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Joanna Galasso

The Nesting Space

Website: thenestingspace.weebly.com

Phone: (403) 815-3186

Birth Fee: $0 to $500

Birth Doula Experience: 1 years and 30 births attended

Currently working towards Doula certification(s)

Specific certifications for the above: DONA trained birth doula

Type of Practice: Partnership with 1 other doula

Clients per Month: 1 to 5

Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Attends home births? Any Home Birth
Home births will only be attended if a registered midwife is present.

Other Relevant Certifications

  • DC (Doctor of Chiropractic)

College Education

  • BA/BS

Specialized training or previous experience

  • Teens
  • Over 40
  • Families conceiving with ART and IVF
  • VBAC
  • Home Birth
  • Multiples
  • 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
  • Surrogacy
  • Survivors of Previous Life Trauma
  • Domestic Violence
  • Addiction Recovery

Special Services Offered

  • Reflexology
  • Infant massage education
  • Prenatal or postnatal massage
  • TENS units rental
  • Acupressure and/or acupuncture in labor
  • Belly casting
  • Cloth diapering education
  • Reduced rates for women considering adoption
  • Pregnancy, birth and/or newborn photography

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

Volunteer Doula for the Calgary Pregnancy Centre and various community organizations throughout the City of Calgary.

Languages spoken: English

Service Area Map

Area of practice: Calgary, AB
Travel range: 30 miles

Birth Availability

= Available. Calendar last updated: Updated 11/16/2012