YOUR FAMILY DESERVES A CARE EXPERIENCE DESIGNED ENTIRELY AROUNG YOU
PRIVATE MATERNAL & FAMILY CONCIERGE
MEET the pros
At Legacy Birth Pros, exceptional care begins with an exceptional team
Legacy Birth Pros is a multigenerational family business and built upon decades of experience serving families.
That foundation shapes the way we approach private care today: with warmth, professionalism, experience, and a genuine understanding that being invited into a family's most intimate moments is both a responsibility and a privilege.
Michelle
Maternal Wellness Consultant | Full-Spectrum Doula | Lactation Educator | Founder of Legacy Birth Pros
Michelle Sanders has spent more than two decades supporting families throughout California. Her extensive experience, combined with ongoing education and a deep understanding of maternal and family care, allows her to create highly personalized support experiences tailored to the unique needs of each family she serves.
Before dedicating herself fully to doula care and lactation education, Michelle was a mother of 3, and enjoyed a career as a traveling surgical technologist and surgical technology instructor. Her clinical experience spanned multiple specialties, including obstetrics and general surgery, giving her a unique perspective on both the medical system and the experience of the families moving through it.
Michelle later stepped into public health leadership, where she developed and managed a successful public health doula program. That experience became a defining chapter in her journey, giving her the opportunity to advocate for families, mentor birth workers, and explore how she could serve the maternal health community in a way that was both meaningful and aligned with her purpose.
Today, Michelle is the founder of Legacy Birth Pros, a private maternal care concierge practice, and Beauty for Ashes Maternal Wellness, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting birthing families and the birth workers who serve them. Legacy Birth Pros has grown to include her two daughters and a carefully cultivated team of birth professionals who share her commitment to exceptional, compassionate care.
While Michelle continues to provide select in-home doula and lactation support, her primary role is now that of a maternal wellness consultant and care concierge helping families thoughtfully curate the right support team for their individual journey.
Her approach is personal, intentional, and highly relationship-centered. Michelle believes families deserve more than a list of resources; they deserve a trusted guide who understands their needs, anticipates the details, and helps create a support experience that feels seamless and truly theirs.
Michelle's philosophy is simple: exceptional maternal care begins with listening, thoughtful curation, and knowing that no two families need exactly the same kind of support.
Felicia
Birth Doula | Lactation Educator | Doula Mentor
For Felicia Francis-Edwards, being a doula is more than a profession; it is a calling and a privilege. With more than 30 years of experience in Maternal and Child Health and a career dedicated to supporting women, infants, and families, Felicia brings a wealth of knowledge, compassion, and experience to every family she serves. She became a professional doula in 2012 and has since supported more than 300 births.
Felicia believes that being invited into a family’s birth experience is a sacred honor. Her approach is centered on helping each birthing person feel informed, empowered, and supported while also caring for the partners, family members, and friends who surround them.
Understanding that many families approach labor and birth with fear or anxiety, Felicia works to replace fear with confidence and preparation. She recognizes that labor can be challenging and painful, but firmly believes that pain does not have to mean suffering. Through compassionate guidance and practical comfort measures; including massage, breathing techniques, relaxation, soothing music, movement, and supportive positioning; she helps families navigate the intensity of labor with greater confidence and ease.
As a Lactation Educator and Doula Mentor, Felicia brings her commitment to education into every aspect of her work. She not only supports families through their birth experience but also helps develop the next generation of doulas, sharing the knowledge, wisdom, and perspective gained throughout her career.
Her greatest priority is to empower each client to have the birth experience they desire while remaining supported and cared for when plans change. Felicia understands that birth does not always unfold as expected, and she is honored to provide steady, compassionate support through every turn.
As part of the Legacy Birth Pros team, Felicia embodies the belief that exceptional doula care is both deeply personal and profoundly professional.
Felicia's philosophy is simple: every birth is an honor, every family deserves compassionate support, and every client should leave their birth experience knowing they were heard, respected, and cared for.
Shelby
Postpartum Doula | Newborn Care Specialist | Doula Coordinator
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Shelby has a lifelong understanding of the importance of support during the transition into parenthood. As Michelle Sanders’ oldest daughter, Shelby grew up witnessing firsthand the demands of motherhood and the profound difference that meaningful support can make during pregnancy, birth, and especially the postpartum period.
From a young age, Shelby played an important role in helping care for her younger siblings. That early experience sparked a deep appreciation for the physical, emotional, and practical support mothers need while caring for their families; and ultimately inspired her path into postpartum and newborn care.
Today, Shelby brings that same natural sense of dependability, attentiveness, and compassion to the families she serves. As a postpartum doula, newborn care specialist, she is passionate about creating a calm, supportive environment where new parents can rest, recover, learn, and feel confident in their transition into parenthood.
As part of the Legacy Birth Pros team, Shelby combines personal experience with professional training to help families navigate the often-overwhelming early days with thoughtful, hands-on support. She takes pride in being someone families can rely on; not only to care for their newborn, but to recognize when a parent needs encouragement, reassurance, nourishment, rest, or simply an extra set of capable hands.
In her role as Doula Coordinator, Shelby also helps ensure that each family is thoughtfully matched with the right members of their care team, carrying forward the Legacy Birth Pros commitment to personalized, seamless support.
Shelby's philosophy is simple: when a family is cared for well, parents have more space to rest, bond, recover, and enjoy the beginning of their new chapter.
A'mour Symmone
Nanny | Sibling Support Specialist | Childcare Coordinator
A’mour Symmone has a natural love for children; and they seem to love her right back. As Michelle's youngest daughter, A’mour was raised in a family where caring for children, supporting families, and creating a nurturing environment were simply part of everyday life.
She is grateful to have inherited some of her mother’s greatest qualities, including her compassion, patience, and genuine love for children. The nurturing support Michelle provided throughout her childhood shaped A’mour’s understanding of how meaningful, attentive care can positively influence a child and their family.
Today, A’mour brings that same warmth and intentionality to the families she serves. As a nanny, sibling support specialist, and childcare coordinator, she is passionate about creating safe, engaging spaces where children feel supported, encouraged, and free to express their individuality and creativity.
She especially enjoys helping little ones reach their next developmental milestone while providing dependable, attentive care that gives parents peace of mind. Whether she is caring for a newborn, engaging an older sibling, or helping a family navigate their childcare needs, A’mour approaches each experience with patience, playfulness, and genuine connection.
As part of the Legacy Birth Pros team, A’mour helps extend the family’s care beyond the birthing parent, recognizing that supporting the whole family creates a more positive and nurturing transition into parenthood.
A'mour's philosophy is simple: children thrive when they feel safe, seen, supported, and free to be themselves.
Simone Mariposa
Birth & Postpartum Doula | Intuitive Guide | Body Liberation & Holistic Wellness Advocate
As Felicia’s daughter, Simone Mariposa was raised with a deep appreciation for the power of compassionate support and the sacred nature of birth. Her own path into birth work has grown from that foundation, blending professional doula training with an intuitive, holistic approach to reproductive care.
Trained through Kindred Space LA, Simone supports families throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum transition with a nurturing presence and a deep trust in the wisdom of the birthing body. She believes every person deserves to feel safe, respected, informed, and empowered throughout their reproductive journey.
Simone is particularly passionate about body liberation, holistic wellness, and helping clients reclaim agency and confidence in their bodies. Her approach honors the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of the birth experience, creating space for clients to feel grounded, connected, and fully supported.
Whether providing hands-on comfort, intuitive guidance, emotional support, or simply holding space as a sacred witness, Simone brings compassion and intention to every family she serves. She understands that each person's journey is unique and meets clients where they are, without judgment or expectations.
As part of the Legacy Birth Pros team, Simone brings a beautiful balance of intuition, advocacy, and compassionate care, helping families feel supported not only through the process of birth, but through the deeper transition into parenthood.
Simone's philosophy is simple: when people are empowered to trust themselves, their bodies, and their own inner wisdom, they can approach their reproductive journey with greater confidence, safety, and joy.
Brandi
Registered Nurse | Chef | Full-Spectrum Doula | Mom Self-Care Strategist
Brandi offers a distinctive approach to maternal and family care, blending clinical expertise, elevated nourishment, and personalized support. As a Registered Nurse, trained chef, full-spectrum doula, mom self-care strategist, and mother of 7, she brings together the knowledge and nurturing presence needed to care for the whole woman throughout her motherhood journey.
Her concierge approach is centered on thoughtful, personalized care that allows mothers to feel supported, nourished, and confidently cared for. From pregnancy and birth through the postpartum transition and beyond, Brandi creates an experience designed around each mother’s individual needs, preferences, and lifestyle.
With a passion for helping mothers prioritize themselves without guilt, Brandi encourages intentional self-care, nourishing meals, restorative practices, and sustainable wellness rituals that make motherhood feel more supported and less overwhelming.
Brandi's philosophy is simple: exceptional care should extend to the mother, too.
FREE! Safe Sleep Workshop for Parents
Learn all the tips and tricks to help your little one snooze safely and soundly in this chill virtual workshop.