As your certified full-spectrum doula, I will:

  • Educate: with evidence-based information so you can make an informed decision given your unique circumstances.

  • Advocate: amplify your voice, create a culture of consent in your birthing space, and reinforce your birth preferences to providers.

  • Comfort: offer physical and emotional support in prenatal, labor, and postpartum visit

Services

  • Birth Support

    • Prenatal visits to develop rapport & elicit your birth preferences

    • Labor support: comfort measures, positions, advocacy, partner participation

    • Postpartum visits to support your recovery & emerging parenting style

    • Lactation & baby feeding support

  • Postpartum Support

    • Recovery & self-care

    • Newborn care, lactation & baby feeding

    • Light household tasks as you adjust to folding a new loved one into the family

    • Baby welcoming ceremony

  • Lactation & Baby Feeding Support

    • Certified Lactation & Infant Feeding Specialist

    • Practical chest/breastfeeding guidance and practice

    • Tips & tricks for all combinations of chest/breast & formula feeding

    • Connections to local resources, support groups, & specialists

  • Queer & Single Parent by Choice Support

    • Fertility & Preconception information sessions about the process and treatments

    • Practical advice and guidance on IVF, IUI, ICI, donor banks

    • Thoughtful discussion on ways to honor your family structure and your chosen village

  • Loss Support

    Whether you’ve experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, infertility, unsuccessful IUI, ICI or IVF, or embyro loss, I support your physical recovery & provide emotional support to honor and process your grief.

What People are Saying

“In a moment of doubt during pushing I remember saying, ‘I can’t do this,’ and Heidi firmly and lovingly said, “You already are.” That’s something I’ll take with me into motherhood as well.” —Laura

“Heidi taught me things I didn’t know I had control over for my scheduled Cesarean. She was a comfort, and was very supportive of my decisions. I knew I wasn’t alone with her on my side.”

—Fatima

“Heidi gave me hands-on help with finding comfortable breastfeeding positions and evaluated the baby’s latch. She also provided encouragement and insight when I was power pumping to try to increase supply. Her nonjudgmental and practical feeding support helped me get off to a good start.” —Liz

“Like most first time parents, my wife and I had so much advice coming from books, internet, family and friends and it became too much at times. Working with Heidi was one of the best decisions we could have made. Heidi was the complete package, helping us navigate any issues we had big or small from birth, postpartum, hospital protocol, lactation, you name it and Heidi was there for us day or night. Her professionalism and friendship eased our stress and was invaluable to us leading up to the birth and after. If you are considering a Doula my wife and I highly recommend Heidi.”

—Dominick

  • “I had a great experience working with Heidi and highly recommend her for your birth team. I credit her for feeling prepared to give birth for the first time. She drafted a birth preference plan for me based on our conversations about birth goals. She also gave me the courage to make [specific] requests. Her words of affirmation were so comforting. In the first couple weeks postpartum, I struggled with breastfeeding and it was great to have someone experienced around to flag [issues] and encourage me. I really appreciated all the resources she provided and the small thoughtful gestures.”

    —Alexandra

  • “Heidi taught me things I didn’t know I had control over for my scheduled Cesarean. She was a comfort, helped me cope with my pain, and was very supportive of my decisions. I knew I wasn’t alone with her on my side.” “Heidi’s presence reminded my sister, my birth partner, to use her voice to advocate for me at the hospital.”

    —Laura

  • “It was such pleasure working with Heidi on welcoming our son into this world. She’s such a good listener and so easy to talk to, always quick to respond to a question, concern, or thought…she instantly made us feel at ease, supported, and confident with the direction we wanted to go in.”

    —Maren