Fee Details: Package rates available when combining birth and postpartum services.
Birth Doula Experience: 7 years and 45 births attended
Postpartum Doula Experience: 7 years and 80 families served
Doula Training
Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA), April 2012
Type of Practice: Solo practice
Clients per Month: 0 to 2 births and 1 to 3 postpartum families
Postpartum limits/restrictions: No early use of cry it out method/sleep training (supportive of gentle sleep guiding methods when babies are of a healthy weight as decided by pediatrician to sleep through the night safely) Attends hospital births? All Hospitals All hospitals within the greater Memphis area Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers Happy to someday serve CHOICES birth center Attends home births? Some Home Births It is not within the scope of practice of a labor doula to attend planned unassisted home births. Happy to support a home birth with a licensed midwife or doctor.
Childbirth Education Certifications
CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association)
Other Relevant Certifications
Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner
Babywearing Educator, Level 1 YogaFit Teacher Training, various advanced doula trainings, Spinning Babies Training, The Artemis School for Women's Sexual Wellness, Level 1 Restore Your Core Method tm
College Education
BA/BS
MA/MS
Specialized training or previous experience
Adoption
Cesarean birth
Clients on bed rest
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
Previous birth trauma and/or birth injury
Relinquishing mothers
Single parents
Special needs babies
Survivors of Previous Life Trauma
Teens
Twins
VBAC
Waterbirth
Women and Families of Color
Special Services Offered
Abortion Support
Antepartum doula
Baby-led weaning
Babywearing education
Belly binding
Bereavement doula (pregnancy & infant loss)
Childbirth Education Services
End of Life Doula Services
Infant massage education
Miscarriage Support (Before, During or After)
Mother blessing celebrations
Mother Roasting
Parenting consulting
Placenta encapsulation
Pregnancy, birth and/or newborn photography
Prenatal or postnatal massage
Reduced rates for women considering adoption
Satellite Doula (For remote and rural clients)
Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
Surrogates and intended parents
Relevant volunteer or advocacy work
I am also the owner of MAMA CIRCLE Memphis, which offers bi-monthly support and social groups for moms, as well as childbirth education and other prenatal prep classes.
Languages spoken: English, some Spanish, some ASL
Service Area Map
Area of practice: Memphis, TN Travel Range: 20 Miles Travel comments/restrictions: No commutes over 30 minutes