Hello! I'm a Birth Doula in Kitsap County here to support families in their birthing journeys throughout Western Washington and beyond. Providing Pregnancy, Labor and Birth Support. My Birth Doula package includes a minimum of 2 prenatal appointments, continuous support during labor and 1 postnatal appointment, though we can meet as little or as much as you’d like. Also how we communicate is up to you. If you prefer in person meetings, text, email or skype I am open to what best serves you.
I am currently working towards my DONA international certification. My education and trainings are;
Washington State Medical Assistant, Silverdale, WA-Phlebotomy- 2010
MotherWoman Group Support Facilitator, Bothell, WA- 2015
Kitsap HOPE Circle Facilitator, Bremerton, WA- 2015
Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Poulsbo, WA- skills cardholder 2016
Birth Assistant Training, Gig Harbor, WA- 2016
DONA international In-person Birth Doula workshop, Bothell, WA- 2017
B.R.A.S. for Doula, Chest/Breastfeeding workshop, Seattle, WA- 2018
Kitsap Cesarean and VBAC Support Group Facilitator, Silverdale, WA- 2018
Spinning Babies Workshop, Tacoma, WA- October 2018
I want to meet you where you’re at, and help you get to where you’d like to be in your birthing journey. Whatever and however that takes shape. Every birthing family is completely unique and I’d like to honor you. Traditional, Non Traditional, Religious, LGTBQ+, planned belly births, home births, VBACs, HBAC, multiples, history of miscarriages or previous loss, hospitals, still birthday, whatever your journey looks like, everyone deserves love and support and I’d like to be there for you.
Colin Michael Danger’s Homebirth Cesarean
In 2013, my Husband and I decided to start a family and after taking some time to prepare my body for a pregnancy (weaning off birth control and a high blood pressure medication) as well as some weight loss, we were lucky to become pregnant at the end of the year, with a EDD of September 2014. I was very excited and knew from the beginning that I would hire a Midwife and stay out of the hospital if I could. I planned a homebirth and hired a Midwife around 10 weeks pregnant. We decided to have DNA testing done, and found out early that we’d be having a boy (genetically male sex/socially gendered boy) . My pregnancy was fairly comfortable without complication. I felt as if I’d have my son early, and so left work (Puget Sound Blood Center) at 36 weeks. 38....39....40....41....weeks came, and left. I was beyond done. At my 41 weeks Midwife appointment we decided to start natural induction methods (castor oil and homeopathy) and also had a ultrasound to verify that everything was still going well. That very day I went into the ultrasound, and after coming home received a call from my Midwife. She was no longer comfortable serving me as a Midwife at a homebirth due to my ultrasound diagnosing with Oligohydramnios- low amniotic fluid. Using AFI- I was at 2 cm and the minimum was 5cm. My Midwife highly recommended I immediately transfer care to Dr. Baghdadi who was at Tacoma General that evening. I did. My family went from having dinner (Panda Inn Chinese take out) to packing for a hospital induction and birth. We got the call at 1730 and were at the hospital at 1930. After exam, they started me on Cervidal that evening. Over the next 3 days I was put on cytotec than pitocin. It wasn’t until the evening of the 3rd day that I finally agreed to pain medications (narcotics), then an epidural. I had been medically induced, was completely dilated but Colin wasn’t descending and I wasn’t effacing. Later that evening I was brought in for a surgical birth. With a Bishop Score of Zero it makes complete sense that I ended up with a cesarean. I needed support. I needed information to help make informed decisions. I know now where I went wrong. I needed a Birth Doula. It would take me three years to come to the decision to be trained and now I am shadowing another established Doula. I feel that though no one should have to experience a labor and birth the way I did, it did light the path towards being there for other birthing families now. It is apart of who I am, it is my story.
