A full spectrum birthworker/doula has joined a growing movement is someone who expands doula care beyond brith or postpartum in order to meet people’s needs across the full spectrum of decisions, experiences and outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy.
A doula can also be an advocate for the folks, encouraging and helping them fulfill specific desires they might have. The goal of a doula is to help you have a positive, safe, and informed experience!
While midwives and doulas often work together, they are not the same and work under separate scopes of practice.
A doula can:
- Provide education
- Give emotional support
- Photograph labor + special moments following
- Provide lactation support
- Encourage different positions & laboring techniques
- Support your birth plan and decisions
- Advocate for you throughout pregnancy, labor, and postpartum
- Provide a positive space for birthing folks & their partner(s)
As a doula I cannot:
- Perform medical procedures (i.e. vaginal exams, fetal heart monitoring)
- No decision making, ESPECIALLY medical decision making.
- I also do not support births without a medical professional like a midwife or OB present

I support all types of births: vaginal birth, belly birth (c-section), medicated support, unmedicated, spontaneous, or induced. I am here to meet you exactly where you are to ensure you have a positive outcome, how ever that process unfolds!
A role of a doula is never to replace a support person! I am there to provide additional support for both you and your partner your support. Together, we will make a team that is there to encourage, comfort, and provide a safe environment during your fertility, pregnancy, labor, postpartum, or abortion journey.
-I mask in all public indoor and crowded outdoor spaces.
-I do not dine indoors
-I mask when around others who are not part of my household if they have not tested.
-I isolate after any risky exposures.
-I mask at all in-person meetings and visits with clients.
-I test regularly. Even if I am not feeling ill as COVID infections can be asymptomatic. I also test before going to births.
-I limit going to large gatherings when I’m on call for births.
-I encourage clients to have midwives, OB’s, and nurses to mask during appointments and in the birth space.
-I provide masks (KN95/N95+) for all my clients who would like any. I also have some kids-size masks as well. Even if we do not end up working together, please reach out!

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