AMANI Birth Registration

AMANI Birth is a registered provider of Doula and Health Education services and is incorporated in the United States. Our NPI provider number is 1396255642 and the Taxonomy IDs used to request insurance reimbursement in the United States (for those companies that will pay for such services) are:

Health Educator Taxonomy:  174H00000X

Doula Taxonomy: 374J00000X

Although you will need to pay for your childbirth education and doula services directly to the AMANI Birth affiliate, you may request reimbursement from your insurance company with the above details. AMANI Birth does not bill directly for such services and cannot guarantee your insurance company's policies of reimbursement.

Local Affiliates

At AMANI Birth, we are focused on providing  expectant parents with education to prepare for their birth and doula support with a focus on Islamic values.

Our affiliates are located around the globe and we hope that we have someone local in your community.

Look around our website and reach out to the affiliates nearest you.  We pray that you get the best from our materials and are protected from harm. We'd also love to see you at one of our teacher/doula trainings soon!

Check back later for new updates to our website. There’s much more to come!

Why AMANI Birth?

AMANI Birth is an Islamically founded childbirth education and doula program designed to educate women and support the decisions they make. At AMANI, we believe that Allah is in control of all things and has created women to conceive, carry, birth, and feed their babies.   
With AMANI, families explore how the female body works during pregnancy and labor and practice coping techniques to manage labor and childbirth without pain medications, assuming there are no complications. We support families to make informed decisions and find care providers they trust. Knowledge is power and preparation is key. Our bottom line is to encourage families to get educated and prepared for their childbearing journey so that they can make informed decisions, especially if complications arise and medical intervention is offered. Knowing your options and having intelligent conversations with care providers helps mothers keep involved in her own birth experience. Because we know that not all births go textbook perfect, it is our goal to arm you with knowledge so that you can prepare for the birth you desire, yet feel confident that you've made the best decisions when interventions are required.

Our Founders

Aisha Al Hajjar, BSM, MSM, LM, CPM, AMANI

Aisha is a midwife and founder of AMANI Birth. She has eight children and works together with her husband to bring updated knowledge of evidence based practices in childbirth to medical workers around the globe. She is passionate about the parents' right to get educated, prepare, and make informed decisions about their childbirth. Childbirth should be an empowering journey to parenthood.

Mohammed Al Hajjar, AMANI

Mohammed is the Business Manager and Founder of AMANI Birth. He has dedicated himself to bringing the knowledge of childbirth preparation and evidence based practices to families all around the world. He is especially passionate about the father's role to support his wife throughout the childbearing year. He is a dedicated father and supports every family's right to make informed decisions about their pregnancy and childbirth and advocates for a gentle start in life for babies.

Our Staff

Sumreen Wasiq, AMANI English Executive Assistant

Sumreen Wasiq
B.Sc. (Biotechnology)
Certified AMANI Birth Advanced CBE & Doula, Student Midwife

Sumreen started her birth-awareness journey with AMANI Birth, and her passion and constant advocacy for women to recognize their inherent rights, derives heavily from the organization’s continued efforts to promote physiology and evidence-based practices in the maternal health care system. She is a mother to five children, and is currently pursuing her midwifery education; which is one further step towards her dream of empowering women and assisting them through some of their lives’ most vital and magnificent events. She is a prolific reader and finds joy and peace with writing and in silent observation, while relishing and discovering life alongside her curious brood.

Noor Salman, AMANI Arabic Executive Assistant

Noor's bio coming soon.

Suleiman Khan, AMANI Communications Manager

Suleiman Khan

Suleiman is a graduate from the school of Nutrition and Food Sciences and is working towards becoming a physician. He is passionate about becoming a doctor who advocates for a healthy lifestyle to prevent diseases and illnesses before reaching the stage of needing treatment and medicinal interventions. Suleiman is an advocate for empowering women and men on making informed decisions throughout pregnancy and birth with evidence based knowledge. Currently, Suleiman is working towards gaining acceptance into medical school.

Sarah Palet, AMANI IT Support Specialist

Sarah Palet

Sarah is a university student majoring in Islamic Studies. She has worked off and on for AMANI Birth almost since its inception. She believes that birth should be an empowering transition to motherhood and that the expectant couple deserves to be educated together so that the husband is as prepared as the pregnant mother. Sarah enjoys reading and swimming and although she is in no hurry to become a mother herself just yet, she recognizes the value of knowledge and supports the AMANI philosophy of educating families to make informed decisions on their childbearing journey. 

Sharon Yearwood, AMANI English Mentor

Sharon Yearwood
B.A. (English)
Certified AMANI Birth Doula
Sharon is the AMANI Birth English Mentor. She assists AMANI Applicants and Trainees as they work through their course requirements until certification as AMANI Affiliates. Sharon is an AMANI Birth Certified Doula. She believes that all birthing women have a right to knowledgable, compassionate support during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Sharon has six children and is currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 

Open Position, AMANI Arabic Mentor

Name & bio coming soon.

Anisah Abdullah, AMANI Conference Director

Anisah Abdullah is a mother of four, AMANI certified antenatal educator & doula, trainee naturopath and founder of Inherent Birth. Her journey with AMANI birth began in 2012 and it has been the cornerstone for all the work she has done in this field to date. Anisah’s passion centers around supporting and education women about the true nature of pregnancy and their bodies. This drove her to produce Saudi Arabia’s first online international holistic antenatal summit in 2016. She has featured numerous times in the press, discussing the challenges and solutions for women in pregnancy and birth today and hopes her role as Conference Director for AMANI Birth will facilitate the conversation and learning to go even further. Anisah is also interested in holistic health and healing and is currently training as a nutritional advisor and naturopath. She provides antenatal and doula services, primarily for Muslim women, who wish to have gentle, healing, transformational pregnancies and births. For that reason she created the first pregnancy colouring and Affirmation Book for Muslim women. She is a firm believer in the mind body connection and so took NLP training to best support her women wishing to remove negative mindset blocks from their antenatal experience.

Muna Quach, AMANI Online Course Content Manager

Muna Quach
B.A. (Economics, from Harvard University)
M.Ed. (Education, Harvard University)

Muna is an AMANI Certified Childbirth Educator and Doula, a Dr. Sears-certified family and pregnancy health coach, and a traditional postpartum birth worker in training. She is passionate about empowering women and girls with transformative knowledge through education, mentoring, and coaching, especially in areas concerning personal wellbeing and development. During play hours, Muna enjoys many adventures (real and imaginary) with her four children and husband in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Harvard University and a Master of Education degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Dr. Dea , AMANI Indonesia Country Coordinator

Dr. Dea and her husband, Shandy, have 6 children and live in Bogor, Indonesia. Together they helped to build the AMANI Birth Indonesia community. In 2012 they attended the first AMANI workshop in Indonesia. Dr. Dea had empowering birth experiences after attending, and thus far has successfully had 3 VBACs after 2 C/S. In 2014 she was the first person in Indonesia to certify as an AMANI Childbirth Educator and Doula. She wants to encourage every mother and family to get educated before they're pregnant by preparing for the childbirth. Because knowledge is the power to achieve a better start for mothers and babies.

Evana Cooper, AMANI USA Workshop Coordinator


Evana Cooper is a certified Labor / Postpartum doula, experienced youth educator and committed advocate for empowering families within her community. A Mother of four herself, she began her journey with AMANI in 2019 after experiencing first-hand the struggles of birthing her own children. She now strives to pass on what she has learned to other mothers and works tirelessly under her own brand to serve and empower women that are going through labor. Possessing an array of certifications in things like Rebozo use, and labor acupressure (just to name a few), Evana aims to ensure every mother has the most comfortable birth, and postpartum experience that they possibly can.Evana is also a strong positive force in her local community of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Spending much of her own time as a community leader, organizing youth groups, community events and helping with refugees. Her commitment to empowering and educating families has even seen her featured in regional press like the ‘Philadelphia Inquirer’. Not to mention being booked to speak at institutions such as Rutgers University on topics such as doula work, motherhood, teenage development and community outreach.

Muna Quach, AMANI Canada Workshop Coordinator

Muna Quach
B.A. (Economics, from Harvard University)
M.Ed. (Education, Harvard University)

Muna is an AMANI Certified Childbirth Educator and Doula, a Dr. Sears-certified family and pregnancy health coach, and a traditional postpartum birth worker in training. She is passionate about empowering women and girls with transformative knowledge through education, mentoring, and coaching, especially in areas concerning personal wellbeing and development. During play hours, Muna enjoys many adventures (real and imaginary) with her four children and husband in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Harvard University and a Master of Education degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Open Position, AMANI Saudi Arabia Workshop Coordinator

Name & bio coming soon. 

Open Position, AMANI UAE Workshop Coordinator

Name & bio coming soon.

Open Position, AMANI Arab Countries Workshop Coordinator

Name & bio coming soon. 

Open Position, AMANI Birth Canada Book Territory Marketer

Name & bio coming soon.

Sharon Yearwood, AMANI Birth USA Book Territory Marketer

Sharon Yearwood
B.A. (English)
Certified AMANI Birth Doula
Sharon is the AMANI Birth book Marketer in the United States. She is an AMANI Birth Certified Doula. She believes that all birthing women have a right to knowledgeable, compassionate support during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Sharon has six children and is currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Maria Mohammed, AMANI Birth India Book Territory Marketer

Maria Mohammed
“Birth is a miracle and a blessing from Allah SWT. We, as women, are honored with this experience multiple times in our lives and each time it is every bit as life changing."
Besides this miracle, we have another one as Muslims, the Quran, sent down from above, with the first word being "Read."
Combining these two miracles is a third blessing which benefits each woman immensely in her birth journey.
The AMANI Birth book.
By the dedication and efforts of Aisha Al Hajjar, the founder of AMANI Birth,  Mohammed Al Hajjar, her husband, and their experiences during the birth of their children, they bring us a beautiful gift of knowledge about birth influenced by the Islamic teachings we have and must believe in.
The AMANI Birth book is an excellent resource for expecting couples to help them understand what pregnancy, labor and natural birth is all about, how to work with the body and help moms have a beautiful birth experience.
With an increasing level of medical births in India and moms believing birth to be a traumatic experience, I realized the best thing I could do was to bring this wonderful resource to India so that moms are more confident about their bodies in birth.
After certifying as an AMANI Birth childbirth educator and Doula, I decided to become the AMANI Birth Book Marketer for India to help the book reach as many moms as possible.
Birth is a wonderful experience and moms shouldn't ever have to think otherwise. I pray this book benefits every mom it reaches and brings about more positive birth experiences in India.

Shaheeda Kennington, AMANI Birth UK Book Territory Marketer

Shaheeda first became aware of instinctive natural birth during the many years she spent in The Yemen as an Islamic Studies teacher, in a country where women birth at home surrounded by family and supported by neighbors. Her desire to add evidence based knowledge of birth to what she experienced in the Yemen lead her to AMANI Birth, where she has qualified as a Doula and Childbirth Educator. She is a strong advocate of women's rights to be educated.
Shaheeda is pleased to serve as the AMANI Birth Book Territory Marketer in the U.K.

Disclaimer:

(Read AMANI's Paradigm, Code of Ethics, and Standards of Practice for more details)

It’s important to note that AMANI is not intended to be a medical reference or to replace professional care during pregnancy, labor, or birth. Our teachers and doulas have extensive training in the theories of natural childbirth but are not clinically trained nor equipped to handle birth emergencies. Please understand that a doula is not a midwife and we recommend that all mothers shop for medical care providers they trust. The purpose is to explore the natural and normal functions of birth with trust in the design of the female body to carry out this function. Each woman should consider her personal situation and medical history and work closely with her birth team to achieve the safest and best birth experience for her and her baby. Allah (SWT) has given us bodies to birth and medical interventions for the rare complications that may arise. We pray that AMANI Birth materials and training will be a source of confidence and encouragement to only employ those interventions when truly necessary. We cannot stress enough the importance of good birth consumerism by women who are educated and empowered to keep control of their birth and make the best decisions for their particular situations. You have choices in birth; not making any choice is a choice that allows someone else full control over your experience and outcome. Tie your camel: get educated, choose wisely and cautiously. Your baby, your recovery, your family, and our worldwide community depend on it!