. Bienvenida! I am here to offer Birth Doula support, Placenta Encapsulation, VBAC Childbirth Prep Course, and Traditional Indigenous Postpartum Ceremony and Closings in the Northern Virginia and DC area. I have been attending births since 2015.

Throughout my Doula journey, I have learned that it is my purpose to honor the ancestral process of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum (La Cuarentena). I offer my knowledge of ancestral healing and educate, honor, support, and empower you through this transformative sacred birth journey.

Libelula means dragonfly in Spanish. My grandfather, who had 18 children with my grandmother, would call all his daughters his Libelulas. Once I embodied the powerful connection with my roots and my lineage, I chose to change my business name to Libelula Doula.