About
Oddly enough, when I was growing up, I never pictured myself having kids. Then I had my first baby and the rest, as they say, was history. I absolutely loved being pregnant and being a mom, which is a good thing since we went on to have a total of six babies! There are 17 years between our first and our last and that makes for an interesting and exciting household, filled with a wide range of emotions, experiences and joy.
After running a home daycare for 15 years, and just before the birth of our sixth child, I decided it was time for a change. When I sat down to think about what I would do next I realized that being a doula would allow me to do what I love; work with mothers and babies, witness the miracle of birth and pass on some of my knowledge to others just starting on their parenting journey. I absolutely love what I do!
Experience with:
- Natural hospital birth
- O.R. birth
- Inductions
- Preemies
- IUGR
- Newborns needing extra care/ extended hospital stay
- Multiples
- Emergency postpartum care
- Overnight postpartum care
- Breast and bottle feeding
- Introducing siblings
- Unplanned/ crisis pregnancy
- Teen pregnancy