Status
Hawai'i
Tara Compehos
Doula (Birth), Breastfeeding Support, Childbirth Education, Lomi Lomi, Massage (licensed), Midwifery care (Licensed), Nutrition and Herbs
Service Details
Tara is a Hawaii island midwife who offers home birth midwifery services, doula services and Lomilomi. She also teaches an online childbirth education course.
Communities Served
Hawai'i Island Hilo, Hawai'i Island Kaʻū, Hawai'i Island Kona, Hawai'i Island Puna,
Location of Practice
In Service Since
March 1, 2005
Serving Hawai'i Families Since
January 1, 2014
Experience
MW-23, CPM19120022
Community Birth Project
Not Applicable
Classes & Group Offered
Childbirth Education: Practical and Spiritual courses available in July, October, April, and January. Register at: https://shinesisterhoodinitiative.com/store/p/childbirth-education-practical-and-spiritual Monthly Ka'ū Wahine Gatherings and FREE Easy Access Prenatal Clinic fourth Sunday of every month: RSVP to @mistymountain.homestead or @mariquitamidwife or email mariquitamidwife@gmail.com
Organization
SHINE Sisterhood Initiative/ Kaʻū Womenʻs Health Collective
Rates of Service
Full Midwifery Package $5000 Full Doula Package $800-$2000 Lomilomi $100/hour Childbirth education 5 class series: $240-$450 Sliding scale and payment plans available. No one turned away for lack of funds. Free consultation always provided for midwifery and doula packages.
About the Provider
For 18 years Tara has been involved in birth activism and advocacy, protecting all peoples’ rights to their personal, cultural and traditional birth practices. She believes in undisturbed birth, normal physiological birth, and birth empowerment. Tara works with humility, respect and groundedness, bringing a tool bag of well-maintained skills to every birth. She believes that birth is the motherʻs dance with her baby and not about the midwife.