Birth Doula Services:
I am a certified birth doula under DONA International guidelines. I am ecstatic to be able to educate expecting families on the beauty and grace of natural childbirth. I am thrilled to be a part of such a truly amazing experience. I would love to give each mother the emotional and informational support that each individual is looking for. I am open, honest and respectful in my communication of the information and extremely supportive of each mother’s decision. I can explain the benefits of having a doula with each type of childbirth, whether it be natural childbirth or a scheduled c-section, or anything in between. I will help you establish a birth plan specific to your needs but will also provide information should an unexpected situation arise. As a doula I will discuss your pregnancy, your goals/expectations of the birth and postpartum and help develop a personal birth plan that works best for you. I am here to support you through the entire process. Together we will make a great birthing team.
I provide physical and emotional support for women's needs during childbirth and the weeks that follow. In addition to medical care and the love and companionship provided by their partners, women need consistent, continuous reassurance, comfort, encouragement and respect. They need individualized care based on their circumstances and preferences. I am prepared to provide physical (non-medical), emotional and informational support to women and their partners during labor and birth, as well as to families in the weeks following childbirth. I offer a loving touch, positioning and comfort measures that make childbearing women and families feel nurtured and cared for.
HypnoBirthing® the Mongan Method
I am a trained HypnoBirthing® educator with the Mongan Method. My certification has been submitted and is currently pending. I teach childbirth education classes with HypnoBirthing®. The classes are 5 weekly classes. It is a daily committment along with the weekly classes. HypnoBirthing® is a beautiful way to calmly breathe your baby into the world in a clam relaxed state. HypnoBirthing® is self induced state of hypnosis. It is much different than stage hypnosis. It is focused attention to remaining in a deep relaxation state. The philosophy behind HypnoBirthing® is that birth is normal, natural, and healthy; healthy for women and their healthy babies. It is not a medical event. It is a life experience. It's about mother AND fathers and babies. Dads play an integral part in this experience because it's about cultivating respect for the rights and wishes if families to bring their babies into the world in a gentle calm way. It's about inspired parents, learning to take responsibility for their own births by actively seeking the right care provider and participating in the activities and methods outlined in HypnoBirthing®. It's about empowered parents welcoming their babies into the world in "Celebration of Life" and achieving the birth they want.
Reiki Services:
Each reiki session is different as each individual is different. I will work with your energy to help release any blocks so that your body may heal itself.
Reiki can help you:
Balance Energy
Increase Awareness & Creativity
Release Emotions
Release Stress Anxiety
Reduce and Relieve Pain
Amplify Energy
Grow and Heal
Location:
Serving Duluth, MN and surrounding areas:
I attend home births and all hospital births. The hospitals I attend births at are in Duluth, Hibbing, Virginia, Ely, Grand Rapids, Cloquet and Moose Lake.
Location for prenatal, postpartum and reiki appointments vary.
For appointment please call (218) 591-2429 or email
yourbirthingjourney@gmail.com