Website: birthingbydesign.webs.com/ Phone: (716) 310-3926 Type of Practice: Solo practice Clients per Month: 1 to 2 Birth Doula Experience: 2 years and 13 births attended Area of practice: Tonawanda, NY Travel range: 30 miles Travel comments/restrictions: US only Languages spoken: English
Birth Doula Certifications
CCLD (Cascade Christian Childbirth Association)
Breastfeeding Certifications
WIC Certified Breastfeeding Peer Counselor
Former WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor.
Childbirth Educator Certifications
CCBE (Cascade Christian Childbirth Association)
Teaching Christian based childbirth classes and Preconception/Early Bird Pregnancy classes.
Specialized training or previous experience:
Teens
Over 40
VBAC
Multiples
Twins
High risk
Expected stillbirth
Single parents
Cesarean birth
Special services available:
Cloth diapering education
Parenting consulting
Elimination communication education
Babywearing education
Reduced rates for military members/spouses
Reduced rates for women considering adoption
Miscarriage Support (Before, During or After)
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals Erie & Niagara County Hospitals only, but I will also work at United Memorial Medical Center North Street Campus in Batavia. Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers Attends home births? Some Home Births I am not comfortable attending a planned unassisted homebirth.
Birth doula fee: $200 to $450 Fee details: I offer many scholarships and discounts on services. Please check my website to see what scholarships are available to you. WIC moms get half off. Please contact me with any questions. Blessings!
Client Testimonials for Tara Withey
Abbie Papp
I met Tara at a booth she had set up about doulas. I had no idea what a doula even was. We got to talking about what she did and the services she provided. She was very friendly, informative, and added in "but what you do is up to you, it's your decision"
After taking child birth classes with Tara, we hired her as our doula. Not only did we gain wisdom from her, during the class, but also during our pre-natal visit. She was able to help us come up with a birth plan and gave us different suggestions on things we could do even if we didn't know. Everything from coping methods during contractions, birthing posistions, even if you wanted the lights on or dim during the whole experience. She didn't push one way or another, just encouraged us to make a decision that we would be happy with.
Tara met us at the hospital. Not only did she help me, but my husband keep calm as well. I ended up getting an epidural, due to the amount of uncomfort I was experiencing. She stayed there the whole time, even though she didn't have as much of an active role once the epidural kicked in. She was then able to help go over things with my husband on how to help during the birth of our child.
During our post-natal visit we went over everything that had happened. And how things were going, adjusting to life with a new baby. She was able to answer questions and give advice. We loved having her and would highly reccomed her to anyone considering a doula.
Abbie and Daniel
Posted 4/4/2012
Rich Ritenburg
Words cannot express the benefits of having Tara as my Doula. I took Tara’s childbirth classes and learned more about the experience than ever. She was fantastic. I knew I wanted her to share in our childbirth. Having her as a doula was the best decision. I shared with her my birth plan and how I desired to have a natural childbirth. Unfortunately, when I went into labor, the dr. that I didn’t care for was on call. Because of the stress of this, my labor pretty much stopped when I got to the hospital-so they told me I could be induced or go home. Because I already arranged childcare for my other 2 children and the fact that it was 3 am, I asked them to give me a bit to see if I could get things started on my own. Tara was wonderful. We turned off the lights, turned on the music, and she massaged my feet. Things started to pick up again and we walked around and contractions were once again regular. I wanted little contact with the staff and not only was Tara there to help me physically, she was there as an advocate as well by telling me how to ask things in a certain way which resulted in little contact which I wanted. She also helped with my husband so he knew different ways to help me physically and emotionally. My labor was the worst of all 3 and I could not have gone through it without Tara. She knew exactly the words to say and when to say them to give me strength to get through. Although I experienced the worst pain of my life, it did not matter because I achieved my goal, and when my third precious baby was placed on my chest alert as could be without affects of drugs; the pain was immediately worth it. The emotion I experienced with the immediate bonding with my baby is something I’ll never forget. Again, I could not of achieved this without the support of Tara.
Posted 12/1/2011
Jamie Bayley
Tara Withey was a wonderful doula for me , I was giving birth to my 7th child and believe it or not i was as scared as it was my first she guided me through labor with phrases from the bible which helped me tremendously , she is a very spiritual kind loving woman . She is also very knowledgeable on your rights in the hospital ,which helped me tremedously...i learned so much from her which i appreaciate tremendously. I would recommend her to anyone who wants a great doula.
Posted 9/23/2011
Naomi Kasprzak
Tara has attended 2 of my births. She was a great help in teaching me as well as supportive with my husband's and my decisions. She did a great job being there for me during my labors when I needed emotional support from a woman as well as physical relief, but she also gave my husband and I the space we needed. She was really awesome at encouraging me that I could do it and to relax through the hardest moments of birth. Tara also made sure she was only a phone call away for any breastfeeding questions in the next few weeks and months`post pardum and made sure she had some face time to help when it was needed. She has been an excellent doula!
I met Tara at a booth she had set up about doulas. I had no idea what a doula even was. We got to talking about what she did and the services she provided. She was very friendly, informative, and added in "but what you do is up to you, it's your decision"
After taking child birth classes with Tara, we hired her as our doula. Not only did we gain wisdom from her, during the class, but also during our pre-natal visit. She was able to help us come up with a birth plan and gave us different suggestions on things we could do even if we didn't know. Everything from coping methods during contractions, birthing posistions, even if you wanted the lights on or dim during the whole experience. She didn't push one way or another, just encouraged us to make a decision that we would be happy with.
Tara met us at the hospital. Not only did she help me, but my husband keep calm as well. I ended up getting an epidural, due to the amount of uncomfort I was experiencing. She stayed there the whole time, even though she didn't have as much of an active role once the epidural kicked in. She was then able to help go over things with my husband on how to help during the birth of our child.
During our post-natal visit we went over everything that had happened. And how things were going, adjusting to life with a new baby. She was able to answer questions and give advice. We loved having her and would highly reccomed her to anyone considering a doula.
Abbie and Daniel