About Me

The Unique Beginning Experience

My name is Cheron, mother of 4 beautiful children and 2 wonderful grandchildren.  I am the heart behind Unique Beginnings, a full spectrum doula for over 30 years of experience devoted to walking alongside families through one of life’s most sacred transitions. I have had the pleasure of assisting over 48 births (that I can remember) and countless postpartum families during this time.  Since 2025 I have started incorporating child birth education into my prenatal programs to make sure that moms are educated and have a resource to look back on.

I offer grounded, nurturing support to new parents as they move through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum—providing both hands-on care and a calm, reassuring presence. My work is rooted in the belief that every parent deserves to feel informed, empowered, and deeply supported as they step into this new chapter.

With an earthy and intuitive approach, I create space where you can trust your body, your voice, and your path. I blend education, emotional support, and gentle guidance so you can move through this experience with confidence and peace.

I am a Certified Birth Doula, Maternal Mental Health Peer Support Specialist and a Registered Medical Assistant. These foundations allow me to support you with both compassionate presence and informed care.

It is an honor to walk beside you—holding space for your experience, your growth, and your unique beginning as it gently takes root.

My journey into birthwork began in 1990, when I became pregnant with my first child. I was young, far from home, and living in Silver Spring, Maryland after leaving California to build a life with my future husband. With no family nearby and no connection to his yet, I walked the early path of motherhood in deep solitude.

Pregnancy, birth, and the unknown unfolded before me with no guide. I faced fear, loneliness, and the harsh sting of racism at the hospital where I delivered my daughter. I was made to feel unwelcome before I even crossed the threshold. An unfamiliar doctor rushed in to catch my baby and vanished before I could see her face or hear her name. My newborn was taken away to another part of the hospital, and my husband—trying to follow—was turned away because our daughter “did not look like him.” I was left unsteady from an epidural, and still he had to return for me so we could find our child together.

When we finally made it home, the quiet was overwhelming. A new baby in my arms, a husband working long hours, and the weight of survival on my shoulders—rent, food, returning to work before we were ready. I had babysat as a girl, but nothing prepared me for motherhood without a village. No guidance. No resources. No map.

Eventually, we returned to California, back to the soil and family that could hold us. And in that return, a seed was planted in me: no woman, no family in my circle would ever walk the path of birth alone if I could help it.

I began gathering knowledge like community resources, postpartum support, hospital practices, birthing rights, advocacy, and cultural care. I showed up for friends and family as their anchor, their voice, their reminder that they deserved dignity and choice. Then in 1995, I began branching out to help others within my community.  Not just supporting but learning more about pregnancy, labor and delivery then passing it on moms and helping them have the best experience possible.  By the 2000's,  I learned how important my role was, not just for mom but also for the family.  As the medical field grew so did the need for someone to advocate for the mom's that were in their most vunerable state.  We all realize that sometimes we have to pivot to ensure safety of life, but that doesn't mean we have to sacrifice our decency, morals, values or peace in the process.