As a certified birth doula, I am skilled and experienced in providing compassionate, knowledgeable, professional, AND practical support to clients during pregnancy, continuously throughout their births, AND after their bundles of love are born (through early breastfeeding and postpartum support)! My philosophy as a birth doula is that I am here to support women and families in their own unique journeys through pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum weeks. As a birth doula (also known to some as a 'birth companion', 'birth coach', 'labor assistant', and/or other descriptors), I fully support each woman in the way SHE desires to be supported. To me, the word 'support' means to be the type of help, assistance, and overall presence my clients would like for me to be in this childbearing time of their lives. Many women have partners and/or other support persons who will be at their births, and my services are also for them - I assist them in their role of supporting the mother according to their personal plans and desires for their involvement in the birth process. My *Birth Doula* services are for women who...
- prefer to birth with pain medication AND without (AND those who would like to wait and see!)
- are hoping for a vaginal births AND those planning cesarean births
- are planning a vaginal birth after a previous cesarean (VBAC) AND those who prefer to have a repeat cesarean birth
- have a high-risk pregnancy and/or there are specialized medical concerns surrounding their baby's birth AND those who have low risk pregnancies/births
- would overall like to have unbiased, judgement-free support, on their own terms, during this momentous time of their lives!
