Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving Georgia
SBD Speaker (professionals workshops)
email: LaurenBishop.SBD@stillbirthday.info
In addition to being a Stillbirthday Birth and Bereavement Doula®, Lauren is also the Stillbirthday Regional Director, Stillbirthday Executive Team Leader, Stillbirthday State Representative for the State of Georgia, the Stillbirthday Eastern United States Regional Representative, the Stillbirthday Safety & Support Liaison, Stillbirthday Birth Professionals Speaker & Speaker Liaison, a Peer Minister with Be Not Afraid, and a former 911 Dispatcher.
Lauren is married to Peachtree City Fire Fighter/Paramedic, Nick. She and Nick have four children, two living, Leo and Ryanne, and two in Heaven, Baby Dove and Ethan Nicholas. Baby Dove was born into Heaven at 8 weeks gestation on May 17, 2004. Leo was delivered vaginally in 2005 and Ryanne was delivered by cesarean in 2010. Ethan Nicholas was prenatally diagnosed with Anencephaly at 15 weeks gestation and delivered by cesarean at 36 weeks 5 days. Ethan passed away in his Mom and Dad’s arms 21 minutes after birth.
Four months after Ethan passed away, Lauren was asked to become a Peer Minister with Be Not Afraid. Just one month later she was at her first delivery with a family facing the loss of their son due to Anencephaly. Be Not Afraid is a non-profit organization that supports families that receive a poor or fatal prenatal diagnosis and choose to carry to term. After serving many families, Lauren decided to create the non-profit organization, Ethan’s Hope: Anencephaly Care, Inc. Much like Be Not Afraid, Ethan’s Hope caters to families that receive a prenatal diagnosis of Anencephaly.
Lauren graduated from Stillbirthday University in September 2014 and is serving families in Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding, Meriwether, Fulton, and Clayton counties, the City of Atlanta, and surrounding areas under special circumstances. You may contact Lauren on her website at https://www.ethanshope.net/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/EthansHopeDoulaServices.
“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” Romans 12:15
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