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Phone: 5034646911

Birth Fee: $500 to $1250

Postpartum Rate: $25 to $50

Fee Details: Post-partum support Home and/or hospital or birth center visits Light housekeeping Family support Lactation Hourly sibling or pet care

Birth Doula Experience: 2 years and 40 births attended

Postpartum Doula Experience: 2 years and 10 families served

Doula Training

• International Center for Traditional Childbearing, December 2014

Type of Practice: Solo practice

Clients per Month: 0 to 4 births and 0 to 4 postpartum families

Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Attends home births? Any Home Birth
Consult - info packet Prenatal visits up to 4 Prenatal visit with doctor or midwife up to 2 Phone calls 3 or more, as needed, prior to due date - during business hours On call 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after due date Labor support

Childbirth Education Certifications

• NCNM (NUNM)

Breastfeeding Certifications

• Naturopathic physician (licensed) and naturopathic midwifery certificate holder (pending Oregon licensure)

Other Relevant Certifications

• American Heart Association BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification
• ND (Naturopathic Doctor)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Certified (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Food handlers card, Cultural Competency Certificate

College Education

• BA/BS

Specialized training or previous experience

• Addiction Recovery
• Adoption
• Cesarean birth
• Domestic Violence
• Expected stillbirth
• Families conceiving with ART and IVF
• High risk
• Home Birth
• Induced and high medical technology labor & birth
• LGBTQP Families
• Multiples
• Over 40
• Plus size mothers
• Postpartum mood disorders
• Prematurity
• Remote and rural clients birthing away from home
• Single parents
• Spanish Speaking
• Special needs babies
• Surrogacy
• Survivors of Previous Life Trauma
• Survivors of childhood sexual abuse
• Teens
• Twins
• VBAC
• Waterbirth
• Women and Families of Color

Special Services Offered

• Acupressure
• Antepartum doula
• Aromatherapy
• Baby-led weaning
• Babywearing education
• Cloth diapering education
• Military families
• Monitrice services
• Parenting consulting
• Prenatal or postnatal massage
• Reduced rates for women considering adoption
• Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

Chitari Foundation - board member (previous) ICTC International Center for Traditional Childbearing OHSU direct patient care volunteer - (previous)

Languages spoken: English, some Spanish, some Shona