Elise Benoit

About me

Elise is a ToLabor Certified Birth Doula, a CAPPA trained Postpartum Doula, an IPPA trained Placenta Encapsulation Specialist, and a Lamaze Trained Childbirth Educator. Elise also attended the University of Georgia and Piedmont College and holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies. She is a mother to Theo and Georgia and is married to Todd. She entered into the doula field after her own birth, which showed her the importance of building a supportive birth and postpartum team. She continued to add trainings to help extend her knowledge about the many facets of birth and offer assistance through the postpartum time. Those trainings and workshops include: Acupressure in pregnancy and childbirth, Perinatal Loss and Grief, and Spinning Babies Techniques. Elise believes that education and unbiased support lead to each birthing family feeling empowered and informed when making childbirth decisions. After personally enduring a battle with postpartum depression, she hopes to help her clients feel supported through the entire childbirth experience including the fourth trimester. Through her work as a birth doula and her own experience, she saw her clients have beautiful births, but still struggle with energy and emotions during the postpartum experience. She offers placenta encapsulation as a holistic option to balance hormones, replenish iron, increase prolactin for milk production, and boost energy levels. Outside of the birth world, Elise enjoys cheering for UGA (Go Dawgs!), arranging flowers, reading, retail therapy, and watching Hallmark Christmas movies.

Education

BA Community Journalism (2009)

Certification and training

ToLabor Birth Doula (2017)

IPPA (2017)

Cappa Postpartum Doula (2017)

Specialties

Languages

English

Service introduction

As your doula I provide education, evidence-based information, and physical and emotional support to make your birthing experience fully yours; an experience that feels empowering to you. We work together to help you create a birth and postpartum plan that fits your unique family and then we put together the pieces to make those plans work. As your doula I provide education, evidence-based information, and physical and emotional support to make your birthing experience fully yours; an experience that feels empowering to you. We work together to help you create a birth and postpartum plan that fits your unique family and then we put together the pieces to make those plans work.

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