Karen Palumbo Doula Profile

Contact Karen
Website: www.heartandhandsdoulacare.com
Phone: (405) 401-9692
Type of Practice: Solo practice
Clients per Month: 1 to 3
Birth Doula
Experience: 20 years and 105 births attended
Area of practice: Oklahoma City, OK
Travel range: 50 miles
Travel comments/restrictions:
Languages spoken: English

Birth Doula Certifications

• DONA (DONA International)
• Academy of Certified Birth Educators and Labor Support

Breastfeeding Certifications

• Certified Breastfeeding Educator, Lactation Consultants Services

Childbirth Educator Certifications

• Certified Childbirth Educator, Academy of Certified Birth Educators

Other Credentials

• DONA International - Birth Doula Trainer

College Education

• BA/BS
• MA/MS

Specialized training or previous experience:

• Teens
• Over 40
• Families conceiving with ART and IVF
• VBAC
• Home Birth
• Multiples
• Clients on bed rest
• 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 available:

• TENS units rental
• Birth Pool rental
• Acupressure and/or acupuncture in labor
• Baby-led weaning
• Reduced rates for military members/spouses
• Reduced rates for women considering adoption
• Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
• Antepartum doula

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work: President, DACO (Doula Association of Central Oklahoma)

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

Birth doula fee: $500 to $700