Vanessa Flood Birth Doula Profile

Vanessa Flood

Birthing Beyond, LLC

Phone: (913) 485-0298

Birth Fee: $375 to $575

Fee Details: I offer 3 packages...one with a private childbirth class, one without a private childbirth class and one for previous clients.

Birth Doula Experience: 9 years and 275 births attended

Birth Doula Certifications

DONA (DONA International)

Type of Practice: Solo practice

Clients per Month: 1 to 6

Attends hospital births? Some Hospitals
Attends birth center births? Some Birth Centers
Attends home births? No Home Births

Childbirth Education Certifications

ALACE (Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators)
Lamaze International

Breastfeeding Certifications

WIC Certified Breastfeeding Peer Counselor
Certified Breastfeeding Educator

Other Relevant Certifications

DONA International - Birth Doula Trainer
CHBE – Certified Happiest Baby Educator

College Education

BA/BS

Specialized training or previous experience

Over 40
Families conceiving with ART and IVF
VBAC
Multiples
Clients on bed rest
LGBTQ Families
Adoption
Special needs babies
Prematurity
Twins
Postpartum mood disorders
High risk
Expected stillbirth
Single parents
Cesarean birth

Special Services Offered

Parenting consulting
Pregnancy, birth and/or newborn photography

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

KS State Representative for DONA. CIMS Grassroots Activitst for The Birth Survey

Languages spoken: english

Service Area Map

Area of practice: Olathe, KS
Travel range: 15 miles

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Client Testimonials for Vanessa Flood

Jessica Zemler

Vanessa is fantastic. We hired her as a doula for our first child's birth and could not have been happier with her. When we found out we were expecting child #2, it was a no-brainer decision to call her again! She truly listens to your birth vision and does everything she can to make it happen. I don't think I could have made it without her. I give her my highest recommendation. And an extra bonus were the amazing photos she took during both births!

Posted 4/18/2013

Amy Marin Carlson

Vanessa was our doula for the birth of our son Ivan. I was very nervous about drug-free labor & delivery beforehand even though I knew that was how I wanted to do it. I opted to have a doula with us because I felt like I was more likely to be able to handle it with extra support.

Vanessa did an excellent job of preparing us for the whole process so that I recognized what was happening and had an idea about what the timeline would be when labor first started. I didn't panic like I thought I might. I called her, and we talked about my contractions and how it was all progressing. Because it was my first time, I felt less comfortable staying home as long as the doctor had told me to. It felt to me like things were progressing pretty quickly, and I wanted to go to the hospital. Vanessa respected my input on that and met us there right away. (I was so glad I had decided to work with her - my poor husband had the stomach flu and was unable to be the extra support I had planned on.)

I'm not going to go into the details of the labor & delivery, but I did it. Twelve hours later our Ivan was born, and I felt like Superwoman. Most of the labor was a haze but I had Vanessa holding my hand and cheering me on, and I did it. I can't thank her enough for coaching me through that and helping me to have the most empowered birth experience I could.

I would work with her again in a heartbeat.

~Amy