From bump to birth & beyond
Birth support with a labor & delivery nurse by your side.
Personalized nurse-doula support from your first trimester through postpartum.
What is a Doula
The Support Every Birth Deserves
A doula is a trained professional who provides continuous emotional, physical, and educational support to you and your family before, during, and after birth. Your doula is a steady, familiar presence whose only focus is you: your comfort, your questions, and your birth preferences, from your first trimester through postpartum.
For You & Your Family
The Benefits of Having a Doula
- Continuous one-on-one support throughout labor and birth
- Comfort techniques like positioning, breathing, and counter-pressure to help you manage labor naturally
- Evidence-based education so you can make informed, confident decisions
- Help communicating your wishes clearly with your care team
- Greater confidence, less anxiety, and a more positive birth experience
- Support for your partner and loved ones, too
- Research links continuous doula support to shorter labors, fewer interventions, and higher satisfaction
Clear Boundaries
What a Doula Is Not
- Not a medical provider. A doula does not perform exams, clinical procedures, or deliver your baby
- Not a replacement for your obstetrician, midwife, or nurse. Doula care works alongside your medical team
- Not a decision-maker. A doula informs and empowers you, and every choice is always yours
- Not a source of medical advice, and never someone who speaks over your providers
Allow Me to Help Design Your Birth Experience
As a BSN-prepared registered nurse with more than 20 years in Labor & Delivery and Maternal-Child Health, and a birth, postpartum, and bereavement doula, I offer both the heart of a doula and the clinical fluency of a nurse. I understand what is happening medically, I can explain it in plain language, and I know when something deserves your provider’s attention. Whether you are preparing for birth, healing in the weeks after, or walking through loss, you will have knowledgeable, compassionate support at every step.
Explore the Support
Born to Serve
Personalized, evidence-based support for every step of your journey, from planning to birth to the tender weeks after.
Labor & Birth Doula
Continuous physical and emotional support through labor and delivery, at your side the whole way.
Postpartum Doula
Gentle, steady care in the weeks after birth so you can rest, recover, and settle in with baby.
Bereavement Doula
Compassionate support through pregnancy and infant loss, with presence, guidance, and care when it matters most.
Childbirth Education
Evidence-based classes to prepare you with confidence for labor and delivery, offered one-on-one, with your family, or virtually.
Breastfeeding Support
Practical, judgment-free help to get feeding off to a comfortable, confident start.
Perinatal Navigation
Knowledgeable guidance and support through appointments, decisions, and the healthcare system before and after baby.
Birth Designing
Collaborative planning to shape the birth experience you envision, grounded in your values and options, including accompanying you on birthing hospital tours.
Newborn Care
Caring guidance and reassurance with your newborn, from soothing and feeding cues to sleep and daily care.
High-Risk & Cesarean Support
Support for high-risk and complex pregnancies, including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, multiples, preterm labor, cesarean birth, and neonatal intensive care (NICU).
Accepting some insurance plans. Ask about coverage for your care.