Hi, I’m Stephenie.

I am Stephenie, a Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula. I am a mother of three children and my own experience of giving birth was uniquely sacred (and challenging!) each time. I hold a master’s degree in a Global Studies Program that emphasizes the wellbeing of Women and Children. I have had the privilege to travel and study for many years amongst many different people groups globally, often pregnant or caring for an infant while traveling. I was in India three months after my second child was born and had the opportunity to accompany a mobile pregnancy clinic for a few days in remote villages. I found that even though I didn’t speak their dialogue, there was a common language and connection between us as I helped measure bellies because I had so recently been in my own pregnancy. Every birth story is so unique and yet, there is a beautiful human thread that connects us all. 

As a doula, I was educated at Sierra Childbirth Institute and am certified through Dona International. Becoming a doula has allowed me the amazing opportunity to be present with families at a sacred time. To help guide and walk with families through what can be such an intense, confusing, intimidating process is a special, humbling privilege I cherish. Reflecting back on my own birth and postpartum experiences, I realize what a gift a doula would have been for me in those chaotic, sometimes frustrating, but ultimately incredible times. I have also treasured opportunities over my lifetime to walk alongside close family and friends as they build their families in all sorts of ways; from IVF to adoption, elected c-section to medication free, VBACs, single parents, multiples, I’m here for it all and all of it is truly miraculous.

I seek to be a guide who can help you recognize or interpret signs you might not notice otherwise, a supportive presence that can help hold space for the sacred event of ushering a new human life into the world, and an advocate that can help you trust your body and your voice. I see education to be a key element of empowerment so I really cherish moments of helping parents understand the “why” behind what they are experiencing. My favorite part of being a doula is the moment parents discover their strength and power and recognize themselves as the experts of their bodies and their babies.

Current Certifications Stephenie holds:

Certified Birth & Postpartum Doula -- VBAC Link Certified -- CPR & First Aid Certified -- Bonding and Attachment -- Trauma Informed/Psychological First Aid

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Certified Birth & Postpartum Doula -- VBAC Link Certified -- CPR & First Aid Certified -- Bonding and Attachment -- Trauma Informed/Psychological First Aid --