About Me

My Training

I am a D.O.N.A. certified birth Doula.  I received my training at a D.O.N.A. approved intensive weekend course.  I have also had childbirth classes, childcare classes, and breastfeeding classes as a not expectant participant.  I enjoy furthering my education by reading, shadowing, lectures, classes and I learn more with each experience.

My Beliefs

I strongly believe in a woman's natural ability to give birth and to have her birth as she sees fit.
 
I believe in every woman's right to make her birth experience uniquely her own with or without interventions.  I do believe that with proper education most women will opt out of medical interventions.  I have had clients ranging from women who wish to go totally "natural" with no medication and clients who are delighted with the idea of an epidural.

My Choice To Become A Doula

I became a Doula because of former experiences during my training in Labor and Delivery as a Surgical Technician.  There were days, though rare, that we did not have any Cesarean Sections scheduled.  I would utilize those days to attend to a mother who needed support or reassurance during her labor.  At this time, I was unfamiliar with the term Doula, but I now realize that was the role I was fulfilling.