Cali Machen

Meet Cali!

Cali is a student midwife and Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula located in Philadelphia, PA. She grew up in Boulder, CO and has a background in early childhood education. She has a Bachelors degree in holistic health and psychology and is trained in the Fertility Awareness Method of ovulation tracking. She also has a 200-hour Yoga Teacher certification and is trained in Pelvic Dynamics and hypno-birthing. She is the owner of Ovum Doula Care, and has been taking birth clients in all settings for 6 years.

She is also a childbirth educator for Lifecycle Womancare, one of the oldest still operating birth centers in the United States. Cali's mission is to encourage bodily autonomy, body literacy, and educated consent in all birth settings. She is studying to become a Certified Professional Midwife at the Midwives College of Utah specializing in out of hospital birth. When not at births she enjoys reading, practicing yoga, spinning wool and knitting, hiking, and cooking.