Natalie Eckhardt
About
Natalie was born and raised in Southern California and grew up playing basketball, softball, volleyball and running track before a 10-year career at Fox Sports, where she met her husband. After bonding over their history of bad backs they were married, welcomed a honeymoon baby in 2018 and completed their family with a baby girl born June 2020.
While in search of a career better equipped to balance work and family life, Natalie crossed paths with Dr. Heidi and was named business administrator in 2019. Once the pelvic floor physical therapy program launched that summer, she quickly realized the importance of the community care approach, especially in regards to pregnancy and postpartum.
Experience
Prior to two kids (and Covid!) she spent her time practicing yoga, going on hikes, dabbling in new adventures, being outdoors and traveling. Now you’ll likely find her attempting to squeeze in a yoga flow and pelvic floor workout, soaking up all the snuggles with her two-year-old and three-month-old girls and grinding hard to change the way pregnancy and postpartum is handled in our country.
In addition to administrative duties, Natalie *is currently enrolled in* the Birthing Advocacy Doula Training Program to share with others how crucial that team-based care is throughout pregnancy, labor, the fourth trimester and beyond. *After certification Natalie’s services will include* prenatal visits, birth attendance, postpartum visits, tele-doula options and referrals for additional support including placenta encapsulation, lactation education, nutrition and hormone support, baby and parenting classes, parent-child therapy sessions and more.
It truly does takes a village and it’s Natalie’s mission to help spread the word – we are not meant to go through this alone, and Mountain to Sea is just one piece of your pregnancy, postpartum and healing puzzle.
