LGBTQ+ Affirming Doulas in Dallas, TX

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

30 LGBTQ+ Affirming Doulas near Dallas, TX

Chloe Qabilah Smith

Dallas, Texas 3 years of experience

Chloe Qabilah Smith

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My name is Chloe-Qabilah, and I am honored to introduce myself as your doula! My philosophy is rooted in culturally grounded and traditional holistic care. I believe that birth is not just a medical event—it is an emotional, spiritual, and transformative journey. My approach centers traditional birthing wisdom, herbal support, and the belief that every birthing person deserves to feel safe, respected, and empowered. I am here to hold space for you, uplift you, and ensure that you feel informed, protected, and deeply supported at every step. The services I offer include: • Prenatal support: childbirth education, birth planning, emotional grounding, and preparing you mentally, spiritually, and physically for labor. • Labor & birth support: continuous presence, comfort measures, advocacy, reassurance, and guidance throughout your birthing experience—whether at home, a birth center, or a hospital. • Postpartum care: recovery support, newborn care guidance, lactation encouragement, healing rituals, and nurturing the transition into parenthood. • Traditional & herbal support: incorporating ancestral healing practices, herbal remedies, and holistic approaches to nurture balance, comfort, and wellness throughout your journey. I am truly excited to walk alongside you on this journey. It is a blessing to be invited into such a sacred moment in your life, and I look forward to supporting you!

Riley Bandstra

Dallas, Texas 2 years of experience

Riley Bandstra

I’m Riley, the doula behind Root and Vine. This work is my calling — rooted in a deep respect for the strength and sacrifice of women, the transformation of birth, and the sacredness of new life. I’m a birth and postpartum doula, trained through DONA, and support families across the DFW metroplex with compassion, evidence-based knowledge, calm presence, and a deep trust in the process of labor. I am an English teacher of seven years and my husband and I have one son. My path to birth doula work began with my own birth experience; having a doula during my pregnancy was so helpful to me and made me feel much more knowledgeable and in control of my birth. Unfortunately, the birth of my son did not go as planned for many reasons: my doula could not attend my birth, I preeclampsia complications, and my son was in a breech position. Birth is a transformation, but it can also come with trauma. My experience compelled me to become a doula to hopefully help other women have better birth experiences than I did. I’m also passionate about postpartum care; in the time after giving birth, I felt vulnerable and, although I had endured a major physical and emotional event, I was not often the focus or concern. Even amidst so much joy and love for my son, people quickly begin asking about the baby and forget to ask about the new parent. I want to be the doula that I wish I could have had! The role of postpartum doula is to mother the mother, to educate and encourage new parents, and ensure the new family is thriving together. My love of caregiving and my passion of supporting other mothers is combined in the role of postpartum doula.

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