Midwife Pending

The Violet Doula Origin

The Violet Doula is the brain child of experience and training. I am passionate about providing parents with the labor and birth they envision, while helping to prevent birth trauma and obstetric violence. After experiencing a traumatic birth, I set out to find a better way to give birth. Through my research, I discovered the benefits of utilizing a doula in labor and birth to improve parent-infant outcomes. This inspired my journey to become a birth doula.

From Merriam-Webster: Definition of doula: a person trained to provide advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to a mother before, during, and just after childbirth.

I have two amazing children, four and two years old. The differences in their births showed me two extremes in the childbirth industry. Despite minimal medical complications, my first’s birth was chaotic and traumatic, while my second’s birth was more medically complicated, yet calm and pleasant. The presence of an experienced birth worker can make a world of difference in how you process your birth.

In January 2019, I attended the Birth Doula Workshop offered by the Academy of Certified Birth Educators, where I was trained in comfort measures to assist laboring individuals with discomfort, laboring and pushing positions to benefit parent and child during the birth, and providing education throughout pregnancy, labor, and birth. I utilize counterpressure, massage, rebozo techniques, doula-guided partner support, re-positioning, and various other tools to guide you through early, active, and transitional labor to pushing for the arrival of your babe.

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