HMHB Doula Team

Aloha, I’m Arlea Trahan, a birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator.  I want to help families achieve the experience they desire however that may look for them.  My goal is for you to feel safe and involved.  I am a mom of two, military spouse, tv buff, foodie, and boba addict.   Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your birth team.  I look forward to supporting you and your family.   

Aloha! I was born and raised on the island of O’ahu, and currently reside on the windward side. I am a busy mom of two keiki, who inspired me to delve into questioning, educating myself, and wondering if there was more to birth than what I experienced. Indeed there was! When I am not being mom or doula, my other calling is the path of learning, sharing about, and supporting others through holistic health and wellness. You can also find us in or near the ocean! I have been a birth and postpartum doula for the past five years and absolutely love supporting ‘ohana during this special (and overwhelming) season of life.

I have been a birth and postpartum doula for the last year and a half. I have a background working in events and am a yoga teacher (perinatal, vinyasa, aerial, and restorative yoga). I think those two backgrounds have instilled my love of working in birth support – it feels like the most powerful “event” there is and I love making it as loving, supportive, and empowered as possible. I live in Waimanalo and I love to hike, garden, cook, share stories, and get lost in a good book, or bookstore. I’m so grateful to be a part of this community and look forward to being a part of yours!

Aloha! My name is Chelisse and I am Native Hawaiian, born and raised here in the islands. I have 3 kind, beautiful boys and a fun loving partner. I found my passion for birth work through my own children. My first birth was emergent and traumatic while my second birth was calm and healing. I realized that through my own births, how supported you feel through the process makes all the difference in the world. How you’re made to feel while you birth, imprints in you and is something that you will remember for the rest of your life. My goal is to help birthing people feel secure and educated in their births. 

I am a birth and postpartum doula. I have been a doula for a year and a half. I live in Ewa Beach with my husband who is in the US Navy. My passion is to advocate for my clients and help them to have the proper information needed for their birth and postpartum journey. I want the families I support to have a memorable birth and postpartum experience that they enjoy remembering. I love to go to the beach, watching sunsets with my husband and spending time with friends and family. I enjoy exploring the beauty of this island and all it has to offer. I am very excited to be on your support team!

I have been offering hands to maternity care since 2012 and incorporate years of international development work in health and poverty eradication into the sensitivity of care I provide. My advocacy roles in South and Southeast Asia, South Africa, Latin America and the Hawaiian Islands, have encompassed beginning and end of life cycles as a doula and hospice volunteer. I love to travel, spend time with family, cook, craft and believe strongly in nature’s medicine.  

I have been involved in maternal health, caregiving and birthwork for the past 27 years. I have cared for mothers and babies as a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy, CNA, doula and midwife . Mothering and caring for other mothers and their babies is my passion. Improving families’ outcomes and experiences is the work I have been called to do. I am the mother of 6 and active duty Navy spouse to my husband of 20 years. I enjoy cooking , traveling, homeschooling  and exploring the with my children. 

My work with mothers and babies spans 20+ plus years as a birth and postpartum doula, breastfeeding counselor, RN and now APRN.  I live in Makiki and am the mother to a teenager.  Being chosen to support families during a very special time in their life is truly a gift.  I enjoy getting to know the families, and becoming an extended part of their Ohana.  My husband has spent over 20 years in the food industry and is a really good cook, so I enjoy eating whatever he makes!