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Lioness Birth Services Welcomes You

Supporting Women and Families

Lioness Birth Services

Lioness Birth Services is a collective of doulas, educators, and childbirth photographers providing compassionate support, evidence-based education, and empowering care for families in the greater Phoenix area.

Our clients are supported by a collaborative team of experienced professionals passionate about helping families achieve their ideal birth experience by offering the emotional, physical, and informational support needed to navigate pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood with confidence.

Because every birth is unique, we approach each family with individualized care, creating a safe, calm, and supportive ambiance tailored to their needs and preferences. Whether welcoming your baby at home, in the the hospital, or in a birth center, we are committed to helping you feel empowered every step of the way.

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Services

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Our team of birth doulas are trained labor and pregnancy support professionals who will empower you in your birth experience with continuous physical, emotional, and informational support.

Birth Doula Support

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We offer a la carte prenatal planning visits to teach prenatal exercises, help you understand your options, offer resources, and write a birth plan.

Prenatal Visits

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The placenta is an amazing, healing, and unique organ. We offer placenta encapsulation, tincture, and prints.

Placenta Arts

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Childbirth Education

Birth Pool Rental

Are you a new doula and not sure what to do next?

We would love to help with 1 on 1 coaching.

Doula Mentoring

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Interested in learning Placenta Encapsulation?

We'd love to teach you!

Placenta Encapsulation Training

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Meet Our Team

We feel honored to be able to share our years of expertise with Arizona families to help them achieve their ideal birth and postpartum experience.

Owner of Lioness Birth Services

Birth Doula and Placenta Specialist

Childbirth Educator

Sara Johnson

As the mother of 3, and birth doula since 2012, Sara believes birth can be a peaceful, empowering experience when mothers receive continuous, nurturing, and loving support.

Barbara Kate Rothman said, "Birth not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers - strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength."

Sara is passionate about mothering the mother and supporting families in this transitional period of life.

Sara is a breastfeeding peer counselor and placenta encapsulator.

Sara also offers bereavement and special circumstance birth support.

Childbirth Educator

Birth and Family Photographer

Gwendolyn Flake

Hi! I'm Gwendolyn!
I am a childbirth educator and mama of 2.

I chose to be a childbirth educator because my birth with my first inspired me. I am in complete awe of the power our bodies have and love sharing that with others. Birth is such a beautiful and incredible space that needs to be protected. Whether this is you first or second or even third pregnancy, I believe educating yourself and your birth partner on the ins and outs can help you protect your space. I would love to help inspire you on your journey into motherhood and show you the power we possess as women. I hope to see you in a future class!

Birth Doula and Birth Photographer

Bonnie Hornack

Bonnie has been passionate about supporting others most of her life. It was the passion combined with her need to make a positive impact for others that led her to pursue a career in education. After becoming pregnant with her first child in 2017, she took an intense interest in all things childbirth, labor and delivery. She would devour any pieces of information she could obtain to further her knowledge on what was to come. Bonnie is passionate about helping families grow through the birth process. Bonnie’s support style could best be described as knowledgeable, flexible and loving. Bonnie’s compassion for mothers in their most vulnerable state is what lead her to become a Doula. That compassion is what she uses to lead her through labors paying close attention to cues from the laboring person allowing her to make adjustments to various comfort measures. Bonnie’s purpose in becoming a doula is to empower women and families during their pregnancies, labor, delivery and beyond. Every mother deserves dignity, care and power in her most vulnerable time. Bonnie’s background is in the field of education specifically in Early Childhood Education, and Disability Services. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University in elementary education and a Master’s Degree from Northern Arizona University in School Leadership. Bonnie completed her doula training through the training program offered by Babymoon Inn in October of 2020 and is a Certified Doula. When Bonnie is not working, she enjoys spending her time with her daughter and husband or at the gym

Birth Doula

Natalie Black-Carbone

 Natalie is a Phoenix native currently living in Scottsdale with her husband River and daughter Carmela. Natalie has always been a birth nerd and has supported many friends and families through the steps of birth and early parenthood; but following the birth of her own baby, she decided to follow her passion to step into the birth space and has found her calling there. In addition to being a doula, in her professional life Natalie is also an occupational therapist, specializing in both chronic illness and pelvic health, along with pediatric practice. Providing therapeutic care to so many patients over the years has allowed Natalie to hone her abilities in educating people on how to be informed about their own bodies, along with how to heal from injury and/or trauma. This background gives Natalie a unique skill set as a doula, including helping mothers with pelvic floor preparation and rehabilitation, along with providing a high level of physical support tools and positions during labor.

Natalie believes women are capable, powerful, and deserve to make their own informed decisions about their bodies and their babies during pregnancy, labor, and beyond. She always help her clients know about evidence based practices during their pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum period. Natalie provides loving and professional care to empower women and families. She wants mothers and their partners to feel heard, supported, and proud of how they bring their children into the world. Her goal as a doula is to help normalize birth, and to emotionally and physically help parents be confident birthing on their terms. She strives to bring a safe and peaceful energy to each birth she has the honor of witnessing. Natalie’s favorite thing about birth is when Mamas trust their bodies and their own intuition, and encourages the mothers she serves to listen to their instincts.

Sara was the perfect fit for my birth team! I wish I had met her sooner.
Thank you for being part of my dream birth!

Jessica P.

Get in Touch

Serving the greater Phoenix area

hello@lionessbirths.com

Lioness Birth Services Welcomes You