I am passionate about birth and supporting parents during the entire childbirth year. I grew up surrounded by birth as the daughter of a midwife, but my journey to be a Doula and childbirth educator started while living in the Netherlands. I met inspiring and wonderful childbirth and postpartum advocates in Amsterdam. When I moved back to Maryland, I started teaching childbirth classes and became the first Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator in Maryland. Helping parents to feel heard, supported and informed is what moves me every day. As the mother of three very young children, I have decided to focus on supporting parents outside of the labor & delivery room with childbirth and parent classes.
I look forward to meeting you, hearing your unique journey into parenthood, and discovering how I can support you at this time.
I look forward to meeting you, hearing your unique journey into parenthood, and discovering how I can support you at this time.
Certifications and Trainings:
BiA Doula training (formerly JJDoula Training) level one - Amsterdam Feb 2016 Mexican Traditional Practices to Support Women on the Path of Motherhood by Angelina Martinez Miranda for Fertility, Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Recovery - Amsterdam April 2016 BiA Doula training level two/advanced training - Amsterdam June 2016 Aromatherapy for pregnancy & labor - Amsterdam December 2016 Pregnancy Massage workshop - Amsterdam February 2017 Bengkung Belly Binding training - Amsterdam March 2017 Spinning Babies® Workshop - Amsterdam April 2017 Birth Boot Camp Certified Childbirth Educator - Baltimore Feb 2018 to March 2019 Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator - since February 2019 (training in Boston October 2018) |
Experience in:
VBAC, HBAC Epidural support Unmedicated support Hospital & Home Birth Cesarean Birth Pregnancy support Postpartum support Private & Group Childbirth Education Single Parent Support |
TelephoneCall Us: 1-800-770-9073
Text Us: 571-406-7705 |
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NOVA Birth Partners, LLC serves all birth centers and home births in Northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC in addition to the following hospitals: INOVA Fairfax, INOVA Fair Oaks, INOVA Loudoun, INOVA Alexandria, Reston Hospital, Stone Springs Hospital, Virginia Hospital Center, Sibley Hospital, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, George Washington University Hospital, Winchester Hospital, Prince William Hospital, Shady Grove, Holy Cross, Sentara Hospital, and more! Serving Maryland as far as Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County and Montgomery County, Maryland.
Serving all clients in Washington, DC, Annapolis, MD, Loudoun County, Fairfax County, Washington DC suburbs including: Southern Maryland, Accokeek, Waldorf, Suitland. Also serving west Northern Virginia including: Prince William County, and more. Other areas served include: Fairfax, Arlington, Sterling, Herndon, Herndon, Ashburn, Leesburg, Winchester, Burke, Manassas, Gainesville, Haymarket, South Riding, Chantilly, Centreville, Falls Church, Tysons Corner, Mclean, Alexandria, Woodbridge, Fredericksburg, Bethesda, Silver Spring, and more!
NOVA Birth Partners, LLC is a birth & postpartum support professional practice composed of a dream team of providers: Birth Doulas, Postpartum Doulas, Newborn Care Specialists, Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs), Birth Photographers, Placenta Encapsulators, Childbirth Educators, Massage Therapists, and Prenatal and Postnatal Fitness Experts.