I had never heard of a doula before becoming pregnant with my first child at the age of 35. Someone suggested I hire one for my birth and I was incredibly grateful I listened to her. My doula was invaluable before, during, and after my birth. She was my guiding star during a long, difficult labor. She listened to me as I processed the birth story afterwards. She gently supported me as I transitioned to becoming a mother.

 

A good friend suggested that I might be well-suited for doula work myself because of my calm and compassionate nature. The idea thrilled me - I could not sleep the night after this suggestion entered my mind! The idea of helping other birthing persons pass through that magical threshold into parenthood was intoxicating.

 

After the birth of my three children, my fascination with everything birth related has only grown. Along with birth doula services, I am a childbirth educator with the Parent Trust/Great Starts organization in Seattle. I have a passion for photography and am a certified birth photographer through Birth Becomes You.

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It is my hope that my services will promote birthing people's sense of confidence and emotional well being going into birth and parenthood. I especially love working with immigrants, people of "advanced maternal age," and people hoping for VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean).  I feel grateful to have experienced a doula in my own birth experience, and so grateful to now extend that service to other parents.