Fostering Birth

09/30/2018

Doulas really are a safety measure and not a luxury!

Read more about why birth doesn't have to suck: https://improvingbirth.org/2017/07/dear-friend

And the benefits of doulas at Evidence Based Birth: http://evidencebasedbirth.com/doulas

04/27/2018

I’m all about an easier birth and practicing these techniques certainly can’t hurt in the days leading up to baby!

The Fantastic Four are mutually supportive "Body Balance" techniques that a pregnant person and trusted support person can do to prepare for an easier birth. Get the techniques here: https://spinningbabies.com/learn-more/techniques/the-fantastic-four/

04/26/2018

Truth.

03/12/2018

Cherishing your Birth Journey

To Foster: To promote the development of, to support; to care for or cherish

As a birth doula, I believe in living out the definition above by supporting and cherishing women as they journey through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum experience. I believe in a woman’s ability and desire to labor and birth her baby in the way that she feels most comfortable and safe. I am here to help provide women and their partners with the support and resources needed to confidently walk through this wondrous time in their lives. I am also here to provide continuous emotional and nonmedical physical support throughout labor, birth, and postpartum.

I am trained through DONA International and have also completed my Breastfeeding Education course. I find joy in constantly learning more that will help to serve those that I support and have an extensive list of resource and referrals available. I have experience with both medicated and nonmedicated birth as well as VBAC. I also work closely with other local doulas that provide a network of resources, information, and guidance to round out my support to a laboring mom.

My journey as a birth doula began after the birth of my second child. With the help of a doula I was able to feel supported and cherished as I walked through labor and birth. I have since had the desire to walk alongside women so that they might feel cherished and supported in the ways that are most needed to them in their childbearing years. I view each birth as unique and each woman as individual. It is not lost upon me that the ability to be present and serve a woman during this time is an honor and a gift!