LGBTQ+ Affirming Doulas in Milwaukee, WI

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

13 LGBTQ+ Affirming Doulas near Milwaukee, WI

Samantha Diaz

Greenfield, Wisconsin 18 years of experience

5.0 (5 reviews)

Samantha Diaz

Hello families, Im Samantha, an internationally CAPPA-certified postpartum doula and newborn care specialist, with over 17 years of experience caring for infants and families. I’m also a mom of three, and motherhood has deeply shaped the way I support others—with empathy, patience, and a whole lot of heart. I believe no parent should feel alone during the postpartum season, and I’m honored to offer nurturing, judgment-free support that helps families rest, heal, and grow in confidence as they settle into life with their new baby. If you have any questions, please send me a message!

Recent review

After my daughter was born and I was so just overwhelmed home alone. My Ex Husband was working and I called her to talk and she ending up coming over to just sit with me and just talk to me. It got my mind off of having a toddler and a newborn and she was just there with me I am pretty sure we didn't even speak for a while. The highlight of it was that I know deep down part of her was worried about the postpartum depression, but she didn’t point out, didn’t rub it in my face and tell me like oh somethings wrong with you and I was scared that’s why I’m here with you. No, she just came over just to be with me and made sure I was ok. And just with that I felt that much more less alone. There are so many other ways she has shown up for me in the 10+ years I have known her. I didn’t have to verbatimly ask her to, she just shows up whether it’s in form of words of affirmation whether it’s physically showing up for me she's just you’re there.

- Emily Sellona

Laurice Snyder

Taycheedah, Wisconsin 2 years of experience

5.0 (4 reviews)

Laurice Snyder

Hey there! I’m Laurice Snyder, a DONA-Certified Birth Doula based in Fond du Lac, WI, and I’m all about showing up with strength, calm, and heart for every birthing person I have the honor to support. Whether your birth is wild and fast, slow and steady, or full of unexpected turns- I’m here to walk with you, hold space for your power, and make sure you feel seen, heard, and fully supported. When I’m not in the birth space, I’m wearing a few other hats....leadership consultant, mentor, community volunteer, proud mom of three, and partner to one amazing human. If you’re looking for a doula who brings grounded energy, real talk, and unwavering care to your journey… I’d love to connect!

Recent review

Laurice was a wonderful addition to my birth team. We decided on a hospital low-intervention birth and Laurice helped us every step of the way! Pre-labor, she helped answer all our questions and provided us with wonderful resources. She helped us put all our ideas about the birth into a concrete plan so we could share it with the medical team. During our labor she created the exact environment that helped me stay focused and relaxed during the hard parts of my labor. Laurice and my husband applied everything we had practiced at our home meetings before the big day from squeezes in the right places to phrases that kept me motivated. After our labor, we got to see the beautiful pictures she had taken, and I'm so thankful she documented the beautiful bonding moments. I rave to all my friends about Laurice and how she reassured me every step of the way. If you are looking to have a wonderful birth experience, Laurice will be the best addition!

- Vanessa B.

Brianna Ortiz

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2 years of experience

5.0 (1 review)

Brianna Ortiz

As a certified doula of color with extensive training in lactation support, birth, postpartum care, and infant feeding (including baby-led weaning), I am deeply committed to providing safe and empowering care for women and all birthing individuals. Recognizing the historical disparities in modern medicine for women of color, my practice centers on ensuring you, your baby, and your family feel secure and well-supported throughout your prenatal, birthing, and postpartum journey. I reside in the Milwaukee area but am willing to travel within the state of Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

Recent review

After having two traumatic birth experiences caused by negligent doctors I decided for my third and final pregnancy that I would take a leap of faith and go with a doula to advocate for me and make sure my final birth experience would be on MY terms. With the help of Brianna and my midwife team, I had an extremely peaceful and empowering unmedicated birth experience with no interventions from any doctor. I had complete and total faith and trust in Brianna to make decisions that I would make after extensive conversations and consultations about what my ideal birth experience would look like. Brianna took all of my stress and worry away and I was able to 100% focus on the flows of active labor and she supported me through it 100%. And she not only supported me through birth, but the days that followed. I wish I had gone this route with my previous two but how lucky am I that I got to have this experience the third time around.

- Sierra D.

Lynn Morley

North Chicago, Illinois 9 years of experience

5.0 (1 review)

Lynn Morley

Accepts insurance

Lynn began her indie doula and photography practice in 2018. Her background is in reproductive health and non profits as an educator, direct care professional, and in state policy and project management. She has a BA in Gender Studies, is a certified birth, postpartum, and full spectrum doula, a childbirth educator, and a member of the Queer Doula Network. She hangs her fanny pack in Andersonville where she lives with her wife Mercedes -- a deep-hearted middle school teacher she's spellbound by, and with whom she shares the creative practice called home. Weaving together modern and traditional approaches, her support with families focuses on body literacy and agency, trauma and healing, educating and preparing for birth and postpartum, collective care, caretaking and parenting, honoring transitions, and nurturing relationships (including sex and intimacy). Knowledge building is a collaborative mixture of education, experience, and intuition. At the heart of it: you belong to yourself and are the expert of your own experience. She is committed to trauma-informed practices and co-creating safer spaces by being body- and sex-positive, anti-racist, pro-choice, queer and gender affirming, and welcoming to solo, poly, blended, or communal families. Your care should be designed for your comfort, needs, and wants. It should see you in your full context – your stage of life, unique body, lived experience, culture, community, ability, desires, and dreams.

Recent review

Liam is an extremely caring, intelligent and respectful doula. She sat with me in a lot of grief and anxiety in my fifth pregnancy, (my last one, following three miscarriages.) She rode through the dark moments with me and really helped me mentally prepare for giving birth to a living baby, which I had struggled to mentally accept as possibility. She made sure that I was comfortable enough to take my last birthing experience into my own hands. I truly couldn’t have done it without her experience, care and dedication.

- Amy R.

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