Certifications & Continuing Education

I believe families deserve a doula who never stops learning. Birth is constantly evolving, and I am committed to providing evidence-based, compassionate care through ongoing education.

My training includes:

• Certified ProDoula Birth Doula

• Certified ProDoula Postpartum Doula

• DONA Birth Doula Training

• Sierra Childbirth Institute Training

• Breastfeeding Basics (DONA)

• Infant CPR & First Aid (renewed annually)

• Spinning Babies® Workshop

• Certified Prenatal Massage Therapist

• Certified Postpartum Massage Therapist

• Eastern & Western Massage Therapy Training

• Perinatal Trauma-Informed Care Training

• Advanced Maternal Age Education

• VBAC Link Certified

• Placenta Encapsulation Training

• NICU Transition Specialist Intensive Program

• Pro Cesarean Recovery Training

• Physical Therapy Assistant with over 36 years of experience

• Specialized surgical recovery education

I continue pursuing advanced education because every family deserves care rooted in both compassion and current evidence.

What Brought Me to Birth Work

My passion for birth began with the birth of my oldest daughter, Abigail, in 1996.

Like many first-time mothers, I prepared the best way I knew how. I faithfully attended Lamaze classes and entered pregnancy feeling excited, confident, and convinced I had all the tools I needed for birth.

Instead, I experienced a three-day induction before my body and baby were truly ready.

Despite all of my preparation, I found myself overwhelmed. Everything became black and white. I forgot the coping skills I had practiced because no one was there to remind me. I didn't feel heard, and I wasn't offered true informed consent or given all of my options.

Looking back now, I know exactly what was missing.

I needed a doula.

That experience became my "why."

I promised myself that if I could help another woman feel heard, educated, supported, and empowered during one of the biggest moments of her life, I would.

Why I Do This Work

If I had known 30 years ago that "doula" was an actual profession, I would have become one immediately.

Instead, I spent decades doing what came naturally supporting the women around me.

As my family, friends, daughters, neighbors, and community grew their families, I became the person they called. I was counting kicks, helping create birth plans, supporting breastfeeding, answering late-night questions, and walking beside mothers through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond.

Then one day, my daughter Rebecca the founder of Rebecca Rose Doula Services found the word I had unknowingly been searching for my entire life:

Doula.

Everything finally made sense.

I realized I had been doing this work all along.

Mothers deserve support. They deserve someone who believes in them, educates them, comforts them, helps them make informed decisions, and reminds them that they are stronger than they know.

Being invited into one of the most intimate and life-changing moments in a family's story is something I never take for granted. It is one of life's greatest honors.

What I Bring to Your Birth & Postpartum Journey

Families often describe me as nurturing, calming, deeply intuitive, and incredibly hands-on.

When I walk into your birth space, I care for you the way I would want someone to care for one of my own daughters. I become fully invested in your experience and meet you exactly where you are, adapting my support as your labor unfolds.

Whether you need quiet reassurance, physical comfort, encouragement, education, or simply someone to sit beside you, I will be there.

Some of the ways I support families include:

• Hands-on comfort measures and therapeutic massage

• Hip squeezes and counter-pressure

• Labor positioning and movement techniques

• Relaxation and breathing guidance

• Continuous emotional reassurance

• Advocacy through informed decision-making

• Supporting partners so they feel confident and involved

• Evidence-based education throughout labor

• Gentle encouragement every step of the way

Above all, I meet mothers where they are. Every family has different hopes, values, and birth goals, and I believe your experience should reflect what matters most to you.

Whether you're planning an unmedicated birth, an epidural, an induction, a planned cesarean, or simply taking things one step at a time, my role is to help you feel comfortable, informed, supported, and confident in your decisions. I strive to create a calm, loving environment where both you and your partner feel seen, heard, and fully supported throughout your journey.

After birth, I continue supporting families with newborn education, breastfeeding support, confidence-building, healing, recovery, and helping parents find the rest they deserve as they transition into life with their new baby.

My goal is simple to help you feel safe, empowered, deeply cared for, and never alone.

A Little About Me

I am a proud mother of three amazing daughters, and family has always been at the center of my life.

Outside of birth work, you'll usually find me spending time with my partner, Michael, enjoying the outdoors, sailing, scuba diving, hiking, mountain biking, traveling, or simply making memories with family and friends.

Before becoming a doula professionally, I spent more than 36 years as a Physical Therapy Assistant, where I developed a deep understanding of the body, movement, healing, recovery, and hands-on comfort techniques. That experience naturally complements my work as a doula and allows me to bring an additional level of physical support to the families I serve.

Birth has never been just a career to me.

It has always been part of who I am.

One Thing I Want Families to Know

If there's one thing I hope every family knows before we meet, it's this:

You will never have to walk this journey alone.

Whether your birth unfolds exactly as planned or takes unexpected turns, I will meet you with compassion, knowledge, calm reassurance, and unwavering support. My role is never to replace your voice it is to help you find it, trust it, and feel confident in the decisions that are right for you and your family.

It is truly an honor to be invited into one of the most intimate and transformative seasons of your life. I never take that privilege for granted.

My greatest hope is that when you look back on your birth, you remember how loved, respected, informed, and empowered you felt.

That is the experience every family deserves, and I would be honored to walk this journey alongside you.