About Rachael
Rachael Hutchins is Co-Founder of North Atlanta Birth Services and is a Certified Birth Doula, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE) and a Certified Perinatal Patient Advocate (CPPA). She has been serving birthing people along their unique path to giving birth since 2014. She is also the founder of the North Atlanta Birth Community on Facebook and co-host of the Aligned Birth Podcast.
Rachael is a mother to two boys. Everett, who was born via water birth at the hospital in 2013 and Marshall (her rainbow baby), who was born at home in 2016. Both of her boys were born at 41 weeks + 6 days. Their births shaped and shifted her in ways she could not have predicted and those experiences are what led her begin her work as a doula and childbirth educator.
She lives and plays in the North Metro Atlanta area in Georgia. Being outdoors hiking, biking, and exploring nature is by far her favorite way to spend time.
As a doula and educator, she strives to help each birthing person find a way to navigate their unique, non-linear, and unpredictable path to giving birth in a way that aligns with their individual needs, wants, and circumstances so that they have the best chance at having the best birth available to them.
Preparing you for childbirth and beyond is the goal.
Advocating for safer + healthier birth for all is the mission.
Motivating you to realize your innate awesomeness is what lights her heart on fire.
Rachael’s Philosophy on Birth
She believes that birth is beautiful, sacred, and unpredictable and that being informed, supported, and firm+flexible (like bamboo) that you can have a birth you feel great about no matter the issues or challenges that arise. Childbirth is an inherently safe and normal process that when left alone or minimally interfered with, will unfold safely and without complication.
Giving birth is not about doing it a certain way, or doing it unmedicated…
Giving birth is about meeting the needs of the individual no matter where they are and helping them achieve a birth where they are treated as the autonomous birthing person they are…
and with each twist and turn along your path, you are given the information along with time, space, and support to make the decision that is best for you and your baby.
Co-host of the Aligned Birth Podcast
Doula Rachael is also a co-host on the Aligned Birth Podcast. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss our latest episodes!
A doula and a chiropractor sharing conversations and interviews focused on…
Bringing you fun, interesting, and helpful conversations that will excite you and make you want to learn more! Our goal is to make a positive mpact on the birth community and help you along your unique journey. We believe that when you are aligned in body, mind, and your intuition, you can conquer anything!
Client testimonial:
“Rachael was there at every turn to comfort me physically and mentally through each contraction, and to steady both mine and my husband’s hearts and minds. She went above and beyond to serve us throughout pregnancy and postpartum - we truly could not have imagined experiencing our birth with anyone else! Rachael represented a warm, comforting blanket from pregnancy through postpartum. She provided us with the resources and tools we needed to make fully informed decisions for our family. She provided rest and support for my husband during labor, not to mention un-matched comfort for me! Rachael gave me (and continues to give me) a safe space to process pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and postpartum.” -Amanda M. client