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A Little About Me

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First and foremost, I am a wife and mother.  I have four sons, one daughter, one daughter in law, and an unbelievably supportive husband.  My first 4 births were amazing, and I came away feeling happy and satisfied.  My 5th was a little different.  I had a nurse that was less than helpful.  In fact she seemed almost bothered that I had come in.  After an hour of good labor and not a lot of progress I asked for an epidural.  This would be my last childbirth, and figured I would have it pain free.  Well, 30 minutes later she came back with the anesthesiologist.  She didn't bother to check me, or even see how I was doing.   The  anesthesiologist even asked if she was going to check me, and she said, "She was only a 4 an hour ago."  I can still hear her voice in my head!  I had the epidural, and as soon as it was in place, I rolled over and delivered my baby girl.  I remembered thinking, if she had just checked me, I could have gone without the epidural! 
Later I was talking to my mom. who had been there, and told how glad I was that this was my fifth birth and not my first birth.


About two years after that experience, I learned about Doulas!  The birth center where I had given birth had started a program and was going to have a training.  I signed up as quick as I could!  I was so excited to be there for other women and help them have a positive birth experience.  Well, it wasn't to be.  The training got pushed back a few months, and we finally sold our house and moved to TN where my husband had already been living for 2 months.

Fast forward 7 years and I completed a training program in 2010 through American Child Birth Educators.  I thought I knew a lot about labor having had 5 kids, but I learned so much.  I came away with an even greater passion for the work of a Doula.  

In 2018 I attended a second training through BEST doula training. This amazing group taught me even more about being the best doula I can. I was also blessed to attend a training for their childbrith educatior prpgram. I fell in love with the cirriculum and have started teaching a group childirth class.


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