Fee Details: Includes an hour pre or post natal massage, unlimited prenatal visits, on call for your birth, birth attendance, and at least one post partum visit.
Birth Doula Experience: 10 years and 650 births attended
Doula certification(s) lapsed
Specific certifications for the above: PALS
Type of Practice: Solo practice
Clients per Month: 3 to 5
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals I attend all hospitals in the greater Seattle area. I specialize in VBAC. Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers Attends home births? Any Home Birth
Other Relevant Certifications
LMT/LMP (Licensed Massage Therapist/Practitioner)
CPM (Certified Professional Midwife)
Neonatal Resuscitation Certified (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Non-practicing homebirth midwife. I doula extensively for hospital births
College Education
MA/MS
Specialized training or previous experience
Teens
Over 40
Families conceiving with ART and IVF
VBAC
Home Birth
Multiples
Clients on bed rest
Special needs babies
Prematurity
Twins
Postpartum mood disorders
High risk
Expected stillbirth
Single parents
Cesarean birth
Waterbirth
Special Services Offered
Reflexology
Prenatal or postnatal massage
TENS units rental
Acupressure and/or acupuncture in labor
Monitrice services
Parenting consulting
Antepartum doula
Birth counseling for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Miscarriage Support (Before, During or After)
Stillbirthday Bereavement Doula
Relevant volunteer or advocacy work
ICAN, Doula trainer at Shanti Uganda in Kasana, Uganda. Midwifery workhop leader in Uganda. Author (with Jodilyn Owen) of "The Essential Homebirth Guide," (Simon and Schuster, 2013)
Service Area Map
Area of practice: Seattle, WA Travel range: 20 miles