Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving Wadsworth, Ohio
email: TienneWilkin.SBD@stillbirthday.info
Tienne Wilkin, SBD
February 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Sarah Johnson, SBD
January 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving Lubbock, Texas
email: SarahJohnson.SBD@stillbirthday.info
Respect.Love.BirthI am a certified SBD labor and postpartum doula.
It is my passion and honor to walk with my clients through their pregnancies and births regardless of what path is set before them.
I specialize in NICU, bereavement/loss, rainbow/subsequent births after loss, adoption, surrogacy, difficult diagnosis and VBACs.
My passion is to see every woman experience birth in a way that is empowering and validates their motherhood.
Everyone has different desires in where and how they birth, but one thing we all crave is validation and respect. It is my goal to support you in achieving your birthing desires, I support all types of birth.
Prenatally: A lending library is available to all my clients and covers a wide range of topics; during our prenatal appointment we cover your birthing desires, answer any questions you have, and in general get to know one another better. I am also open to attending a doctors/midwife appointment with you to either meet you healthcare provider or in cases of difficult diagnosis just be there with you.
During Labor: It is my honor to support your unique birthing choices and help you achieve your desires. And after birth help preserve the atmosphere so you may have the time with your baby that you desire and need.
Postpartum: I am available to answer any questions about breastfeeding, pumping, donating milk or drying up milk supply. I also provide information (and tutorials when requested) on general newborn’s needs, baby wearing, cloth diapering and safe room sharing options. In situations of having to return home without a baby (either due to loss or extended hospitalization) I offer specialized services designed to meet the mother’s and families’ needs.
I serve the west Texas region including: Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Amarillo and surrounding communities.
During Labor: It is my honor to support your unique birthing choices and help you achieve your desires. And after birth help preserve the atmosphere so you may have the time with your baby that you desire and need.
Postpartum: I am available to answer any questions about breastfeeding, pumping, donating milk or drying up milk supply. I also provide information (and tutorials when requested) on general newborn’s needs, baby wearing, cloth diapering and safe room sharing options. In situations of having to return home without a baby (either due to loss or extended hospitalization) I offer specialized services designed to meet the mother’s and families’ needs.
I serve the west Texas region including: Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Amarillo and surrounding communities.
Megan Koren, SBD
January 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving Pennsylvania
email: MeganKoren.SBD@stillbirthday.info
Serving Lancaster, Berks, Montgomery and Chester counties
Sissy-Rae O’Brien, SBD
January 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Janell Carr, SBD
January 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving Wichita, Kansas
email: JanellCarr.SBD@stillbirthday.info
Rechelle Vermaak, SBD
December 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving Stellenbosch, South Africa
email: RechelleVermaak.SBD@stillbirthday.info
website: My Miskraam
Rechélle has enrolled with the Stillbirthday Doula course as to compliment the bereavement work at the online support community for miscarriage and stillbirth in South Africa, called MyMiskraam.It is a rather sad truth that South Africa has no official support group for parents that has been through this live changing event and that there is hardly any support in the local or private hospitals across the country. After being through a miscarriage and stillbirth herself, and realizing that it is such a lonely journey, she wanted to share the information learnt with other heart broken parents.
In 2012 Rechélle and Luzanne Nabel launched the Afrikaans website MyMiskraam and hosted the first formal Stillbirth and Miscarriage ceremony, in conjunction with other industry roll players at Legacy Parks outside of Stellenbosch.
The purpose of the website is to show other parents that they are not alone going through this trauma, and to equip them with tools to teach them what to expect, how to deal with the loss and feelings, what the law requires, and where to find local help in South Africa. This website is not a medical site, and it does not promise you answers on why it happened. But it does acknowledge that every one’s hurt is legitimate, no matter what stage of the pregnancy you lost your baby. Every parent’s feelings are real and deserves the respect from others. There is no right or wrong way – it is your way.
Part of the online support community is their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MyMiskraam that helps stimulate conversations between members.
April Bolivar, SBD
December 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving eastern Missouri, including the Hannibal area
email: AprilBolivar.SBD@stillbirthday.info
Certified in Psychological First Aid
Christelle Hagen, SBD
December 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving St. Croix Valley, Minnesota
email: ChristelleHagen.SBD@stillbirthday.info
Certified in Psychological First Aid
Helping families grow and thrive is my passion and mission in life. My interest in all things baby began back in 1998 when my then-new husband, Chris, and I were surprised and pleased to discover that we were having a baby within a year of our wedding! Sadly, our well-wanted child died in my womb, followed by her next sibling. As part of my grieving process, I found that I couldn’t get enough of learning about pregnancy and birth, and I would eventually become a Fertility Educator, certified childbirth educator, certified baby signs instructor and certified birth & bereavement doula. In the midst of all that studying and working, I bore six living children and we said good-bye to three others. I also have experienced a baby born lifeless who was resuscitated and spent several weeks in the NICU. This experience has convinced me of the unique needs of parents with a hospitalized newborn. I have been prepared, not only from my own experience, but through my training, to serve families with a baby in the NICU, especially those interested in breastfeeding.
It is my joy to help couples become families, my privilege to serve families in crisis, and my honor to companion parents as they birth and grieve their precious babies who have passed away. Whether your journey to parenthood includes the joyous hope of a living child, the stress of an uncertain prognosis, or the pain of loss, it would be an honor and a blessing for me to serve you. I am available for mothers and families in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and western Wisconsin region who desire face-to-face assistance, and by email or phone (during my business hours) for families anywhere. You are cordially invited to visit my website at www.stcroixbirth.com You are also welcome to learn more about the Tiny Treasures Love Cupboard, a FREE baby and maternity clothing donation program that I offer to families facing or experiencing loss at www.stcroixbirth.com/tiny-treasures.html
Leial de Wet, SBD
December 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving Pretoria, South Africa
email: LeialdeWet.SBD@stillbirthday.info
Leial started her new journey on 14 August 2002 when she and her first born experienced a traumatic birth that changed both their lives. Very unexpectedly, little Matthew passed away later that night due to asphyxia – lack of oxygen during the birth earlier that day. Though she has been through many hardships in life, the death of Matthew was by far the most significant and painful experience. “No one knew how to help. Everyone tried to protect me by making decisions for me which ultimately led to many regrets. I was a new mommy with empty, aching arms, and all I have is a photo of my baby that was taken in his coffin, and a footprint”. It has been many years of ups and downs but Leial has been offering guidance to other parents after loss since then, guiding others to bond with their baby and gather memories to last a lifetime. “When your baby dies, you often don’t know where to turn or what to do. People around you try to protect you by doing what THEY think is best for you, but this is your time with your baby. Your baby was a part of you and bonding and creating memories at this time are so important”. Leial has also been involved in training nurses in the hospital environment on how to help parents enduring the loss of their baby from miscarriage to infant death. Creating memories and spending time with your baby is something that Leial finds very important in validating the short life of your baby, and finds that by doing this, there may be fewer complications during the grief process, which is really a life-long process.
Leial is working together with other parents to set up standardized processes within hospitals and help equip everyone who is in contact with bereaved parents, with tools to help them guide parents at the time of birth and death of their baby, from early miscarriage to infant death. This is done through workshops as well as encouraging Stillbirthday Bereavement Doula Training. There are also other important projects in the early stages which she hopes to be launched during 2014.
By creating a more positive experience for bereaved parents, and educating the community about pregnancy and infant loss, together we can make a difference in the short lives of our babies and the new life and journey of many “orphaned” parents in our country.
Stephanie Spitzer-Hanks, SBD
December 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® serving Austin Texas
email: StephanieSH.SBD@stillbirthday.info
website: AustinBorn and RevDoula
