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Angie Shuman

Gentle Beginnings Birth Services

Phone: (864) 357-0463

Birth Fee: Not specified

Postpartum Rate: Not specified

Fee Details: My fees are specific to each couple. I do sliding scale, trade, and pro bono for teens or unemployed families.

Birth Doula Experience: 5 years and 13 births attended

Postpartum Doula Experience: 5 years and 7 families served

Doula certification(s) have been submitted and are pending approval

Specific certifications for the above: HypnoBabies HypnoDoula

Type of Practice: Solo practice

Clients per Month: 1 to 3 births and 1 to 3 postpartum families

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

Other Relevant Certifications

  • Herbalist, Independent Placenta Encapsulator

College Education

  • BA/BS

Specialized training or previous experience

  • Teens
  • VBAC
  • Home Birth
  • High risk
  • Single parents
  • Cesarean birth
  • Survivors of childhood sexual abuse
  • Domestic Violence

Special Services Offered

  • Placenta encapsulation
  • Mother blessing celebrations
  • Cloth diapering education
  • Parenting consulting
  • Babywearing education
  • Baby-led weaning

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

Board Member on the Upstate BirthNetwork

Languages spoken: English

Service Area Map

Area of practice: Spartanburg, SC
Travel range: 50 miles

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Birth Availability

= Available. Calendar last updated: Updated 4/16/2013

Postpartum Availability

= Available. Calendar last updated: Updated 4/16/2013