I am a resource guru for my doula clients providing information and support about prenatal care, birth options, and back to basics birth in a modern culture.
Virtual Esali Birth Classes & my local Lending Library are accessible for all clients.

Through hands-on care, I help to support you holistically during pregnancy and birth to encourage the most intervention-free birth possible.
Alignment, Rebozo, and hands-on guidance are provided for fetal positioning and labor progression.

I serve you, not your care provider or regulating organization.  I am able to share information as needed, advocate for human birthrights, and care for my clients in the way I believe is most helpful.
Support of your personal birth wishes for Happy Healthy Birth is my focus.

Continuous Physical & Emotional Support

Doula care begins prenatally with resources and guidance for wellness and maternal-fetal alignment to support a comfortable pregnancy and spontaneous natural labor progression.  Whether at home prior to transferring to your birth location or at a birth center or hospital, you are continuously supported from the time you desire presence during labor until baby has enjoyed skin to skin time after birth.  For families planning home birth, please see my midwifery services.

Spontaneous Natural Birth

Resources, maternal-fetal alignment guidance, and education are provided to help you to experience optimal health and select a birth environment supportive of physiological birth.  By making intentional choices for these influences, you can be prepared to birth instinctively.  Doula care can help keep you grounded for a joyous birth and receive guidance on techniques if your birth plans change.

Perinatal Mentor

Each doula package is created for your personal needs and desires and includes preparation and support for unexpected changes.  In-person and virtual doula support (helpful for support restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic) is available through at least 6-weeks postpartum.  I can bring along my camera if you desire to have some semi-professional snapshots of your day.

Reduce Unnecessary Interventions

Guiding you and your birth team on how to navigate our modern birth industry is a key aspect of doula care.  You and your birth partner can learn support techniques both prenatally and during labor for a confident and progressive labor.  Support through communication, physical changes with pregnancy and labor, and information for making decisions as your labor progresses is individualized.  Dads enjoy learning these techniques and being guided through the primary support role as well as sharing support so you can be continuously supported through labor changes.

Support Informed Decisions

My doula care focuses on clients preparing for a family-centered birth.  You are strong and intelligent, able to make informed decisions about your perinatal well-being.  By providing education prenatally and supporting your human rights in birth, clients feel empowered to advocate for themselves leading to a confident start in breastfeeding and parenting.

Mid-Ohio Valley Doula

I provide doula care for birth centers and hospitals throughout the Mid-Ohio Valley in Parkersburg, Marietta, Gallipolis, Athens, Charleston, Clarksburg, and surrounding regions within 1.5 hours of zip 26164 and include:

• Charleston Birth Center doula support
• WV Medicine doula support
• Camden Clark doula support
• Marietta Memorial doula support
• CAMC doula support
• Obleness doula support
• UHC doula support

Doula care is individualized for each client.  Whether you’re planning for a full perinatal mentor package, a labor doula, or a few add on or stand-alone services, check out some of the options below for doula support in the Mid-Ohio Valley.

Enchanting View of the Womb illustration illuminates your personalized belly mapping private session.

Relaxation and fetal position support through private rebozo therepeutic tension release and massage.

Personalized wellness blends or Make and Take herbal parties for fertility, pregnancy, breastfeeding, baby and self-care.

Placenta encapsulation, placenta smoothies, and placenta preservation treats and tinctures for postpartum support.