Hi Folks

My Journey as a Doula began in 2003, when a friend of mine from Veterinary Nursing school asked me if I would come to her birth with her- I said yes, and it started me down a path I never expected to be on. But I've learned that the unexpected journey is often the best, and changes you as a person the most. 

Now, in 2024, 20+ years into this unexpected career, I find I am more grateful than I ever thought possible, to the hundreds of families who have trusted me with their care. Whether it was a much-desired pregnancy and birth, a fertility journey, an unexpected loss, an abortion, a VBAC, a scheduled cesarean birth, a dying loved one, a medicated birth, an unmedicated birth in the hospital, a home birth, a stillbirth... I am privileged to have been present for their birth, losses, hope, and hard choices. Birth and Death are a full circle to me, and nothing to be feared.

I am a Queer woman (pronouns she/her) who has identified this way since way before it was cool, and I'm proud to be a part of the LGBTQUIA community.

I have cared for over 1000 families in the childbearing year, or, at death, or as a medical advocate... It is a gift to have been chosen, and to have served to make these life transitions easier, with less fear and more joy.

My patients are my life's work. 

I have been supported in this challenging work by my husband, David, and our children- without their constant motivation, love, listening ears, and ability to step in and take over when I have to head out to support a family- I would not have been able to come this far. My family are everything.

When I'm not doulaing, I love to be with my family, visiting botanical gardens and museums, spending time in my garden and with my animals, visiting my adult children in New York City, reading, learning new things, and just existing with my husband, who is my best friend. 

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