How My Journey Began

Several years before deciding to start our family, I began to research homebirth and my husband (who is my number one supporter in all things great and small) and I interviewed a local midwife to learn more about physiological birth and what home birth is like. In 2021 I became pregnant, and we interviewed and selected a midwife whom we worked with throughout our pregnancy.  We attended a Birth Education class presented by a local doula at The Nest and in 2022 early one beautiful summer morning we welcomed our son in our home.

After experiencing birth myself and being educated in all of my options for home or hospital delivery, I realized that I wanted to provide the childbirth education I had received and help anyone interested in learning about all their birth options so that no matter where their baby was born they had the education to make the decisions that were best for them.  I also wanted to provide comfort and support in hospitals, birthing centers and in homes, and so my doula journey began. 

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Training

Childbirth Education for the Birth Professional- DONA International

Birth Doula Workshop- DONA International

Breastfeeding Skills for the Birth Professional- DONA International

California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential

Serving Nevada and Placer Counties

  • Penny Simkin

    “A doula’s goal is to help the laboring person have a satisfying birth as they define it.”

  • Ina May Gaskin

    “Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.”

  • What is a Doula?

    “A doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to their client before, during and shortly after childbirth to help them achieve the healthiest, most satisfying experience possible.” - DONA International

  • John Kennell, M.D.

    “If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it.”