Hi, I'm Olena.
Founder and lead doula of Mother's Hands — mother of three, and a believer that no one should walk through birth feeling alone or afraid.
Three births taught me everything
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My first birth
My first was medicated, and I had an episiotomy. I got through it — but I remember how often I felt unsure, unheard, and a little frightened, wishing someone calm would just explain what was happening.
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My second birth
My second was a cesarean, by medical indication. It taught me that birth doesn't always follow the plan — and that a different kind of birth deserves exactly the same tenderness, dignity, and joy.
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My third birth
By my third, I was prepared. I understood my body, my choices, and my voice. It was the calm, supported birth I'd hoped for all along — and it showed me what every mother deserves to feel.
Those three experiences — so different from one another — are the whole reason Mother's Hands exists. I became a doula so that other women don't have to figure it out alone. Whatever your birth looks like, you deserve to feel safe, informed, respected, and celebrated.
Training & credentials
Certified doula
Graduate of the Power of Doulas program for birth and postpartum support.
Certified Nursing Assistant
CNA training — a clinical foundation that informs attentive, careful support.
Certified aromatherapist
Trained in safe, postpartum-appropriate aromatherapy for comfort and rest.
Mother of three
Lived experience across very different births — medicated, cesarean, and prepared.
What I believe
- Birth should feel like a celebration, not a battle.
- There is no single 'right' way to give birth or to feed your baby.
- Information calms fear — so you'll always know what's happening.
- You deserve care in the language you dream in.
- Your partner belongs in this, fully — never on the sidelines.
Mother's Hands
Birth & Postpartum Doula Care
Why “Mother's Hands”
Because that's what this work is: steady hands you can trust — to hold space, to ease pain, to catch you when the day feels too big. The same kind of hands a mother offers her own child.
My wish is simple: that on this day, a woman feels not like she's at war, but at a celebration — the joyful arrival of the baby she's been waiting for.
Let's meet
The best way to know if we're a fit is simply to talk. It's free, and there's no pressure at all.