Stacy Gunter

Birth & Postpartum Doula
Carrboro, North Carolina
18 years of experience
About me

Stacy is a full-spectrum doula and a community chaplain, currently completing a Master in Divinity in Interreligious Chaplaincy with a Certificate in Buddhist Chaplaincy. With nearly 20 years as a birth and postpartum doula, she has served as a breastfeeding counselor and student of midwifery.Her work supporting families through perinatal and postpartum loss revealed a critical need for deeper understanding, more wisdom, and expansion of care. Stacy spent one year studying the causes, impact and growth within trauma. Over the years, Stacy has been trained at Bumi Sehat, a birth center in Bali, Indonesia, where she had been learning and volunteering off and on for the last 18 years. Stacy is the mama to three daughters who were all born in their own ways on their own time at home. Earlier in life, to stay near her children, she taught in Waldorf education and guided youth on outdoor hikes. Movement and nature contribute to trauma recovery. For Taproot magazine, Stacy wrote an article about Bumi Sehat She loves the feeling of sunshine on skin, the smell of frankincense, the taste of spicy guacamole, the sound of the Gayatri mantra, and the sight of birds dancing together in the sky.

Education

Master of Divinity in Intereligious Chaplaincy (2026)

Bachelor's of Social Work (2004)

Certification and training

BEST Birth Doula Certification (2025)

BEST Postpartum Doula Certification (2025)

Certificate in Buddhist Chaplaincy (2025)

All Options Spiritual Support Training (2025)

Haven Bereavement Mini Course (2025)

CPR (2025)

SACReD Facilitator (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity) (2025)

Credentials
BSW CD (BEST) ToLabor
Specialties
Abortion Doula Care Addictions Adolescent Care Adoption Advanced Maternal Age Anxiety Anxiety and Depression Aromatherapy Birth Assistant Birth Doula Birth Support Birth Trauma Breastfeeding Assistance and Support Breastfeeding Consultation Breastfeeding Support Breech Birth Building Healthy Communication Evidence-Based Care Faith-Based Counseling Family Counseling Grief and Loss Grief Counseling Home Birth Infant Care Labor Doula Labor Monitrice LGBTQ+ Life Transitions Loss and Bereavement Doula Mental Health Midwife Support Mindfulness Mood Disorders Multiples Natural Birth Natural Childbirth Newborn Care Nipple and Breast Pain Overnight Newborn Care Pain Management Panic Parenting Parenting Support Perinatal and Infant Loss Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Perinatal Mood Disorders Postpartum Care Postpartum Depression Postpartum Doula Care Postpartum Life Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Pregnancy Complications Pregnancy Loss Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum Therapy Prenatal Care Prenatal Life Recurrent Miscarriages Reproductive and Parenting Reproductive Mental Health Returning to work (pumping, breastmilk storage, etc) Self-Compassion Self-Esteem Sexual Health Sibling Preparation Spirituality Stress Management Support during Labor, Birth, and Postpartum Support in Pregnancy Loss Teenagers Telehealth Trauma Recovery Urgent Care Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Water birth
Languages

English

Service introduction

As a full spectrum doula and a chaplain, I support people, including but not limited to: people who have adopted, people who are gay, people who are trans, single people and partnered people, people who had vaginal births, people who had abortions, people who had a miscarriage, and people who had unplanned or chosen c-section births. Generally, I care for the parent(s), the baby (babies), and the space in person for postpartum doula work. *I am not offering birth doula support in person currently. I can help you with birth plans and processing in-person and virtually. * This care is inclusive of bio, psycho, social, emotional, and physical. Virtually, we can process your experiences, plan and engage in rituals, do journal writing with prompts, meditate, do breathwork, and other ways of engaging in grief work. You can book telehealth via my website: https://chaplaindoula.com/

Packages
60 Minute Virtual Support
We can talk about your hopes, plans, and desires for laboring, birthing, and postpartum, or we can process what has already occurred during your labor, birth, and postpartum. Maybe you need a safe space to talk through thoughts, feelings, and events. Birth trauma is real. While I do not diagnose or treat, I have a year specifically of trauma-informed studies with additional training for birthworkers. Maybe you want to figure out birth plan options or post-partum visitors and sleep.
$60.00
USD Per hour
Upcoming classes
Labyrinth and Loss Ceremony
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
A morning of embracing mourning from 10 am-12 pm. We will be outside, so please dress in layers but warmly and with walking shoes. The labyrinth is rocky and has uneven ground. Warm tea is provided! Join us for a two-hour workshop with ritual and a labyrinth walk. Offered in-person in Chapel Hill. Exact location disclosed upon registration. Friday, March 20, 2026 $20 per person - PayPal to stacygunter@hotmail.com There will be time to journal. You may bring your own journal, or I can give you one.
$23.00
USD
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