LGBTQ+ Affirming Doulas in Asheville, NC

These providers list LGBTQ+ families as a specialty. Read their profiles and reviews, and message the ones who feel right for your family.

11 LGBTQ+ Affirming Doulas near Asheville, NC

Jenna Wilson

Asheville, North Carolina 19 years of experience

5.0 (3 reviews)

Jenna Wilson

With nearly 20 years of experience supporting new and growing families, I bring to my clients a sense of grounded calm, evidence-based education, and the confidence that together, we can navigate anything that may come up in the unpredictable journey of birth! I have a deep understanding of physiologic birth and ways to support that, as well as a healthy respect for medical interventions when needed. I connect quickly and personally with my clients, support families of all constellations, and am super passionate about providing non-judgemental and trauma-informed support.

Recent review

You can’t quantify the kind of thing Jenna does. It would be inappropriate to place something like this in any kind of metric so I won’t. Instead I’ll tell you what happened. I’ll try to be brief but I make no promises. Ours is not a new story. Planned for a home birth, ended up transferring to the hospital after 30 hours of labor, finished with an emergency cesarean. What was supposed to be sunshine and rainbows turned into a 4 am car ride and 4 day stay far from home; unfamiliar, unforgiving, unexpected. I’d like to tell you about how great Jenna is for a homebirth but I can’t speak on that. I can say for certain that once we were in the medical system Jenna shed her civilian costume and the cape came out. (For sake of transparency this is metaphor, Jenna does not actually wear a cape, unfortunately…) A doula is a sort of custodian for the birthing experience, or maybe like a steward. Jenna’s familiarity with Mission’s system is beyond reasonable expectation. I mean, she’s on a first name basis with many of the nurses and plenty others I didn’t see. Nobody likes going to a party where they don’t know anybody. It wasn’t like that. It was more like we crashed a party with the most popular kid in school. Things kept happening to our advantage that in retrospect had to be the result of orchestrations behind the scenes. Jenna knows the system well enough to play it. This is not where her skills end. She somehow knows exactly what is needed before it is needed. She knows what we’re feeling before we can say it. She knows what we’re afraid of and knows exactly what we need to hear. Most of all, when the already rough waves got huge, she moved through the water like an Atlantean. We would have drowned without her. When the beeping got louder and the nurses stopped whispering and started shouting Jenna looked at me and told me what was happening. It might have been telepathic, maybe I was just reading her face. When things got blurry and I couldn’t see, I felt Jenna’s hand on my shoulder, it made it easier to breathe. When the love of my life was rushed out and all the nurses and doctors started running and but my legs all of a sudden didn’t work, Jenna got under my arm and carried me. When I was alone waiting to hear if I would be allowed in for the surgery my greatest concern would have been for my wife but the fear was fleeting because I knew that Jenna was in there with her. When they did let me in and handed me this strange naked creature and I didn’t have a single clue what to do and my wife was still unconscious, Jenna was there. Jenna knew what to do. In the following days when our baby was screaming and I couldn’t figure out what he needed, Jenna was on the phone checking in. Now it’s almost 4 weeks since and Jenna was just here, making sure everything was right. I can’t say how great Jenna would have been for our home birth because that didn’t happen. What I can say is that if you want to be prepared for anything, Jenna should be on your team. There are other doulas who offer the same things Jenna offers. There is only one person who can do what Jenna does the way Jenna does it.

- Mason George

Tori Pomeroy

Asheville, North Carolina 5 years of experience

5.0 (1 review)

Tori Pomeroy

Tori is an Indigenous doula that sees attending births as sacred and a spiritual honor. Tori has a strong passion for the mental well-being of birthing people throughout their journey, and continuing on into their postpartum care. She likes to see each person holistically and provides care accordingly. While continuing her education, she has learned how important support and a safe space are for all birthing people and she does her very best to cultivate a safe and supportive environment for the birthing person. Tori is a graduate of UNC Asheville, she holds a Bachelors in Science with a focus on Health and Wellness. She is a trained Full Spectrum Doula, DONA trained Birth & Postpartum, with additional Abortion & Loss training. Becoming a Doula was official after having attended the birth of her nephew. Tori enjoys hiking with her dog, holistic health, and all things birth! She was born in CT, raised in NY, and now resides in beautiful Leicester NC, and serves the surrounding areas of Asheville NC.

Recent review

If it wasn’t for Tori helping me deliver I would of had a stressful delivering my baby boy. She made me feel comfortable while my mom was freaking out when it was time to give birth. I also freaked out when I saw 10 nurses in the room trying to flip me over while I couldn’t move, Tori calmed me down while I was Experiencing stress from everyone around me. She made my birth smooth as possible. Thank you! I highly recommend Tori if your looking for a doula. Very knowledgeable and helpful.

- Yessica G.

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