A doula does not replace a support person. I will work alongside your support person to help make your labor and birth a positive experience. Having a doula can give support partners peace of mind to leave the room or take a nap since the laboring mother will be with the doula. I can also help the support person learn comfort measures to use on the mother. And when the big moment of birth comes, the support person can be fully immersed in the moment while I take photos of baby’s first moments out of the womb.
Doulas are equipped to support any birth. Whether your plan is to go unmedicated, or whether you plan on having an epidural; hospital or home, I am ready to support you. Even in cases of an emergency, my role will be to help you navigate through the roller coaster of emotions that come with birth.
A doula is a non-medical, professionally trained labor assistant that provides physical and emotional support to the birthing parent and their family. A midwife is an expert in the physiological process of pregnancy and birth. She, like a doctor in a hospital birth, will be the one delivering the baby, and performing necessary medical tasks.

Daytime shifts will typically be a four-hour minimum (morning, mid-day, and early evening). In contrast, overnight shifts are an eight-hour minimum (9PM or later).
Some ways I help other family members are :
- helping siblings to adjust to having a new baby in the house
- allowing time for mom to have quality time with other children
- helping partners with soothing techniques
- giving parents a chance for uninterrupted sleep
- Light household tasks such as loading/emptying dishwasher, wiping up counters, baby laundry
- Meal prepping
- Bathing baby
- Caring for baby while you sleep
- Educating on newborn care with evidence-based research