Meet our certified Blessed Start facilitators from around the globe!
All facilitators are AMANI-certified childbirth educators and many have completed professional training in other pregnancy- and birth-related fields, such as VBAC and breastfeeding. Take a look below to learn more and find a facilitator to help you on your birth journey!
Facilitators by Location:
Alfiya Khadeer (UAE & India)
Anisah Abdullah (UK & Saudi Arabia)
Anjumara Sadique (UAE & India)
Aqsa Zia (UAE & Pakistan)
Deena Qurshid Faheem (UAE)
Fatima T. Asfour (Jordan & Saudi Arabia)
Hafsa Qureshey (Kuwait & Pakistan)
Dr. Haya Zedan (Saudi Arabia)
Maria Mohammed (Saudi Arabia)
Dr. Maryam Laheji (Saudi Arabia)
Mubina Fazel Hussain (UAE & India)
Nada Alkhaldi (Saudi Arabia)
PB Halima Banu (UAE & India)
Alfiya Khadeer (UAE & India)
Anjumara Sadique (UAE & India)
Ayisha Chandni (India)
Aymen Azhar (Pakistan)
Aqsa Zia (UAE & Pakistan)
Fareeha Subar (Pakistan, UK, Egypt, Morocco)
Hafsa Qureshey (Kuwait & Pakistan)
Hira Hassan (Pakistan)
Luthfa Khalid (UK & India)
Mubina Fazel Hussain (UAE & India)
PB Halima Banu (UAE & India)
Rabeya Rowshin (Germany & Bangladesh)
Zahra Siddiqui (India)
Browse All Blessed Start Online Facilitators:
Alfiya Khadeer
AMANI Certified Doula and Childbirth Educator
Advanced VBAC Doula (The VBAC Link)
Prenatal and Postnatal Fitness Specialist (AFPA)
Lactation/Breastfeeding Counselor
Body Ready Method Pro
Location
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
& Mangalore, India
Availability (Gulf Standard Time UTC +4)
Monday to Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm
Congratulations on your pregnancy! I’m so excited for you as you embark on this beautiful journey into motherhood! Pregnancy is such a transformative experience, excitement and a bit of adventure. Each step you take brings you closer to meeting your little one, and it’s truly a special time in your life. As you navigate this journey, I want to invite you to join the Blessed Start program we’re offering, which is designed to help you feel confident and prepared for your birthing experience.
Alfiya Khadeer has made her personal mission to educate and support birthing families after she achieved her VBAC. She has been actively supporting the families through birth classes, Mama Support mornings and Mothers Circle since 2018. She has assisted mothers to achieve their natural birth, VBAC and VBA2C birth, and twin births. She is a certified advanced VBAC doula, certified breastfeeding counselor, waterbirth facilitator and has attended several postpartum care trainings from traditional midwives.
Anisah Abdullah
Certified AMANI Doula & Childbirth Educator
NLP Trained
RTT Practitioner
TBR Practitioner
Naturopathic Nutritionist (in training)
Location
London, United Kingdom &
Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Availability (GMT)
Sunday to Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Mabrook! What an exciting time! As well as being a time of extraordinary blessing, it can also be a very confusing and overwhelming experience. You may be struggling to find the “right” class that understands your unique situation and provides you with tailored support. If that sounds like you, then you’re in the right place. Between the recorded content and live class interaction, you will gain confidence, support, and powerful insights to go from fearful to fearless, insha’Allah.
Anisah Abdullah, founder of Inherent Birth, is an NLP & RTT and TBR trained perinatal wellness professional. She trained as an antenatal educator and doula with AMANI Birth almost nine years ago.
Anisah is also a bio medicine student training in naturopathic nutrition. She truly believes in the mind-body connection, so she created the first pregnancy coloring and affirmation book for Muslim women. The book provides the much-needed time to reflect, relax, and connect with the spiritual act of worship that birthing provides women.
Anisah founded Inherent Birth with the sole focus of providing culturally and faith-sensitive holistic care to expectant women wanting a gentle pregnancy and birth experience. Alhamdulillah, she has managed to provide just that to hundreds of parents and parents-to-be that she has supported.
Anjumara Sadique
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Certified Lactation Counselor
Breastfeeding Educator
AMANI Doula in Training
Location
Dubai, UAE &
Kerala, India
Availability (Gulf Standard Time UTC+4)
Saturday: 9 am – 11:30 am
Monday to Thursday: 9 pm – 11:30 pm
ALHAMDULILLAH, you are here! Educating self before all major events in life is crucial. University, marriage, pregnancy, birth. You are likely to remember your birth forever. A baby is born, so is a mother. It is important you feel empowered as a mother to have a wonderful transition to parenthood. The Blessed Start Course covers everything you need to know about your pregnancy and expected birth and you have access to it in the comfort of your home! Fall in love with your birth and baby. Empower self!
Anjumara Sadique did her bachelor’s in electronics and communication engineering. Life took a U-turn for her when she had her first baby in 2015, an unwanted caesarean section. Losing trust in the medical fraternity was too much on her that she went on to have another traumatic experience with her second. But learning from her mistakes, she went on to have an empowering gentle c-section with her third. This led her to pursue her career as a birth worker.
Anjumara is now a full-time lactation counselor; educates parents on breastfeeding, pregnancy, and birth; and supports mothers in labor. She is an evident learner, loves everything around birth, and passionately helps parents navigate through their pregnancy, birth, and beyond.
Dr. Aqsa Zia
Doctor
Childbirth Educator & Doula
Breast Feeding Counsellor (in training)
Diploma in Woman’s Health and Obstetrics Royal College of Ireland (current)
Location
United Arab Emirates & Pakistan
Availability (GMT)
Saturday: 4 pm – 8 pm
Sunday to Thursday:
10 am – 12 pm & 4 pm – 8 pm
Welcome to the World of AMANI Birth and congratulations on your pregnancy! It is an honor and a great responsibility to be by your side as you gain knowledge and empowerment for your pregnancy and birth. By considering AMANI-certified childbirth education and/or doula services, you’re taking the right step through preparing yourself for this incredible, life-changing journey. Remember, “Knowledge is power, is time, is money.”
Dr. Aqsa is an M.B.B.S. graduate from the Dubai Medical College for Girls – United Arab Emirates. She is very passionate about the wellbeing of women, as they are the key to every family.
She is currently enrolled into IBCLC certification program and training as a breastfeeding counsellor. She is also completing her Diploma in Obstetrics and Women’s Health from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Ireland.
Ayisha Chandni
AMANI Birth Certified Childbirth Educator and Birth Doula
Advanced Certified Lactation Professional
Certified in Maternal, Infant, Young Child and Adolescent Nutrition
Certified Dunstan Baby Language Educator
Certified Parenting Coach
Location
Chennai, India
Availability (UTC +5:30)
Monday to Friday: 11 am – 4 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9 am – 5 pm
Birth is a beautiful process if we educate and take care of ourselves correctly and surrender the rest to Allah the Most High. Join us in the Blessed Start program, which will equip you with knowledge and tools needed to make your birthing experience an Ibadah and one that empowers and liberates you from misconceptions.
Ayisha Chandni is a Maternal and Infant Support Practitioner aiming to make a difference in the way Muslims across the globe experience motherhood. She has had the privilege to learn directly under Dr. Michel Odent and Lillanna Lammers who are pioneers in the field of natural birth. She has also trained with traditional midwives from different parts of the world and would love to impart knowledge that is evidence based and mother-centric to build confidence and empower women and their families.
Aymen Azhar
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Certified AMANI Labor & Birth Doula
Certified Lifestyle Medicine Coach
Certified Birth Assistant
Location
Lahore, Pakistan
Availability (Pakistan Standard Time UTC +5)
Monday to Friday: 10 am – 12 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 8 am – 4 pm
The Blessed Start course is designed beautifully and gives women the platform to be empowered, speak up, address their concerns and fears, and be guided and supported. Not only does the course help women in being prepared and feeling empowered but also prepares the birth partner of the mother, giving them both the ability to discuss, ponder, help each other, and make decisions throughout this blessed journey. It is a transformation from a fear of the unknown to empowered, knowledgeable women.
Aymen is a young business graduate who took a completely different turn in her career after discovering AMANI Birth. Realizing the lack of awareness that women in Pakistan have regarding the importance of childbirth education and preparation, Aymen did her training as an AMANI childbirth educator and doula in the UAE in 2019 and moved to Pakistan the same year.
Her interest in natural, holistic lifestyle started with AMANI and led her to further learn and certify as lifestyle medicine coach in Lahore, accredited from LMEd, Harvard University. She now incorporates LM skills with her clients for a holistic approach.
Aymen has been providing birth services in Pakistan since 2019 and has now moved to the online Blessed Start platform as an online facilitator. Attending birth in Pakistan, both home and hospital births, and seeing the unfortunate system there has made her more determined and passionate about her work to provide awareness and education to women as they embark on this blessed journey.
Dr. Dea Revania
Certified AMANI CBE & Doula
ICAN Chapter Leader
VBAC Practitioner Coach (Naturelle VBACS)
Lactation Consultant
Babywearing Consultant (School of Babywearing, UK)
Location
Indonesia
Availability (Western Indonesia Time UTC +7)
Monday to Friday: 1 pm – 5 pm
Saturday: 9 am – 12 pm
I’m experienced with VBAMC (vaginal birth after multiple cesareans), multiples pregnancy, and also parenting. Also I’m a Babywearing Consultant.
Insha’Allah I will help you through the journey for a blessed start in life.
Dea is a mother of eight from Indonesia. She had two cesareans and then found AMANI Birth.
After attending the AMANI Birth workshop, she achieved four VBA2C (vaginal birth after two cesareans) with 6 babies (two sets of twins).
She wants to share with all women out there that we have the right to a beautiful pregnancy and birth. She believes women should get birth education for better results, insha’Allah.
Deena Qurshid Faheem
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Breastfeeding Counsellor (BFF)
Advanced VBAC Doula (The VBAC Link)
Elimination Communication Consultant (Go Diaper Free)
Postpartum Professional (Newborn Mothers)
Location
Dubai, U.A.E.
Availability (Gulf Standard Time UTC +4)
Sunday to Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 12 pm
Congratulations on your pregnancy!
The AMANI Birth Blessed Start Online Course is a complete and comprehensive program to fully equip you to prepare for a healthy pregnancy, a positive birth experience, and a prepared postpartum. If you are looking for one place for all your birth preparations, this one is for you!
Deena Faheem is a Childbirth Educator, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Breastfeeding Counsellor, and Elimination Communication Consultant.
Originally hailing from India, Deena was born and raised in the UAE. Living as an expat in the UAE has not stopped her from learning and practicing traditions from her cultural roots. Preparing for the birth of her first child, she took AMANI Birth classes and benefitted immensely from them. As a mother of three and having trained under AMANI Birth, she now actively educates couples, preparing them for childbirth, and provides new mothers with appropriate postpartum care.
Due to the dire need of awareness in the field of birth, she strongly supports the value of education. In addition to offering educational and birth services, she actively holds pregnancy support groups and new mums’ circles to gather and help mothers find a village within their communities.
Dyah Saraswati
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Occupational Therapist
Location
Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
Availability (Western Indonesia Time UTC +7)
Monday to Friday: 10 am – 1 pm
Congratulations on your parenting journey! The decisions you make now are very important for your children’s life in the future (bi’ithniLlah). Join our AMANI Birth Blessed Start Course for step-by-step guidance in your parenting journey, insha’Allah.
Dyah is a childbirth educator from Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, and also a mother of three daughters. She is concerned about women’s quality of life, health, and wellness.
Faheema Zarah Mohammed
AMANI Birth Advanced Doula
AMANI Birth Childbirth Educator
Certified Transformational Birth Coach
BSc. Biology & Environmental Resources and Management
MSc. Science and Management of Tropical Biodiversity
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Trinidad and Tobago/Caribbean
North America
Availability (Western Indonesia Time UTC +7)
Monday to Friday: 10 am – 1 pm
Congratulations Momma! You have been blessed to have this awesome miracle growing inside of you, alhamduliLlah. It will be my honor to assist you and your spouse on this journey, as I truly believe all mothers deserve to have the birth experience they dream of — gentle and empowering. Hope to meet you soon, insha’Allah.
Faheema was born and raised in the twin islands of Trinidad & Tobago, but now currently resides in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with her husband and three kids. Faheema’s academic background is in Biology and Environmental Sciences.
Why did she become a Doula and Childbirth Educator?
It was due to all three of her births being totally different from each other. But the one that was extremely rewarding was the one where she felt the most empowered. That was the birth where she had an AMANI doula by her side and a birth team that stayed true to what she envisioned. It was at that exact moment she wanted all moms to have the same experiences, which led her to becoming a certified AMANI Advanced Doula and AMANI Childbirth Educator and now an AMANI Birth Blessed Start Online Facilitator.
With over five years’ experience, and assisting 100+ couples, Faheema believes all moms deserve empowering birth experiences, and this is what she hopes and prays to bring to all of her clients. insha’Allah.
Fareeaha Subar
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Holistic Birthkeeper and Virtual Doula (Maryam’s Womb)
Pre- and Postnatal Fitness Coach (in training, GSS)
Advanced VBAC Doula (VBAC Link)
NLP and Mindfulness Practitioner
Location
Islamabad, Pakistan
UK, Egypt, & Morocco
Availability (Pakistan Standard Time UTC +5)
Sunday to Thursday: 11 am – 10 pm
Congratulations on embarking on this beautiful journey in discovering how you can be the driver in your wellness, for the blessing that has been bestowed upon you. Very excited for your growth and transition into an empowered and confident mother by enrolling in the Blessed Start course, insha’Allah! We have your back—literally—and are available to support you every step of the way.
Born, raised, and educated in London, UK, Fareeaha was involved in science and the medical system during her educational and working years. Thereafter, marriage and children became a full-time blessing bringing many new experiences, learning curves, and immense growth.
She traveled and lived in Morocco and Egypt, where she was involved in a positive birth movement, advocating for natural and empowering births whilst going through seven pregnancies and natural births herself. Currently residing in Pakistan, she was confronted by many mothers traumatized by their birth experiences.
As a result, Fareeaha was inspired to certify as a childbirth educator with AMANI Birth. To date, she has supported many mothers onsite and virtually across the world, including VBAC, home, and hospital births. Her ultimate goal is to provide holistic support for all women, helping them to reclaim their bodies, minds, and souls to build a stronger and healthier Ummah, insha’Allah.
Fatima T. Asfour
Architect, MSc, MA
Certified AMANI CBE & Doula
Certified Health Coach
Location
Amman, Jordan
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Availability (Jordan/KSA Time UTC +3)
Sunday to Thursday: 10 am – 1 pm, 5 pm – 7 pm
I attended the Blessed Start course while in my fourth pregnancy. I admit, I was a bit skeptical at first, having already had three births, but to my wonderment, the course was a true eye-opener, a whole new perspective. The empowerment I felt after that fourth birth motivated me to become AMANI certified, and ever since, at any given opportunity, I have advocated for natural birth. The course gives a well rounded approach to pregnancy, birth, and aftercare.
Fatima is a mother of five from Jordan. She started her professional life as an architect/landscape architect. She received a double masters, one in architecture and one in business management. She decided to go down a different road once she learnt she was pregnant with her first child. She started to look into children-related matters and tarbiyah.
After moving to Saudi Arabia, that different road started to manifest itself even deeper. With a number of other children on her hand, she started to look further into holistic health. She became a certified health coach, and later, a certified CBE and doula. She still works on improving herself to support that holistic vision, one that stems from the Quran and Sunnah. Therefore, for the past five years she has earned a few religious certifications and attended a handful of Islamic courses.
Fin Dyaningrum
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Bachelor of Psychology
Location
Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Availability (Central Indonesia Time UTC +8)
Saturday & Sunday: 9 am – 11 am & 3.30 – 5.30 pm
Pregnancy, birth, and caring for a newborn are moments in time that last in a woman’s life forever. Most women can’t forget what they experience in those moments. Even after they have had two, three, six, or more babies, they still can tell you the story of how each moment went in their lives. They never forget their birth stories. This is evidence that we need to prepare ourselves to achieve wonderful moments in these events.
Fin, a mother of two, is a childbirth educator who helps mothers or couples to fill in the blanks that they don’t know yet about labor, birth, and the newborn. Her experience of pregnancy and giving birth to her first child was truly life-changing, but at the time she didn’t have any clue about it all until she came across the AMANI Birth workshop. She had all of her own questions answered and is now very happy to spread AMANI Birth education to moms, couples, and their families. She really hopes that education about pregnancy, labor, birth, and the newborn can help parents to be the best they can be.
Hafsa Qureshey
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
LCCE (Lamaze Certified ChildBirth Educator)
Certified Advanced VBAC Doula
Certified VBAC Support Practitioner
Lactation Counselor/Educator/Trainer (WHO UNICEF)
Location
Kuwait & Pakistan
Availability (Kuwait Standard Time UTC +3)
Every Day: 4 am – 11 pm
Your birth experience is something you will take to your grave, an experience you will never forget. It is more important than your wedding day even! So educate yourself to be empowered to make informed decisions and to get the support you deserve! This course has it all and much more! Invest in yourself and make your birth memorable.
Hafsa is a mother of three kids and a two-time VBAC mom. She has been working in the pregnancy and birth field since 2012. Passionate about teaching, she has helped almost 100 moms in their VBAC and VBAMC journeys. Hafsa also serves as an executive board member of BirthKuwait.
Education, support and empowerment are the rules she lives and endorses!
Dr. Haya S. Zedan
Certified Advanced Childbirth Educator
Certified Doula
Certified Perinatal Emotional Wellness Practitioner
Certified Perinatal Mental Health Counsellor (PMH-C)
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Availability
By arrangement with client
The Blessed Start Course is a very smart way to start your pregnancy and parenting journey. Prepare yourself with the knowledge and faith and enter into this phase of your life encouraged and empowered to have the experience you deserve.
Dr. Haya is a certified AMANI Affiliate (since 2020) and a qualified perinatal mental health and emotional wellness counselor. She supports women and families both in person and online.
Hebaa Rizeq
Certified AMANI Labor & Birth Doula
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
VBAC Practitioner
Location
Toronto, ON, Canada
Availability (Eastern Time UTC -4)
Sunday to Friday:
10 am – 11 am
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Congratulations on your pregnancy!
If you’re looking for ways to make the best out of your pregnancy, labor, and birth, all with an Islamic perspective, you’ve come to the right place! Here at AMANI Birth, we go over various topics to ensure you have the empowering knowledge you need to lead a healthy lifestyle, even after pregnancy.
Hebaa has always been passionate about childbirth, helping moms and their partners, and making the best out of pregnancy! After having two kids of her own and firsthand experience with traumatizing births, she knew it was time to step up and be a resource for moms making informed decisions. AlhamduliLlah, after becoming a certified AMANI childbirth educator, she gave birth naturally to her third child, while instilled with the knowledge she had acquired! Hebaa also homeschools her children and is passionate about participating in martial arts to keep a healthy lifestyle.
Your birthing experience is in your hands. Knowledge, mindset, faith, movement, lifestyle choices, and preparation matter more than you know. They are MUST HAVES in your birth bag! This experience matters more than the wedding, more than the baby showers. It’s an experience that stays with you for life, so why not make it worth it! The AMANI course will equip you with all you need to know to achieve that positive, empowering and informed birthing experience!
Hira is a mother of three. Ever since she was a little girl, she had a dream to become a doctor in gynaecology or someone working in the field of studying and eradicating diseases. Little did she know that Allah had planned for her to work in both of her passions but in an entirely different realm, which she did not know existed until she got pregnant herself and was introduced to the term “doula” and to the world of God’s warriors working to revive natural and physiological birth. Hira grew up hardly hearing anyone around her delivering vaginally and wanted to get it right for herself. She educated and prepared herself and Allah Almighty blessed her with three positive and empowering birthing experiences, alhamduliLlah! But the reason she chose to come into birth work was greatly influenced by the negative and traumatic birth experiences of her friends and women in her family. She strongly believes in mindful consumerism especially when it comes to birth for better outcomes for the mother AND baby BOTH.
Liyana Helmy
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Certified AMANI Birth Doula
VBAC Coach
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor
Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Availability
Available most days and times.
Contact directly to discuss.
Congratulations on your pregnancy! Feel free to contact me if you need post-cesarean support, multiples pregnancy support or VBAC coaching. I am more than happy to share my experience with you.
Liyana is a mother of five. She has been an AMANI childbirth educator and doula since 2014. Her first two children, both boys, were born via cesarean. The births were traumatic for her, so she went searching and found AMANI Birth, which later helped her a lot in understanding her body and resolving her fears. Later on, she had a wonderful VBA2C with monochorionic monoamniotic (MCMA) twin girls, and then another VBA2C with a baby boy, bi’ithniLlah.
Luthfa Khalid
Certified AMANI Advanced CBE & Labor-Birth Doula
VBAC Coach & Doula
Pregnancy & Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist
Body Ready Method Trainer
Breastfeeding/Lactation Specialist
Location
Oxford, United Kingdom, Kerala, India, and Virtual Services Globally
Availability:
Timings can be discussed and adjusted according to availability on both sides
The AMANI Birth Blessed Start Online Course is one-of-its-kind, where you will be taken through unbiased, evidence-based education. It also emphasizes your belief and faith and is accessible in the comfort of your own house, time, and schedule.
Sign up now to enhance your knowledge with amazing facilitators!
Luthfa Khalid was born, brought up, and settled in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She recently moved to the UK in August 2022 to pursue her master’s in midwifery. She is professionally trained as a general physical therapist.
She is also now certified as:
✔️AMANI Advanced Childbirth Educator, Labor-Birth Doula
✔️ Blessed Start online facilitator
✔️ NLP practitioner
✔️ Advanced VBAC Doula & Coach
✔️ DONA trained doula
✔️ Prenatal & Postnatal corrective fitness specialist
✔️ Body Ready Method Trainer
✔️ Breastfeeding Specialist
✔️ Breastfeeding Counselor
✔️ Biomechanics techniques for birth
✔️ Smoother Birth & Faster Recovery Facilitator
✔️ Basic Life Support in Obstetrics
✔️ Lamaze trained CBE
Mother of a six-year-old boy, she started birth work right after her son’s birth as she wanted every other woman to have a positive birth experience because she believed after her own that it is very much possible. As of August 2022, she has attended over 175 births as a doula & coached over 800 mothers & fathers.
Malika Wilcox
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Certified AMANI Labor & Birth Doula
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Availability (Eastern Time UTC -5)
Monday to Thursday: 8 am – 10 am
Friday & Saturday: 3 pm – 7 pm
The Blessed Start Course is such a wealth of information for first time moms and also a good reminder for mothers who have already experienced childbirth. It’s best to start early and at least have a general idea of what to expect during your pregnancy and birth. Consider this course an investment in aiming for a positive outcome during one of your most life-changing experiences.
Malika is a mother of three based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She has a strong background in patient access in the medical field. Her current focus is to assist and encourage as many women with educating themselves on pregnancy and natural birth and eventually lactation counseling in the near future, insha’Allah. AMANI Birth training has opened her eyes to so much that she was unaware of prior to her own pregnancies. She is excited to share the information she has learned with as many women as possible. She is available in person and also online for classes.
Maria Mohammed
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Certified AMANI Birth Doula
VBAC Mom
Associate of Education
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Availability (Arabia Standard Time UTC +3)
Saturday: 6 am – 10 pm
Sunday to Thursday:
6 am – 8 am & 8 pm – 10 pm
You are a woman. You were made to give birth. You have all the strength, courage and power in you to do it. You just have to learn how to tap into it and use your potential. Do not fear labor or birth. Trust Allah, trust yourself, trust your body. Let nature take its course and allow your body to experience the transformational power of birth. Gain the knowledge of everything you need to make wise, informed decisions in the best interest of yourself and your baby by taking this course.
Maria is a confident, dedicated, and passionate Indian woman. She gives her all in whatever interests her. Her first cesarean section in 2017 stumped her and made her question what went wrong and why. That led her to attend and complete the AMANI Birth classes and get certified as a Childbirth Educator and Doula in 2019 to help other women. During this learning journey, she realized the true essence of natural birth and how it empowers a woman.
During the pandemic, she was pregnant and had her second baby in November 2020. It was nine months of dedicated nutrition, exercise, mindset preparation, reading, revising, VBAC classes, emotional discussions, and a crazy doctor shopping journey that ended up in an unexpected but miraculous and beautiful VBAC at home. She calls it “metamorphosis”—breaking out of a shell to realize your true colors as a butterfly.
Maria is also an IT graduate, breastfeeding supporter, positive parenting enthusiast, avid reader, artist, and crocheter with a love for creative crafts.
Maryam Razvi-Rajek
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Location
Orland Park, IL, USA
Availability (Central Time UTC -6)
Saturday: 8 am – 12 pm
Sunday: 8 am – 12 pm
Monday to Friday: 2 pm – 8 pm
The Blessed Start course is a unique program that will take you through the information and knowledge to have in order for your baby to have a gentle and blessed start in life, insha’Allah. Together we will discover the power and strength Allah has given mothers to carry, birth, and feed their new baby. We will also discover the importance of having a loving, supportive birth coach. It is never too soon to start preparing with the Blessed Start course. Register today!
Maryam is the mother of three boys and a teacher by profession. She recently found AMANI Birth and has enjoyed every moment of teaching and empowering parents through the information in this program. She is also very excited to be an AMANI Birth Blessed Start Online Facilitator and is looking forward to working with more mothers and fathers on their journey through pregnancy, birth, and parenthood.
Dr. Maryam S.A. Laheji
General Physician (MBBS)
Childbirth Educator
Breastfeeding Advocate
Location
Jubai, Saudi Arabia
Availability
Available most days and times
Contact directly to discuss
Assalamu alaykum, Ladies!
Congratulations on your pregnancy and on the fact that you are reading this! It shows that you are concerned about your health and would like to take charge of your body! Alhamdulillah.
Join me and many other mothers in taking this comprehensive childbirth education course. It includes more than 100 videos with many live sessions! Empower yourself with the light of knowledge so you can make informed decisions and then completely rely on the Almighty, subhanAllah!
Dr. Maryam is a mother of two kids. She is an Indian who has lived her whole life in Saudi Arabia. She completed her medical degree in Saudi Arabia after which she took the AMANI Childbirth Educator training course. She has also been an active breastfeeding advocate.
You can find her often advising and helping out pregnant mothers with their concerns and questions.
She can speak English, Arabic, and Urdu.
د.مريم هي أم لولدين. هي هندية و لكنها عاشت حياتها في السعودية كلها. انتهت من دراسة الطب من السعودية ثم اخذت كورس الأماني لتساعد الامهات. الآن اماني متواجد للامهات على الانترنت حول العالم!
كوني متعلمة و خذي قرارات جسمك من نفسك على الوعي!
“اعقلها و توكل”
Dr. Maryam Shaikh Ehsan
Homeopath, holistic practitioner
Advanced Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Advanced Certified AMANI Doula
Advanced VBAC Doula (In-Training)
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Availability
Flexible schedule. Almost everyday.
Contact to discuss the time.
Assalaamu alaikum. Congratulations on your pregnancy!
You are here. That means you not only care for your baby but yourself, too. The first step towards the most satisfying birth experience, insha’Allāh, connecting with your baby and with your own self at the spiritual level, is what every mother needs to do in the first place. A woman never forgets her birth experience and it’s your responsibility to make it more informed and make birth choices with the knowledge you get in this blessed course for a better outcome.
Dr. Maryam is a homeopath, holistic practitioner. She is from India, lives in Riyadh, and is a mother of a two-year-old. She has always believed that the Almighty has created a woman’s body to give birth. Her confusion and inquisitiveness about why so many woman have C-section births has led her to find AMANI Birth and ultimately become a Childbirth Educator and Doula without a second thought. After her own positive birth experience, she was thrilled to help mothers experience how beautiful their bodies are that can “carry-birth-feed” their babies– aren’t these things miracles from Allah! That we woman have to believe in ourselves and our bodies, that it has been created for this beautiful purpose, and we can give birth. Since then she has helped many mothers to achieve natural birth and taught mothers the most comprehensive AMANI Birth classes in-person and now, insha’Allah, online to reach as many mothers as she can, to help them achieve their birth as they want.
Mubina Fazel Hussain
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Lactation Counsellor
Breastfeeding Support
Postpartum Care
Doula in training
Location
Sharjah, UAE
Kerala, Bangalore, India
Availability (Gulf Standard Time UTC +4)
Monday to Thursday: 9 am – 12 pm & 4 pm – 7 pm
Friday to Sunday: 7 am – 10 pm
BaarakAllahu feekum on being pregnant!
What next? Educate and prepare yourselves! Birth of baby = birth of mother. Take this opportunity to learn how to have a healthy pregnancy, empowering labour and birth and a calm and content postpartum period. Better nourishment + exercises for a stronger and healthier pregnancy, insha’Allah.
May Allah bless you with a healthy and righteous child. Aameen.
Looking forward to being a part of your beautiful journey with the Blessed Start online course, insha’Allah!
Ummu Yahya Mubina is a mother of four dear children. She holds a master’s degree in psychology. Having a passion for women’s health from a very young age, she found its realization in being a childbirth educator and doula, alhamdulillah.
Having gone through infertility, traumatic birth and postpartum difficulties herself, she hopes to reach out to and educate as many women as possible so that they experience the beauty of being a mother without having to go through the unnecessary trauma and interventions faced in today’s medical setup bi’ithniLlah.
Nada Alkhaldi
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Availability (Arabia Standard Time UTC +3)
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday:
10:30 pm – 12 am
Saturday: 2 pm – 4 pm
No one can deny that education and learning is very valuable! So what about taking a detailed yet straight-to-the point course from the comfort of your home to help you navigate through one of the most wonderful, most important journeys of your life: pregnancy, birth, and taking care of your precious newborn?
Nada, mom of a sweet toddler, quit her career in finance to become an AMANI Childbirth Educator and help mothers achieve a positive birth experience, the same way AMANI birth helped her during her pregnancy and birth!
She is passionate about motherhood, breastfeeding, and parenting, and loves to spend time learning about them while aspiring to be a better mom everyday. She deeply wishes to see all mothers and children of the world safe, happy, empowered, and living in physical and emotional wellbeing.
PB Halima Banu
AMANI Childbirth Educator & Advanced Doula
AMANI Blessed Start Online Facilitator
Certified in Water Birth (Barbara Harper)
Member of Doulas of Dubai Organisation
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
& Mangalore, India
Availability (Makkah Time UTC +3)
Every Day: 4 pm – 7 pm
Are you expecting a little one and want to feel confident, empowered, and fully prepared for your birth journey? The AMANI Blessed Start Course is designed just for you! Learn the essential tools and knowledge for a natural and peaceful birth, guided by faith-based principles and evidence-based practices. Together, we’ll help you embrace this beautiful journey with strength, trust, and the confidence to welcome your baby into the world.
PB Halima Banu, living in Dubai, is a highly dedicated AMANI Birth Doula with a profound passion for natural childbirth. With over a decade of experience as a teacher and a strong academic background, holding a master’s degree in Philosophy of Religion, Halima has seamlessly merged her love for knowledge with her commitment to maternal care. As a mother of four children, all born through natural delivery, her personal experiences have fueled her dedication to supporting women in their childbirth journeys, helping them feel empowered, informed, and confident in their choices. As an AMANI Childbirth Educator and Online facilitator, Halima equips mothers and their families with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about childbirth. She provides them with the tools and support to prepare for labor and birth, advocating for natural birth as a powerful and instinctive process. Halima is committed to teaching women that their bodies are beautifully designed for birth .
Rabeya Rowshin
Certified AMANI Childbirth Educator
AMANI Doula (in Training)
Advanced VBAC Doula (The VBAC Link)
Location
Braunschweig, Germany & Dhaka, Bangladesh
Availability (Central European time UTC +1)
Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 12pm & 2 pm – 9 pm
Assalamu ‘alaikum, Dear Parents! Pregnancy and childbirth are two of the most important events in a couple’s life. Taking time to learn and prepare for it will benefit you and your baby forever. I’m here to help you learn, get prepared, discuss your concerns and fears during this blessed yet crucial time – all from the comfort of your home! AMANI Birth’s Blessed Start online course is beautifully designed to empower you with evidence-based knowledge so you can face the labor with confidence, bi’ithniLlah!
Rabeya completed a master’s degree in economics. She read the AMANI Birth book during her second pregnancy and, with the help of Allah, she achieved a beautiful, natural birth. Her firsthand experience inspired her to reach many other women with this essential knowledge. She started writing for a Bengali pregnancy website, which was well accepted by readers, alhamdulillah. This encouraged her to study further on this topic. She started her training with AMANI Birth as soon as she got the chance to do so. Soon after, she started taking classes in the first online prenatal course offered to common people in Bangladesh from the Mother and Child Care BD online platform. Meanwhile, she had her third baby through a planned home birth, alhamduliLlah. As an AMANI Birth Blessed Start Online Facilitator, she’s now looking forward to reaching many other women with this amazing and empowering knowledge about the natural physiology of pregnancy and birth, bi’ithniLlah!
Sandy Kalek
Peri Steam Hydrotherapist Facilitator
Body Ready Method Professional
Holistic Wellness Coach
Location
Dallas, Texas, USA
Availability (Central Time UTC -6)
Monday to Thursday : 9 am -1 pm
Saturday & Sunday : Negotiable
Are you looking for someone to hold your hand, walk you through your pregnancy and guide you along? Without having to search the Internet to find it overwhelming and anxiety-provoking? I offer you a chance to experience inner birth wisdom with tender loving care and empowerment in preconception, labor, and postpartum by guiding you with knowledge, support, health & wellness that allows you to experience a rewarding birth experience.
Insha’Allah, join me today!
Congratulations on your new pregnancy! May this special time be filled with joy, health, and happiness. Ameen.
Sandy is an AMANI Birth Certified Childbirth Educator and a Doula. She loves helping mothers empower themselves with knowledge to reach their goals and wishes during pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and beyond insha’Allah.
Congratulations on taking the first steps on your childbirth education journey! This course will give you the tools you need to navigate the pregnancy, labor and birth process. You can do this. I believe in you!
Sarah Abugosh is a Texas-based mom of three who is passionate about all things related to pregnancy and birth. An AMANI Birth certified Childbirth Educator and Birth Doula, she believes that all women deserve full body autonomy and should be educated and informed throughout every step of the pregnancy, labor and birth process. You can take your first steps in achieving this by taking the AMANI Birth Blessed Start course with her today!
Takiyyah Lyles
AMANI Certified Childbirth Educator
AMANI Certified Labor & Birth Doula
Location
Maryland, USA
Availability (Eastern Time UTC -5)
Tuesday: 10 am – 4 pm
Wednesday: 4:30 pm – 7 pm
Thursday: 10 am – 4 pm
Sunday: 10 am – 1:30 pm
Seeking knowledge, taking this course, is one of the most important steps you can make in giving your unborn child an amazing start to life. You should be humbly gratefully pleased in your choice to see the value in empowering yourself through seeking knowledge.
Takiyyah is a passionate mother of three who grew up in Maryland. She has always been interested in working in a field that fostered interaction with pregnant women and their delivery journey. She witnessed several births in her teenage years eagerly and, as a result, furthered her love of labor and birth processes even more. Originally, she desired to follow a journey to be an OB-GYN, but once she realized that she wouldn’t get to be as close to her clients that way, she decided to look into other jobs in this field. Once she fell upon doula work, she realized that was for her. Today, Takiyyah enjoys working closely with families as they navigate growing their families. When not tending to births, postpartum mothers, or conducting childbirth education classes, Takiyyah bakes tasty treats, homeschools, caters events, and enjoys quality time with family and friends.
Assalamualaikum, Mom-to-be,
Congratulations!
The journey to parenthood is filled with so many doubts, fears, and decisions to be made. As with anything in life, knowledge is power and preparation is key! The Blessed Start course is designed to help you navigate your journey to an informed birth and prepare physically, mentally, and emotionally for the miracle of bringing life into this world, insha’Allah.
May Allah make your journey easy and reward you with children pleasing to Him and their parents.
Zahra is a young natural birth advocate who found her passion after she heard countless traumatic pregnancy and birth stories around her. She believes in Allah’s perfect creation of our body and realized the need to explore as she saw women commonly losing faith in their own bodies. She aspires to always keep learning and to do her best to support and help women navigate this precious time in their lives, insha’Allah.