Knoxville Doula

11/05/2025

Amber of Goodnight Doula has an opening soon! Snag it!

08/24/2025

Whoa - can you believe that August of this year marks 25 years of me being a certified professional doula?

My heart is full of gratitude for all of the clients, experiences, insight and learning along the way.

I first certified as a birth doula, childbirth educator, and lactation educator. Shortly after I followed up with postpartum doula training. Through the years I added various certifications such as Hypno Doula thru Hypnobabies, Newborn Care Specialist, cross certified as a birth doula with other organizations. I also love taking continuing education courses. My most recent was on amniotic fluid embolism. My next in queue is an advanced class in Trauma Informed Care.

Becoming a doula was one of the best decisions of my life.

05/28/2025

A very sweet testimonial from a very sweet family!

03/24/2025

Today's prompt for is sharing how doulas impact birth and postpartum outcomes.

You'll probably see many posts discussing how doulas are scientifically proven to reduce:
Epidural use
Cesareans
Pitocin/augmentation of labor

And these are amazing benefits 🤩. However one of the more overlooked benefits of having doula support is maternal satisfaction with their experience. To me this is huge because not everyone wants to go unmedicated or perhaps they have high risk factors requiring medical intervention such as an induction or Cesarean.

ALL birthing people deserve support. High risk, low risk, planned epidurals, unmedicated birth, planned or unplanned cesarean. Meeting my clients preferences AND circumstances can make the difference between a stressful vs a supported experience.

03/23/2025

This is one of my favorite client gifts. It's a beautifully framed poem "To my doula". It was given to me on my last day of doing postpartum with a family who welcomed twins . I attended the birth, saw the sweet babies born, supported them thru the NICU phase, helped in the early weeks and months of bringing them home. During the pregnancy there were some nervous moments as can happen with . The older children were such a delight helping with their new siblings. My last day we all hugged and there were tears. From pregnancy and labor scares to pre term labor to NICU to coming home to ensuring babies were gaining weight properly - this is what I do and love!

03/22/2025

It's the first day of 💞!

I became a because I needed support during my pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey! Books and classes, information was helpful but having that one on one support was crucial. Over 25 years later I still love working with every single family.

03/17/2025

Here to help a mama with her fresh new baby overnight! Did you know you can have your overnight help start immediately in the hospital?

03/09/2025

Another wonderful Prepared for Baby Class today!

03/05/2025

This Saturday!

We have so much fun at class learning how to be prepared for baby! Come join us at one of the upcoming Prepared for Baby Class dates.

03/05/2025

03/01/2025

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