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Chantel Manuel

Snutetkwe Birth Services

Kamloops, BC Service range 100 miles

Birth Fee

$1200

Postpartum Rate

$30 to $40

Indigenous/Aboriginal Doula

Birth Fee

$1200

Postpartum Rate

$30 to $40


Birth Doula Experience

16 years and 15 births attended

Postpartum Doula Experience

10 years and 15 families served


Doula Training

  • DONA International-Approved Workshop, November 2016
  • DONA International-Approved Workshop, October 2017

Type of practice: Partnership with 1 other doula

Clients per month: 2 to 4 births and 3 to 6 postpartum families

Attends hospital births? All Hospitals

Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers

Attends home births? Any Home Birth


Special Services Offered

  • Abortion support
  • Aromatherapy
  • Baby-led weaning
  • Babywearing education
  • Belly binding
  • Cloth diapering education
  • End of life doula services
  • Miscarriage support
  • Mother blessing celebrations
  • Newborn care specialist
  • Parenting consulting
  • Satellite doula (for remote and rural clients)
  • Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
  • Virtual and remote doula support

Languages Spoken

  • English

Fee Details

Pre Approved for the Aboriginal Families Grant Program for Postpartum and Birth Services.

Service Area

Kamloops, BC Service range 100 miles

Client Testimonials for Chantel Manuel

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Lisa Moses

12/28/2022

Chantel, was an amazing doula. She went above and beyond to create a culturally safe space, and is humble, kind and caring throughout her practice.

We had a very challenging induction and pregnancy which had us in the hospital for a week and she checked in everyday. 

She helped keep me comfortable with water, walking, food and reminding me to rest. She navigates very well around RIH. My partner also felt very comfortable and was thankful for her presence and emotional support. 

We consider Chantel a dear friend and so thankful she was apart of our birth story. 

Lisa and Craig 

Steffanie Michel

8/16/2020

What a beautiful experience it was to have Chantel as my doula. She’s very supportive and informal in any moment that I needed her. If I ever needed support she was virtually there in a heartbeat! I appreciated the time and effort she put forth for my family and I. 

My due date was during the first wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic. I decided that it was best to have only a couple close family members at my home birth, including the midwives. With the distance between us, Chantel was there for me virtually. She opened up her arms and made sure I was taken care with her caring and loving ways! She made sure I didn’t feel alone in the best way she could. She exceeded my expectations. She knows about traditional birthing and birthing rights as a woman. She is all around a one of a kind doula and someone needed in the delivery room.

If I ever have a baby again, she’ll be my first choice! 

Emma Feltes

7/16/2020

I cannot recommend her highly enough. She is incredibly supportive -- she literally held me up through childbirth, when standing was the only position that felt right! She also brought ingredients to make an energy-boosting elixir that got me through. She shows a gentle and intuitive confidence, working behind the scenes but available when you need her. It was so special having her involved in my birth. 

Ellen Bob

7/15/2020

She was very professional supportive kind-hearted went above and beyond to support me through my pregnancy when I gave birth, she reassured me when I felt scared, she brought me stuff that would help my baby while I was pregnant and after I gave birth she kept checking in on me and my baby. She used to bring snacks helps me through labor I highly recommend her as a doula she is amazing and is very loving supportive doula.

Birth Availability for Chantel Manuel

= Available. Calendar last updated: 07-30-2024

Postpartum Availability for Chantel Manuel

= Available. Calendar last updated: 07-30-2024