www.DoulaOdessa.com Hello! My name is Odessa Bates, owner of Doula Odessa & Birth Services. I’m based in Western Massachusetts and have been in the health and wellness field for over 25 years. I’m a Certified Birth Doula, Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner, Evidence Based Birth Professional, Empty Arms Bereavement Professional, VBAC trained, lactation trained, support all types of families, Neuro-Affirming, BIPOC ally, LGBTQIA+ ally, trauma-informed, culturally-informed, religion-informed, a past substance abuse clinician with a master’s degree in Women’s Studies. I’m trained and educated in a wide range of topics surrounding prenatal, birth, and postpartum experiences. My goal as your birth doula in this magical time is to support you and your family to have an experience that is uplifting, empowering, and joyful. I travel to MA, NY, VT, and CT within an 1.5-hour radius from my home base in Pittsfield, MA 01201. Fully certified, insured, vaccinated, and boosted. Virtual services are also available for any location. I’m also a MassHealth insurance approved certified birth doula provider, which means my birth doula services are 100% covered. For other insurances, you can be reimbursed as I provide a “Super Bill”. I look forward to working together!
Master’s in Women’s Studies (2006)
Bachelor’s in Sociology, Minor in Women’s Studies (2003)
Birth Doula & Postpartum Doula Certification-Warm Welcome Birth Services (2016)
Placenta Encapsulation Specialist-Women’s Perinatal Choice Services (2018)
Green River Doula Member
English
My comprehensive packages give you specifically tailored prenatal, birth, and postpartum support. www.doulaodessa.com
Doula Odessa & Birth Services was such a blessing to have throughout our pregnancy and birthing journey. Odessa was knowledgeable, competent, kind, and consistently focused on providing the best support for the vision we had for our birthing experience. She helped us establish a birth plan that aligned with our values and goals without trying to force any path on us. In today’s world there are so many books, social media influencers, and people in your life with something to say about giving birth. As first-time parents, trying to weed through all these voices was overwhelming. Odessa helped guide us through all our questions and concerns while seamlessly integrating with the hospital staff where we gave birth. Overall, we can’t thank Odessa enough for the support she provided.
- Bridget & Ryan O'Rourke
Odessa was an amazing birth doula. She helped prepare my husband and I on what to expect, and calm my mind when labor started. She was always within reach and very quick to respond.
- Rachel Morin
Doula Odessa provided nourishment and essential support to our pregnancy, labor and delivery. She makes herself available and shares her knowledge and experience in an accessible and kind way.
- Mariah Fogg
Odessa was so great to work with. Last week I gave birth to my daughter. My contractions started at 5am, I texted Odessa and almost immediately got a text back from her. She kept in communication with me the whole day... I was so glad to have her support through the whole birthing event.
- Abby Jimmo
I worked with Odessa for my twin birth and for my most recent birth as well. I am so happy I decided to have odessa again she was a lifesaver. So knowledgeable and professional. She stayed calm and reassing when I needed support most and it was instrumental in helping me navigate my birth. She helped me overcome birth trauma with my twins and it made my experience so wonderful and peaceful. I would recommend her a thousand times over. I am so grateful she was my doula for 3/4 of my kiddos.
- Annie R.
I had a wonderful experience with Doula Odessa. She was there to answer all of my questions and guide me and especially my husband through the birth of our daughter.
- Libby Ariazi
We have worked with Odessa for the births of both our daughters now. The fact that we returned to work with her again speaks for itself! Our experience with her this second time around was just as transformative for our pregnancy and birth as it was the first time.
- Molly Terrill
Working with Doula Odessa was a pleasure. My search for a Doula was originally challenging with no one responding to my inquiries until I found Doula Odessa.
- Danielle Whitcher
I'm so grateful Odessa was with us throughout our pregnancy and childbirth. She is a skilled provider and having her by my side was such a comfort when I was at my most vulnerable.
- Rage
We were very happy with our decision to use Odessa as our doula for the birth of our son. We met with her several times during my pregnancy, where she walked us through creating a birth plan and provided us with all kinds of helpful information about labor and delivery.
- Meredith
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