Meet your Nurturing Embrace Doula

Tarah Alexis

Certified by DONA as a Birth Doula
Certified by CAPPA as a Labor Doula
Certified by Orgasmic Birth as an Orgasmic Birth Practitioner.

I specialize in natural births—my preferred approach—while also providing unwavering doula support for medicated and surgical births.

I offer my doula services at hospitals, birthing centers, and home settings, collaborating seamlessly with each expectant mother’s medical and care team, including doctors, nurses, and midwives.

Understanding that every birth is a unique and deeply personal experience, I tailor my support to honor each family’s choices, ensuring the best possible journey.

Specialties include:

Comprehensive support through Pregnancy, Labor, Birth, and Postpartum, including breastfeeding and lactation education.
Comfort measures during labor such as water birth, massage, counterpressure, breathing techniques, position changes, aromatherapy, and heat or cold therapy.
Optional prenatal and postpartum customized nutritional plans, featuring meal preparation and culinary education classes.
Beyond birth, I also provide creative assistance, such as helping families introduce their beloved dogs and/or cats to their new baby.

Why I became a Doula

As the proud mother of my grown daughter and Nana to two beautiful granddaughters, I've long cherished the profound miracle of new life. Just recently, I witnessed the raw intensity and unyielding power of birth up close, supporting the arrival of my twin niece and nephew. That experience deepened my lifelong awe of this sacred journey. It was clear then—and remains so today—that my path as a doula is a divine calling from God.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as a professional chef in a nursing home, I found myself immersed in heartfelt exchanges every day. Essential workers and a handful of residents would share vivid birth stories, weaving tales of life's miraculous beginnings into our routines. Even three years on, while serving as head chef for the VIP lounge at a bustling New Jersey concert arena, those conversations persisted—rich discussions on pregnancies and more enchanting birth narratives unfolding around me. It felt like divine whispers, God quietly sowing the seeds of my future calling.

I remember thinking about this deeply and asking God, "What is going on here? What are you trying to tell me?" and not long after that, I began to envision a new career path, and started my training and certification to become a birth doula. I had no idea at the time that it would lead me to my new dream career, which has become my second passion today.

Fortunately for me, I didn't have to give up on my first passion (Culinary Arts) when I switched careers. I've found a way to combine my culinary skills with my new role as a doula by offering my clients an optional service: teaching them how to prepare nutritious meals, or actually cooking the meals for them myself if they make the arrangement.

With a passion for supporting expectant mothers, I offer my services as a knowledgeable guide and skilled communicator, empowering families to make informed decisions during pregnancy and childbirth.

More about Me

Besides being a professional chef, I was also a Girl Scout Troop Leader, a retired Champion Pro Women's Football player with the New Jersey Titans (WSFL), and a former Pop Warner football coach.