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Shannin Smith

Odyssey of Eden

Philadelphia, PA   Service range 20 miles

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Birth Fee

$300 to $1200

Postpartum Rate

$25 to $50

Black Doula

Availability Remarks: To be discussed/by appointment

Birth Fee

$300 to $1200

Postpartum Rate

$25 to $50


Medicaid and Third Party Insurers

Currently approved to receive payments from the following programs:


Birth Doula Experience

6 years and 50 births attended

Postpartum Doula Experience

6 years and 5 families served


Birth Doula Certifications

  • Birth Arts International - Certified Birth Doula

Postpartum Doula Certifications

  • Birth Arts International - Certified Postpartum Doula

Doula Training

  • Birth Arts International, January 2022
  • CocoLife Community Doula Training Program, December 2023

Type of practice: Independent contractor with a doula agency

Clients per month: 5 to 10 births and 5 to 10 postpartum families

Attends hospital births? Some Hospitals
Hup, Lankanu, bryn Mawr hospital, university of penn

Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers

Attends home births? Any Home Birth


College Education

AA/AS


Special Services Offered

  • Abortion support
  • Antepartum doula support
  • Baby-led weaning
  • Babywearing education
  • Belly binding
  • Belly casting
  • Bereavement doula (pregnancy & infant loss)
  • Birth counseling for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
  • Childbirth education services
  • Cloth diapering education
  • Community health worker
  • First Aid and CPR
  • Full spectrum doula services
  • Infant massage education
  • Lactation consultant/counselor services
  • LGBTQIA+ Support
  • Military families support
  • Miscarriage support
  • Mother blessing celebrations
  • Newborn care and parenting classes
  • Newborn care specialist
  • NICU support for parents
  • Parenting consulting
  • Pelvic floor health education & support
  • Perinatal wellness coach
  • Satellite doula (for remote and rural clients)
  • Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
  • Sleep educator
  • Sleep support consulting
  • Stillbirth and infant loss support
  • Virtual and remote doula support

Training Documentation

credential


Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

I’m a certified nurses assistant CPR instructor

Languages Spoken

  • English

Fee Details

Free services to keystone first insurance and united healthcare. Birth plans & postpartum plans with out insurance $25 Fee with out insurance Prenatal visit- creating birth plan, education, advocacy, resources, emotional, breastfeeding support & labor prep. $50 Postpartum visit - creating a postpartum plan, education, sibling adjustment, resources, referrals, breastfeeding support $50 Breastfeeding advanced -$50 Labor (pain management & prep --$50 Combination Childbirth education, labor prep & breastfeeding class -$50 Resume • Maternity care coalition • Drexel’s Newborns and Neighbor (perinatal peer support specialist) • Irth apps (doula ambassador Philadelphia cohort) • Philadelphia Health departments Ova (work group and grant recipient) Thomas Jefferson research pilot • Philadelphia Health department (Philly CAN)

Service Area

Philadelphia, PA Service range 20 miles

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Birth Availability for Shannin Smith

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