Rachael Lovely is a Cape Cod native and a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe. She received her B.S. in Counseling Psychology from Lesley University and worked in both residential therapeutic counseling and cultural exchange programs for some time before moving into birth work.

Rachael has been working independently as a birth doula and Certified Lactation Counselor off and on since 2017. In between working with contracted birth and lactation clients through her business, Lovely Perinatal, Rachael also serves her tribal community as an indigenous birthkeeper and Certified Indigenous Lactation Counselor. Rachael is also a Certified Diagnostic Technician and will begin nursing school at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine in May of 2025 with the ultimate goal of eventually becoming a Certified Nurse Midwife. 

Having experienced discrimination and inadequate care within the healthcare system, specifically during her experience in finding providers while pregnant, she is especially passionate about confronting and addressing the racial disparities in maternal and infant outcomes and lessening the inaccessibility to diverse care options. 

As a mother of two boys, each born of very different outcomes (one cesarean birth and one home birth), and through her birth work, Rachael has experienced and witnessed the wide range in quality and type of perinatal care available and is therefore a strong advocate for making the full spectrum of choices accessible to all. Even with a strong knowledge of perinatal topics and an awareness of different resources available.

Rachael still found herself struggling with postpartum depression and anxiety after the births of her children and therefore feels there is a gap to bridge between acknowledging the existence of these struggles and accessing care. She hopes to help others bridge this gap. When she is not talking someone’s ear off about “birthy things” or chasing her two boys around, she can be found indulging in her other passions- late night baking in her kitchen, reading a psychological thriller, or outside on a run!

rachael@mamom.info

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