Meet the Team
My Back-Network : Sydney Doula Tribe
I work within a small close-knit team of experienced doulas and we often support families together. When you hire me as your primary doula, you also benefit from the shared wisdom, continuity, and reassurance of our entire team.
On the rare occasion that you need in-person support while I’m attending another birth, I will call on one of my trusted colleagues to ensure you are never left without support.
All of my clients benefit from this shared foundation. You can feel confident knowing we take a physiology-first approach to birth—supporting the body so labour can unfold naturally and spontaneously—alongside a consistent style of care and experience in techniques such as OMP and acupressure. Most importantly, we have deep trust in one another, so whoever is with you will show up fully, with skill, care, and commitment.
Three doulas, one shared commitment to you.
Lauren Serveriano - Doula By Your Side
Lauren Severiano is a highly experienced birth professional offering birth and postpartum doula services across Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs. Before becoming an independent doula, Lauren worked for more than six years as a Labour and Birth Registered Nurse in the United States, supporting hundreds of women, babies, and families through labour, birth, and the postnatal period. Since 2023, she has continued supporting families as a doula, combining clinical knowledge with compassionate, personalised care.
Now based in Sydney with her family, Lauren continues to advocate for positive birth experiences through education, advocacy, and holistic support. Outside of birth work, she enjoys running, yoga, long walks, and spending time with her two daughters.
Check out Lauren's website at www.doulabyyourside.com.au
Amanda Bernstein - Essentail Me Doula Services
Amanda, a Sydney-based highly experienced birth and postpartum doula, is truly passionate about ensuring women educated around their options, and able to make empowered choices for their pregnancy and birth from a place of informed decision making and consent. She believes that this way, no matter the outcome of this journey to meet their baby, it will be a positive experience that sets her clients up to a great start as parents.
Having graduated from the Australian Doula College in 2017, Amanda has supported over 450 births. Amanda is also a VBAC mum of two boys, extensively trained Optimal Maternal Positioning ambassador, Ka Huna massage therapist and Pilates instructor.
Check out Amanda's website at www.essentialme.com.au