Diane Tinker - Birth Companions Doula Service

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Website: www.birthcompanionsdoulaservice.com

Phone: (515) 480-4810

Birth Fee: $600 to $700

Fee Details: $700 package includes 2-3 prenatal visits, on call 24x7 for you, the birth, and 1 postpartum visit; unlimited phone and email contact. Have extensive breastfeeding knowledge and support. Will make additional home visits to assist with breastfeeding problems.

Birth Doula Experience: 15 years and 425 births attended

Birth Doula Certifications

• DONA (DONA International)

Type of Practice: Solo practice

Clients per Month: 1 to 4

Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Attends home births? Any Home Birth

Childbirth Education Certifications

• ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association)
• Birthing From Within

Breastfeeding Certifications

• Breastfeeding Support Specialist

Other Relevant Certifications

• Neonatal Resuscitation Certified (American Academy of Pediatrics)

Specialized training or previous experience

• Teens
• Over 40
• Families conceiving with ART and IVF
• VBAC
• Home Birth
• Multiples
• Clients on bed rest
• LGBTQ Families
• Adoption
• Relinquishing mothers
• Special needs babies
• Prematurity
• Twins
• Postpartum mood disorders
• High risk
• Expected stillbirth
• Single parents
• Cesarean birth
• Waterbirth
• Survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Special Services Offered

• TENS units rental
• Birth Pool rental
• Acupressure and/or acupuncture in labor
• Parenting consulting
• Pregnancy, birth and/or newborn photography
• Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

Have served as a DONA doula trainer in the past; served as DONA State Rep for Iowa; served on DONA Conference Committee; and on the DONA Certification Committee. Also work with pregnant and parenting teens as the Perinatal Services Coordinator at a non-profit agency in Des Moines - the Young Women's Resource Center. I go into area high schools and facilitate support/education groups for pregnant and parenting teens; conduct pregnancy and birth education groups in area high schools focusing on the importance of having a healthy pregnancy and receiving prenatal care. Also coordinate the Better Begginings Doula Program for young women 21 and under. I also am an active, professional member of our local chapter of ICAN in Central Iowa as an activist for normal and natural birth.

Languages spoken: English