Even before I began massage school in the year 2000, I knew I wanted my focus to be prenatal massage. Pregnant mothers have unique needs that I understood well from my own recent pregnancies.

Providentially, there were several pregnant students in my school, and no one else wanted to touch them. They were soon hooked on the magic of massage, and so was I!
Immediately upon graduation, I completed additional certification in Prenatal Massage and Doula Services, expanding my scope to assist women during labor.

I soon learned that Las Vegas has a rich and vibrant birth community, but that it can be difficult to maneuver. The average cesarean rate of the local hospitals hovered around 40%, and still does today. The needs of growing families here are urgent, and I urgently wanted to help!

In addition to my massage and doula training, I was deeply blessed to become a part of Pinkpeas Pregnancy and Parenting Care Center, which is home to all the very best in low-cost, no-hassle care and the umbrella for all the best non-profit organizations.

I am dedicated to nurturing the single most important support a growing family needs: community.

I became a La Leche League Leader and active member of the International Cesarean Awareness Network. Improving Birth and Nevada Friends of Midwives soon followed, because as I fell in love with the families I had served and befriended, I discovered that they were fighting hard to improve birth and maintain their rights.

I completed a midwifery apprenticeship and attended many births as a midwife before retiring into the less time-intensive roles of Massage Therapist and Advance-Trained Doula. In the midst of all the massaging and birth work, I also gave birth (at home) to eight more of my own sweet babies (but not all at once).

Give me a call! I'd be honored to meet you.

(702)241-4753

mamakneads@gmail.com