Fee Details: I do offer discounts for clients whose partner is serving Our Country in the military as well as women who are serving, women who are giving their babies up for adoption, teen mothers, and offer a sliding fee scale for low income families.
Birth Doula Experience: 5 years and 81 births attended
Postpartum Doula Experience: 3 years and 7 families served
Doula Training
Not Specified
Type of Practice: Partnership with 2 or more doulas
Clients per Month: 1 to 4 births and 0 to 1 postpartum families
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers Attends home births? Some Home Births
Breastfeeding Certifications
Breast Feeding trainingg through DONA International. Birth into Breastfeeding training with Jennifer Tow.Four years of personal breastfeeding experience with my children.
Other Relevant Certifications
Rebozo Certification (Gena Kirby)
SERVSAFE® Food Safety Management Training
TENS , Perinatal Hospice
College Education
AA/AS
BA/BS
Specialized training or previous experience
Cesarean birth
Clients on bed rest
Domestic Violence
Expected stillbirth
Families conceiving with ART and IVF
High risk
Home Birth
LGBTQP Families
Multiples
Over 40
Plus size mothers
Postpartum mood disorders
Prematurity
Single parents
Special needs babies
Surrogacy
Survivors of Previous Life Trauma
Survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Teens
Twins
VBAC
Waterbirth
Special Services Offered
Acupressure
Antepartum doula
Aromatherapy
Baby-led weaning
Babywearing education
Belly casting
Bereavement doula (pregnancy & infant loss)
Birth counseling for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Cloth diapering education
Infant massage education
Military famiies
Miscarriage Support (Before, During or After)
Parenting consulting
Placenta encapsulation
Reduced rates for women considering adoption
Reflexology
Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
Stillbirthday Bereavement Doula
Relevant volunteer or advocacy work
Northeast Ohio Regional Coordinator for Sufficient Grace Ministries
Languages spoken: English
Service Area Map
Area of practice: Akron, OH Travel Range: 60 Miles