Website: www.Ez-Birth.com Phone: (808) 387-5538 Type of Practice: Partnership with 1 other doula Clients per Month: 1 to 4 Birth Doula Experience: 10 years and 101 births attended Area of practice: Kailua, HI Travel range: 40 miles Travel comments/restrictions: I am living in Kailua, Oahu Languages spoken: English, Little Spanish , Little french
Birth Doula Certifications
DONA (DONA International)
Breastfeeding Certifications
I have breast fed three daughters and assisted many women with breastfeeding succesfully
Childbirth Educator Certifications
I am a student teacher for Lamaze , I have experience with Bradley methods, and underwater births.
Other Credentials
Inventor of the Ez-Birth, a product to help women push more effectively
Specialized training or previous experience:
Teens
Over 40
Families conceiving with ART and IVF
VBAC
Home Birth
Adoption
Prematurity
High risk
Single parents
Cesarean birth
Waterbirth
Special services available:
Parenting consulting
Baby sign language education
Relevant volunteer or advocacy work: I have been volunteering as a Doula for the last 21 years, however I became certified with DONA in 2000. In January of 2008, I invented the Ez-Birth, an amazing tool to help women focus and push very effectively during the pushing phase of labor. www.Ez-Birth.com.
Attends hospital births? Some Hospitals I have had great reporre with the medical staff at the hospitals and work well with them. I enjoy working at many different types of hospital settings, I have assisted births in Hawaii and California, and Colorado. Always giving the staff respect and working with them as a team. Peaceful, healthy baby , healthy mom, peaceful supportive Birth is my goal! Attends birth center births? Some Birth Centers I really enjoy birthing centers births, they are so much more peaceful and relaxed. The freedom to move is so helpful to move labor along smoothy. I gave birth to my youngest daughter in a birthing center in Upland ,California. Underwater birth is my favorite way to give birth of my three personal experiences. Attends home births? Some Home Births I love to assist peaceful labor and birth at home in partnership with a midwife. It is an amazing experience. Labor is so relaxed and fear free at Home birth it facilitates labor is a way that is completely different than the hospital setting. Peaceful, supported, spiritual Birth.......
Birth doula fee: $600 to $750 Fee details: My fee is a flat fee , however I will take into consideration a families budget and do the best I can to make my services affordable for everyone who wants a Doula. I believe strongly in the need for women supporting women during birth. I want every mom to have the opportunity to be supported.
