Aisha Awadallah is a DONA certified birth doula, birth assistant, and CLC (certified lactation consultant). She/they provide placenta encapsulation and has also received her midwife assistant training at the historic Farm in Tennessee. Aisha identifies as a queer Black and Indigenous femme birth worker and artist. She is married to a wonderfully supportive husband in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn and parent to two cat babies. Outside of doula work Aisha is a visual/tattoo artist and art model; loves traveling and animals, dance and movement.

Having had the experience of being born at home with the aid of a midwife as an eldest sibling into a large family; the intense physical and emotional process of birth and the postpartum period were normalized to them in radical ways. Aisha is a passionate and calm advocate for her clients’ voices and reminds them of their own power to choose and access maternal education and safe birthing environments. She believes a birth doula can provide essential empathetic and experienced support during labor, comforting touch, and continual guidance for those seeking to more efficiently communicate with their chosen care providers. They also prioritize clients finding appropriate resources and in choosing more inclusive and specifically trained care providers if needed. Aisha is a birth nerd and can also spend hours talking about physiological birth, lactation, and hospital interventions our clients are often faced with. She believes knowledge is power.

As a birth doula for the past six years and providing support for 100+ families; Aisha is always learning more about birth and all things related to it, and is continually in awe of the strength of the clients they have had the honor of supporting. She has learned just how important love, community and support is; and how it can help remind us of just how much we are capable of.  Aisha believes that childbirth is a beautiful, complex, life changing and powerful experience and transition that requires the support of a “village”, or a strong support team. A labor and postpartum experience in which the individual feels empowered, safe, present and supported is essential and should always be aspired to.