I trained with Michelle L'Esperance-Muñoz and Warm Welcome Doula Academy in western Massachusetts in and participated in BORN Collective's doula mentoring program in the SF Bay Area in Summer 2024 . I've also completed Hypnobabies Academy's online Hypnobirthing course. Additional influences for me as a birthworker include Ina May Gaskin, Dr. Rebecca Dekker (Evidence-Based Birth), Our Bodies, Ourselves, Liam Kali (Maia Midwifery & Fertility), Sabia Wade (Birthing Liberation) and Prentis Hemphill (What It Takes to Heal) I am a white, upper-middle class, well-educated out lesbian woman and part of the disability community. My interests besides birthwork include architecture and design, enjoying western Massachusetts and the San Francisco Bay Area's beautiful natural landscapes, and quality time with people and animals I love. Authenticity flows through my birthwork and enhances my capacity to understand and connect with people. I provide embodied, mindful, compassionate, knowledgeable accompaniment and witness for families of all kinds, including solo birthing people and those with existing support from a partner and birth team. I am especially excited to work with LGBTQ+ and disabled clients, along with families anticipating bringing a disabled kiddo into the world. Disability can be a positively transformative experience and one I am well-equipped to support pregnant people and their partners through.

As a doula with Process Birthwork, I understand that pregnancy and birth are processes -- to which we surrender, that make us feel vulnerable -- whose steps are only so much in our control. I strive to approach them with awe, curiosity and focus in order to cultivate connection with my clients and promote self-trust for birthing people, their partners, and support team. Offerings: 30-minute virtual consult call; free getting to know each other; hearing about your hopes and priorities for your pregnancy and birth Virtual then In-Person Support $1000 Western MA -3 45-minute virtual prenatal appointments -continuous in-person support from early active labor to one hour after your baby arrives -1 postpartum visit when your baby is one week old -1 postpartum visit when your baby is 6-8 weeks old