Background
Today, I offer care rooted in those ancestral teachings — especially in a time when the culture around birth has prioritized speed and control over presence and listening. The rising mortality and cesarean rates I see both in my homelands and here in Washington are not just numbers — they are reminders of what happens when we lose connection to relationship-centered care.
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In my practice, I center your voice, your experience, and your wisdom.
I believe you are the expert of your own body and story.
My role is to meet you where you are, and bring offerings like resource sharing, hands on support, herbal steaming, through a holistic approach that honors mental health, nutrition, and shared knowledge.
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Because you are deserving of care that sees your whole self: body, mind, spirit, and story.
Dichela Ueki
Doula Trained through Global Perinatal Services in 2023
Certified through the WA State Department of Health in 2025.
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Washington State Birth Doula
"“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation.
Healing is an act of communion.”
- bell hooks
All About Love: New Visions
One of my earliest memories of doula care would be when I was 13 years old when my first cousin had her First Birth Ceremony. In Palau, this ceremony is called the Omengat or Ngasech.
The ceremony comprises three primary activities in which the mlechell (new parent) participates in, including omesurech (hot bath), omengat (steam bath) and the traditional First Birth ceremony. Our practices of postpartum healing are often guided by a mesurech, a trusted healer within the community with deep knowledge on medicinal plants and ancestral healing practices.
First Birth Ceremony 2013 | Ngermid Hamlet
The Legend of Mengidabrutkoel
In earlier times, pregnancy was often seen as a tragic ordeal, as childbirth usually involved cutting into the mother’s stomach — a practice that frequently claimed her life. According to legend, the spider demigod Mengidabrutkoel fell in love with a young woman from Ngiwal, and she became pregnant. To protect both her and their child, he sought the wisdom of his mother, who taught him the art of natural birth. When the time came, Mengidabrutkoel locked himself and his wife away to keep others from forcing a cesarean. When the baby’s cry finally rang out, the woman’s family, fearful she had died, rushed to the door. But Mengidabrutkoel opened it to reveal both mother and child safe and well — a moment that changed the birthing traditions of Palau forever.
A chedalkikii,
A chedalkikii,
A chedil a di koiei
ma ngalek a di koiei!
Praise,
Praise,
The mother lives
and the child lives!
