Irina Otmakhova-Yamat is a mother of three, married and lives in Quezon City. She has been professionally involved in the field of women's health and rights for nearly a decade before becoming a mother herself. Coming out of her own first home birth experience, she pursued Childbirth Doula (CBI) certification in order to assist mothers and their families to plan out their birth preferences and to help them achieve joyful, balanced and pleasurable births. In this episode she gives us a detailed background and rundown of her practice, which is facilitating water births, and will touch on alternative birthing methods also.