
About
What is a doula?
Doulas are able to provide a number of services to birthing people and their support team to prepare them for birth, regardless of birth preferences or location. I act as a constant on your birth team, allowing for continuity of care before and after birth. I learn your preferences and advocate for you to have the birth you imagine.
In my work with families, I educate on childbirth, common interventions, and ways to cope with labor. I prepare partners and other support people with a tool box of different support strategies, so they feel confident about their role during the birth. I collaborate with your medical team to ensure the best outcome possible.
My Values
I founded Pride Doula with the belief that emotional support leads to better health outcomes. No matter your beliefs about birth, you deserve compassionate care.
Being a member of the queer community has strengthened my conviction that all bodies deserve respectful, compassionate, and culturally humble care. I take special pride and personal interest in serving queer parents.
My Motivation
At the heart of my work is connection. I have come to appreciate how deep knowing of each family I work with allows for openness and self-learning.
My work with each family is unique. I customize my process based on communication and learning styles, requested information, trauma history, diagnoses, values and birth vision. It is my process as a doula to guide the birth team through a process of reflecting on their values, learning about the physiology of birth and what to expect at their place of birth, and establishing preferences that will enable a prideful experience.
Education
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Britta Bushnell Apprenticeship, 2024-2025
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Medi-Cal Approved, 2024
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Spinning Babies, 2024
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Postpartum Doula, DONA, 2024
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Certification Granted (DONA), 2023
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Birth Doula Training, DONA, 2023
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Childbirth Education, DONA, 2023
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Lactation Training, DONA, 2023
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TENS Unit Training, DONA, 2023
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University of Vermont Medical Center Volunteer Doula Training, 2019
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B.S., Community Development and Applied Economics, 2020
Service
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University of Vermont Medical Center Volunteer Doula
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Birthing Gently Community Doula Advocate




Experience
Identities and experiences I have supported:
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First time parents
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Parents to multiple children
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Low-income parents
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Parents with autism
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Non-native English-speaking parents
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Sexual assault survivors
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Parents with depression
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Parents with OCD
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BIPOC parents
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Single mothers
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Trans parents
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Queer parents
Outcomes supported:
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Unmedicated
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Early medicated
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Late medicated
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Elected induction
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Emergent induction
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Assisted delivery (vacuum, forceps)
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Hemorrhage
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1st, 2nd, 3rd degree tears
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Non-emergent Cesarean birth
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Emergent Cesarean birth
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Breech Cesarean birth
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Expected NICU
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Unexpected NICU
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Long-term NICU
Birth locations attended:
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Alta Bates Berkeley
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Kaiser Oakland
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Kaiser San Leandro
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John Muir Walnut Creek
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Kaiser Walnut Creek
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Kaiser SF
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UCSF
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San Francisco Birth Center
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CPMC
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Kaiser Redwood City
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El Camino Hospital
