Website: none at present Phone: (919) 851-6884 Type of Practice: Solo practice Clients per Month: 1 to 2 births and 1 to 2 postpartum families Birth and Postpartum Doula Birth Doula Experience: 10 years and 50 births attended Postpartum Doula Experience: 7 years and 7 families served Area of practice: Cary, NC Travel range: 20 miles Travel comments/restrictions: Languages spoken: English
Breastfeeding Certifications
Certified with DONA for 8 years
Other Credentials
Completed DONA International Postpartum Training
Specialized training or previous experience:
Teens
Over 40
Families conceiving with ART and IVF
Multiples
Clients on bed rest
Relinquishing mothers
Prematurity
Twins
Postpartum mood disorders
High risk
Single parents
Cesarean birth
Special services available:
Infant massage education
Cloth diapering education
Parenting consulting
Baby sign language education
Reduced rates for military members/spouses
Reduced rates for women considering adoption
Pregnancy, birth and/or newborn photography
Relevant volunteer or advocacy work: Volunteer with Wake Med Raleigh Campus . Attend regular update doula classes and workshops with doula educators on local basis. Attend regular classes for both labor/birth and postpartum doulas. Most recent birth attended was March 22, 2012, at Cary Wake Med.
Postpartum limits/restrictions: No smokers. Re: Postpartum assignments - I cannot do strenuous housework or heavy lifting (over 20 lbs.)
I am Labor/Birth trained and certified by DONA; I am Postpartum trained by DONA.
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals Primary focus is Wake Med Cary Campus because of my home proximity to that facility. I will also assist mothers at Rex, Wake Med Raleigh Campus, Chapel Hill, Womack Army Hospital in Fayetteville, and Duke University Hospital. Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers I will attend births at Chapel Hill. Attends home births? No Home Births N/A
Birth doula fee: $0 to $500 Postpartum doula hourly rate: $15 to $25 Fee details: I allow each family to determine what is affordable; I provide regional price "range"...Labor/Birth $400-$600; Postpartum $15-$25 hour; flexible, or "package" arrangement determined by days/nights, duties, affordability, etc. Will provide references.
