Sasha Simine

Hi! I’m Sasha (she/her). My doula story began in University while I was working towards a career researching embryo development to improve fertility treatments. In my third year I experienced a profound change in my worldview that made me realize I didn’t want to be working in a lab my whole life. I knew I needed to find a career that let me connect with the people I was helping. I thought about the awe I felt when reading stories of people giving birth and realized I didn't have to wait until having children of my own to experience the magic firsthand, I could be a doula - helping guide families through their births and the early days with their newborns.

I quickly became passionate about supporting parents as they navigate the medical industrial complex and became a certified birth doula through Doula Canada and the Revolutionary Doula Training program. I combine both scientific evidence and intuition to help you understand the amazing biological event your body and baby will be going through during labour.

I’m also certified postpartum doula through Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings. In this training I learned so much about the unique body and mind healing that occurs after birth. I am not content with being a doula that simply holds your baby so you can shower. I want to make sure you are being nourished and taken care of in all aspects of your life - body, mind, and soul - so that you can best take care of your baby. 

When I'm not working with clients, you can find me playing with my cat Dottie, cooking dinner for my family, or reading one of the many queer sci-fi books on my nightstand.