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My name is Kara and I am a certified Birth and Postpartum Doula through Madriella Doula Network. I have 10 years of personal experience in prenatal, postnatal, and childbirth care. I am very excited to begin my professional career in the field. I have 6 beautiful children of my own and have had many different birth experiences, including my last two births being at home and my youngest child joining our family through adoption. My passion for helping women and their families during this special time in their lives is what drives me. I want to be able to help women from pregnancy to birth and beyond in a way what best supports them and empowers them to be the best mothers they can be.

Your birth coach, advocate, & all around hype woman. I’m a Certified Labor Doula, mom of three and State College local. I believe that birth can be a sacred, empowering experience and I love supporting women through this transformational phase of life!

Congratulations on this next journey of life! My name is Alex and I’m here to help with your infant’s feeding journey, no matter how that may look for you. Whether it’s exclusively breastfeeding, pumping and offering breastmilk, formula feeding or a combination of them all, I am happy to help. I have fed all four of my babies a bit differently than the last. I’m currently feeding my fifth baby! With the right education and support, we can work together to make your goals a reality!

Our agency serves clients across the middle third of Pennsylvania. We are passionate about providing caring support to help you achieve your goals and better your experience witg pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

As a Certified Labor Doula working in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area since 2020, I offer personalized birthing, lactation, and postpartum support as well as childbirth & postpartum education. My goal is to give you and your family the attention and knowledge you need to make informed decisions about pregnancy, delivery, feeding, and parenting. ​ I am inspired by women's strength and the miracle of birth. This inspiration is why I became a Certified Labor Doula through Maternity Wise and am proud to serve women and families throughout South Western Pennsylvania. I first became interested in becoming a doula in 2017 when I became inspired by a supportive doula I hired for my second and third pregnancies. I was later encouraged to become a doula by a close friend, who then was the first mother I could serve as an educator and doula. ​ I have three little boys of my own, and have had a hospital OBGYN, midwife center, and homebirth experience. I know what it is like to give birth and navigate both within and outside the industrial birth complex. I have personal experience with low-risk and high-risk pregnancies and what it is like to be concerned about the unknowns on the other side of delivery. In addition, I have experienced the benefits and relief of having a doula present to guide me through the portal of birth into the role of motherhood. ​ Every woman deserves to have someone there to guide and assist them in making educated choices about their pregnancy, delivery, and parenting. It is good to have someone to remind them that they can persevere during this time of newness. I'm here to provide evidence-based education, and emotional, physical, and personalized support, along with advocacy for your rights. ​ Mothers and couples who work with me will find I highly value their maintained autonomy, including mother-led labor and delivery. I recognize birth as a non-medical event that occasionally needs medical attention. High-risk pregnancies need significantly more care than healthy pregnancies- but that high-risk model of care should not be used to care for all expectant mothers. In this vein, I acknowledge that women do not need to be empowered to give birth well or ecstatically. Instead, their autonomy, human rights, and dignity must be protected and remain intact. Under these aforementioned parameters, birth will naturally lead toward positive and non-traumatic perspectives of its' outcome. ​ Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, as a Christian, I am confident there is much truth to be ascertained in the metaphor of birth used throughout the Bible.

I am a holistic birth and postpartum doula. I have been serving women for about 3 years in this space. I love educating and supporting families through the perinatal period, walking alongside them while they transition into motherhood, and supporting them in the immediate postpartum while everyone settles into their new rolls.

Hi, I’m Ashley! I am passionate about maternal mental health and wellness. I want to help bridge the gap between the prenatal phase and postpartum time with education, guidance, support and connection. I want moms to be able to focus on healing, resting and bonding with their new baby.

After 36 years as an RN & IBCLC Lactation Consultant in the hospital in Maternal Child units I retired to focus on the mothers and babies in my community & my family. I have received TOTs certification (Tethered oral tissues) Tongue and lip ties have become my specialty. Mastitis and clogged ducts treatment, breastfeeding multiples & pumping care is also very important. I do in home and virtual consultations. I work with The Lactation Network to assist patients in getting their consultation covered by the patient’s insurance. Also, a private pay scale is available.