Melissa Lewis: Birth and Postpartum Doula

Mobile: 513-288-2832

Home: 513-898-0727
Email: Melissa.Lewis@gmail.com

Melissa Friday Lewis (facebook)Melissa Lewis is a SAHM to three, and wife to a computer nerd, by day. and a Birth Doula by night (funny how it happens that way!) who enjoys helping women have an empowering birth! Melissa also likes knitting, sewing, holding babies, checking e-mail, and sleeping! oh she also takes great pleasure in providing counter pressure and double hip squeezes. Melissa dislikes doing dishes, picking up toys with lots of small pieces, cooking, cleaning, and c-sections!
Melissa also provides the following services:

Laura Liske, Birth Doula

Email: lauraliske@gmail.com

Phone: 646-320-9983

Laura is a a wife and mother. She graduated with her BA from the Moody Bible Institute in 2008. Laura is trained with DONA and has also gone through the Bradley and Hypnobirthing classes. Laura plans to move overseas in the future to pursue midwifery education and to assist with childbirth in developing countries Her passion to assist in childbirth began after hearing horror stories of friends’ unnecessarily dramatic birth experiences in hospitals. She will be an emotional and physical support throughout labor and birth and provide pertinent information to assist the mothers in achieving the birthing experience they desire.

Chela Lucia, Birth Doula

Phone: 859-760-4715
Email: chela.lucia@yahoo.com
I am a mother of three children with a range of 15 years from the oldest to the youngest. The different types of births that I had and the range of empowerment that came with them, along with my past acquaintance with postpartum depression, have inspired me to commit to helping women and their families enjoy better birth and postpartum experiences. I am a DONA trained birth doula currently working on my certification. I am also pursuing certification as a postpartum doula and a newborn massage instructor. In addition, I am interested in arranging for “lagniappe” (which means a “little something extra”) such as henna belly designing, belly castings, and creating a birth story for you to cherish. My goal is to work with you and your family by providing individualized educational, emotional, and physical support to facilitate empowered birth and postpartum journeys. My ultimate commitment is to promote bonding between you, your baby, and others in your family.

Anais McKinney, Birth Doula

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website: www.roaringmama.com
mobile: 513 560 1387
email: anais.mckinney@mac.com
I am a toLabor trained birth doula and I am currently working towards my certification. I understand, trust, and respect the process of labor and birth. My goal is to support the emotional and physical journey of the mother and her partner. I strive to provide the best possible experience for the family I am supporting and ease their transition into parenthood.

Amanda Parkinson, Birth and Postpartum Doula

Mobile: 513-886-5222
Email: guidedbirths@gmail.com
Web: www.guidedbirths.com

Amanda is a mother of two girls, wife to a graphic designer, La Leche League member, environmentalist and real estate agent. Her passion for helping laboring moms stick with their birth vision stems from the impact she encountered when her doula could not attend her birth. She is concerned with how modern medicine treats a laboring mom and believes that interventions can be avoided when mom and baby are well. Her experiences lend encouragement, support, comfort measures, and guidance during the most precious of times for the mom and her family. Please see website noted for additional information.

Kristin Paulus: Childbirth Educator and Doula

Phone: 513-722-5678
Email: rkrapaulus@juno.com
website: http://yourbirthandbeyond.weebly.com/

Kristin is a Charis Childbirth Educator and Doula with a continuing education in Midwifery. Also a wife and mother, she believes that every birth is a miracle and every child a gift. As a Doula, Kristin provides physical, emotional and informational support during pregnancy, labor and postpartum, with strengths including prayer support, nutritional insight, natural techniques and birth positions. Kristin considers it an honor and a privilege to share in your beautiful birth experience and it is her continuing desire to serve mothers through out labor, birth and beyond.

I am a Licensed Pracitcal Nurse, Licensed Massage Therapist and Proffessional Doula.  I completed the ToLabor (ALACE) Training in 2010 and am currently working towards certification.  It is my job to provide mothers and their partners with information and support to empower them in making the best decisions for labor and delivery.  All women deserve to experience the awe inspiring power of their body and mind.  I will advocate for your decisions with the safty of you and your child in mind. I look forward to serving the families of cincinnati!  Namaste

Melanie Price: Birth Doula, Childbirth Educator

Phone: 812.655.2225
Email: Melanie.price3@hotmail.com
Website: www.priyabirth.com

I am a certified labor doula, birth assistant, apprenticing midwife, and childbirth educator. I have attended births since 2003, and have served over one hundred families. It is an honor to be present at each and every baby’s birth. I love watching a new family come to life! My experiences and birth specialties include VBAC, water birth, home birth, hospital birth, breastfeeding, natural birth, and baby wearing. I firmly believe that in order to make truly informed decisions in childbirth, all of the information must be made available to couples. A doula should never, ever come between a laboring couple, but instead enhance and encourage that relationship. Please see my website for further details.

Eileen Ryan, Birth and Postpartum Doula

Home: 513.891.3388
Email: earthymama@juno.com

My goal is to support women and their partners in acheiving a positive, intimate, and powerful birth experience, as they define it.

Susie Saltarelli, Birth Doula 

Phone: 513-290-7455
E-mail: sbhays33@yahoo.com
website: yourbeautifulbirth.com

I am a DONA trained birth doula and mother of three. It is an honor to serve families as they bring new life into this world and I am inspired and humbled by the women I serve. It is my goal as a birth doula to allow women to find the strength and confidence they possess to create the birth experience they desire. Thank you for considering me in your quest. “Let choice murmur in your ear, and love murmur in your heart. Be ready…here comes life.” – Maya Angelou

Anna Sherwood, Birth Doula

Phone: 513-328-5525
Email: earthmother.anna@gmail.com

As your doula, I will provide the presence and voice of experience, the confidence that birth works, support and encouragement. I will work with you and your partner to address your unique pregnancy, birth and postpartum needs. I will strive to facilitate a safe and joyful birth experience for you and your baby.

I am a mother of three. I have had one hospital birth and two home births. I have been intrigued with birth ever since my first pregnancy in 2003. After the birth of my first baby, I began researching birth more vigorously. I needed to know if the interventions I experienced were absolutely necessary and if not, how I might have avoided them. I learned so much, not the least of which is how valuable the services of a doula would have been. My hope now, is to help birthing women to achieve healthy, physiological births without unnecessary interventions.

I have completed the toLabor Labor Assistant Training workshop  (www.tolabor.com), and have been attending births since January 2011.

Carolle Vaillancourt, Birth Doula

DONA trained doula
Mobile: 513-288-5180
email: carollev777@yahoo.com

Nicole Vilardo, Birth Doula and Night time Postpartum Doula

Phone: (513)600-1922
Email: tnvilardo@fuse.net
www.thedoulas.com

I am a labor/birth doula working toward my certification. I am currently  accepting clients at a reduced rate in order to obtain my certification  through toLabor. I have several years’ experience working in the  healthcare field, including Labor and Delivery experience. I have  attended a variety of births including natural births, teen births,  c-sections, VBACs and homebirth. I also provide overnight doula  services.

I am the mother of 4 children, 3 of whom were birthed naturally and the  last being born at home. I am an advocate of breastfeeding and will  happily assist in helping mom and baby get off to a great starting  nursing.

My goal as a doula is to support the laboring woman in her choices to  birth. I believe having a support system in place is extremely  beneficial. I work closely with each expectant family to get to know  them, their desires for their birth and ways that I can be of  assistance. Each family’s needs are unique and I love tailoring my role  as a doula to meet the different needs of every family I work with!

Alison Vodnoy, birth doula

mail: alisonvodnoy@gmail.com

Alison has an enduring awe for the power women hold to create and give birth, and her commitment in her doula work is to help couples feel confident, informed, and surrounded by care, love, and respect. In addition to her work as a doula, Alison is also a pre and postnatal yoga instructor at World Peace Yoga and Motion Studio in Clifton. She would be happy to add this work to the other information and support she shares with her clients, if they are interested. Alison attended the 2010 toLabor Doula Training, and she is now working with clients toward her certification. For more info on Alison or her pre and postnatal yoga classes, check out www.alisonvodnoy.com or www.worldpeaceinc.com!

Mary Wales, Postpartum Doula

Email: doulawisewoman@gmail.com

June Walker, RN, IBCLC Postpartum Support –  Lactation Consultant and Doula 

www.cherishthebaby.com
june@cherishthebaby.com

Mother/baby support with emphasis on breastfeeding and attachment parenting. Assistance during the day/evening which can include, teaching, encouragement, light housecleaning, laundry, errands, cooking, and help with your other children. Professional Lactation Consultation aside from the postpartum support at an additional cost. See website for more information or call 513-734-0049.

Johanna Wright, CD(DONA)

Phone: 513-502-2295
Email: johannalwright@gmail.com

Johanna is a DONA certified Birth Doula and loves serving families as they experience the miracle of childbirth. She offers prenatal education including help creating a birth plan, continuous labor support, breastfeeding assistance, and a postpartum follow-up visit. She hopes to encourage, support, be a source of information, and just be there to ensure that each mother she supports feels confident and has a positive birth experience.
As the mother of two boys and the wife of a pastor, she never has a dull moment. Her passion for natural childbirth grows from her own birth experiences, her mother who is a midwife, and her belief that women’s bodies were created capable of the extraordinary task of childbirth.

Shakira Rae Adams

Mobile: 419-308-3336
Home: 513-321-2769
Email: sradams_bg@yahoo.com

Shakira is seeking a career in women’s health, specializing in fertility and birthing. She wants to help women work with the awesome power of their bodies to give birth naturally. A graduate of Bowling Green State University with a B.S. in Music Education, B.S. in Dance Education and M.Ed in Sports Medicine, she is currently studying the biological sciences at Cincinnati State in preparation for a career in natural healing and alternative medicine. She has done much research and shadowing in pediatrics and neonatal care. Shakira brings passion, strength, and talent to everything she does, learning from each experience. She is especially interested in home births, water births, and hypno-birthing, but would love to assist you in the birth experience of your choice, for all births are beautiful.

Pam Bell, Birth Doula

Mobile: 513.313.2068
Email: womenswisdom@gmail.com
Web: www.womenswisdomcincinnati.com

I am an ALACE trained birth doula practicing since 2006. Every woman’s pregnancy and birth are unique, but all women and couples deserve to understand all their options and receive evidence-based information with which to make confident decisions. I believe that, especially with support and encouragement, birth can be a journey to discovering who we are as women and a way to connect with our inner strength.

Jeannie Brigger, ALACE Doula, CBE

e-mail: cmcjeannie@fuse.net
work phone: 513-893-0881

The birth experience is a powerful physical, emotional, and often spiritual event that is remembered for a lifetime. My wish is for every woman or couple to have the knowledge and support needed to make choices regarding pregnancy and childbirth; a nine week series of childbirth classes presents topics along with benefits, risks, and options to allow for informed decision making. As a doula, my role is to enhance the birth experience by providing encouragement, knowledge, suggestions for labor positions, emotional support, relaxation aides, and physical comfort measures. I work with each woman or couple prenatally, through labor and birth, and the immediate postpartum period. Labor assistant and childbirth educator training were both received through the ALACE organization. I would be happy to talk further with anyone interested in either service.

Julie Lynn, Birth Doula

Mobile: 513.226.0422
Email: julie@mydoula.org

Julie completed a graduate degree in anthropology in 2000 with a focus in women’s health (including birth practices).  She has been a volunteer support coach  for single mothers (supporting them in pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and mothering) since 1991.   Julie completed her DONA training in 2007.  She is a stay at home mother of two boys.  She loves being a mother and doula.  As a doula, Julie provides unconditional emotional support, informational support to assist in making informed decisions, and physical comfort measurements throughout labor and the birth process.

Jennifer Clouden, Birth Doula and Baby Nurse

Phone: 513.221.0268
Email: naturalbirth4u@yahoo.com

My name is Jennifer Clouden I am a Birth Doula, Certified Baby Nurse, and Certified Nurses Assistant. I am a mother of six with seven grandchildren. I migrated to the US approximately 20 years ago. I had all six of my children through natural birth and my daughters also had their children by way of natural birth.
My grandmother taught me all that I know now about giving birth and caring for babies. Back in my grandmother’s days there were no hospitals or clinic. Almost all births were home delivery. Midwives then were more popular than doctors and medicine was not advance then as it is now. Therefore, caring for the mother and the baby were done using natural remedies.
I am a strong advocate for natural birth because I would like women to enjoy the experience despite pain and discomfort, because giving birth is an extremely empowering and rewarding route

Lisa Dierkers, Postpartum Doula

Mobile: 513-745-0115
Email: ldierkers@truevine.net

Lisa is a mother of 4 children, wife to an architect, and a health and wellness educator. She felt the call to help families with new babies after the birth of her fourth child as she was dealing with sleep deprivation, hormonal fluctuations, a fussy newborn, and the demands of three other children while getting little or no support – she thought “there has to be a better way”. Her experience of being a postpartum doula for 13 years and nutritional insight can go a long way to a smooth transition, especially for first time moms. Lisa also enjoys health and wellness, nature and environmental issues, travel, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

Peggy Flynn Farwig, Birth Doula

phone: 513-375-1220
email: pegthedoula@gmail.com
website: www.empowered-birthing.com

I have always believed in the innate power of women to give birth. My goal is to encourage women in the discovery of their own abilities and support them in achieving the type of experience they desire. I have a bachelor’s degree in nursing and worked in cardiology and research until my first child was born in 2005. I am a mother to three girls, each born in a hospital with doula support. Having three natural births, in a four year span, awakened me to my calling. While I enjoy my job as homemaker and mom, my passion is to educate women about childbirth and support them as they bring new life into the world. It is my belief that all mothers deserve to experience childbirth as an empowering and transformative event.

I completed birth doula training with toLabor in June 2010. I am currently accepting clients as I work toward certification.

Lorie Ferguson, Birth Doula

Email: indigolo@gmail.com
Phone: 859-240-2098

Lorie is a wife and mother who received her bachelors degree in mental health and human resources in 2004.  She worked in the case management field until 2006 when she became a mother of a beautiful son birthed at home, during a complicated labor.  This experience ignited her passion for natural childbirth and a woman’s right to have a safe and supported birth where and how she chooses.  In 2009, she had a sweet baby girl water-birthed at home.  Lorie attended the “to Labor” doula training in May of 2010, and is currently taking clients for her certification.

Carna Hamilton, Birth Doula

I am a mother of two and a DONA trained doula.  I witnessed first hand the positive influence of a doula as I was blessed to have one present at the births of both of my boys. I am inspired by the power of women.  I believe that every woman deserves an empowering birth experience, and I will do my very best to help you to achieve that.   I respect that each woman has unique needs and desires, and my intention is to assist you in every way. I am looking forward to supporting you and your family on this amazing journey.

Jenni Kershaw, Birth Doula

phone: 513.227.4260
email: jenniker513@yahoo.com
web: www.ProfessionalDoulaServices.com

I believe that every woman should have a support system in place that enables her to achieve the birth experience she desires, whatever that may be. I am a toLabor (ALACE) trained birth doula and licensed massage therapist currently taking clients for certification. Having experienced a typical hospital birth and common medical interventions with my son (4/07) followed by a beautiful, natural hypnobirth with my daughter (6/09), I have a profound respect for what women are capable of with the right information, preparation, and support

Dena King, birth doula

phone: (513) 891-9566
email: blossomdoula@yahoo.com
website: www.blossombirthsandbeyond.com

I am a DONA trained Birth Doula who wants to help women experience the  childbirth they desire and deserve.  I truly believe you deserve a doula. I will  support you and your partner in creating a beautiful birth story.  Every birth  is unique and special and I believe that by working together your experience  will only be enhanced.

I am a wife of 22 years and a mother of 3 children.  I loved being pregnant,  treasured the bond of breastfeeding and cherish being a mom.  I hope to bring to  you my knowledge, kindness, respect and lastly a calmness that comes with  becoming a family.

I am currently taking clients for my certification.  Please see my website for more information.

Erica Konya CD(DONA), ELCS

Web: www.nurturebirth.com
Email: nurture@fuse.net
Phone: 513-477-4697

Erica is a certified DONA Birth Doula, Early Lactation Care  Specialist, Childbirth Educator, and has been attending births since  2006. She’s mother to three beautiful children, two of whom were  born vaginally after a cesarean (VBAC) and attended by a doula. In  fact it was her own positive, rewarding experience with a doula that  inspired her to become a doula herself. Erica is passionate about  supporting women and their partners throughout pregnancy and  childbirth! She believes in giving parents practical tools for their  toolbox by offering informational, emotional, and physical support  before, during, and just after childbirth. Erica’s experiences include  VBAC, multiples, waterbirth, hospital and birth center births, home  births, teens, surrogates, and natural births. She also offers:

• Childbirth Education Classes
• Belly Castings
• Moby Wraps and babywearing support
• Labor/Birth pool rental

For more information please visit her website: www.nurturebirth.com

Sarah Gardocki, CD(DONA)—Currently not taking clients

Mobile: 513-328-2129
Email: sgardocki@yahoo.com