Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving Orange County, California
email: SherrieWilliams.SBD@stillbirthday.info
Sherrie is a wife, mother of 4 littles, a Birth & Bereavement Doula & a Doterra wellness advocate. She found her passion for birth and mothering 5 years ago after the birth of her first son. Subsequently becoming DONA certified and SBD certified to support woman during their pregnancies and delivery. She blogs at Intentional Motherhood where she hopes to inspire other moms in the day to day of running a home, raising kids, marriage, and just being ourselves.
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This time last year I was interviewing doulas. When my husband and I met Sherrie, she had a calming presence, a good background of training and experience, and a friendly, down-to-earth manner. We had just agreed to work together when, out of the blue, we got the news that every parent dreads. We had lost the baby. Even though it wasn’t what Sherrie had signed up for, she didn’t back down.
She was there for us every step of the way. She rearranged her schedule to be with us, more than a month ahead of our due date. She thought ahead to arrange resources we didn’t know we needed. Sherrie’s presence in the delivery room was as calming, knowledgeable and supportive as I had hoped. She provided relief for my husband and sister to take breaks throughout the 3-day hospital stay. She even came to our home for post-partum recovery needs. She emailed resources and encouragement in the weeks after our loss.
I am hopeful that I will find the courage to have another baby. And if I do, I hope Sherrie is available to be our doula again because I know I can count on her, no matter what.