DULUTH DOULAS
Liza
She hopes with this path in life to be able to encourage, empower and educate the women of color in her community to have the best pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
Liza is a Birth, postpartum doula/educator and Lactation peer counselor in Northern Minnesota (Duluth). She decided this was her calling for life after having her own bundle and not being supported as she hoped. She really would have loved to have a doula and preferably someone who looked like her in the delivery room but two things 1 none of the doulas in my area looked like me and 2 none of the doulas took insurance so she needed to pay out of pocket. She has spent a large chunk of her life caring for friends and family during pregnancy and birth not knowing what a doula was.When she is not in the delivery room she is teaching,chasing behind her 2 year old son or pouring intention candles. She loves all things natural and holistic and loves learning about astrology. She works in her community as a young mom educator and works with Minnesota prison doula program.She hopes with this path in life to be able to encourage, empower and educate the women of color in her community to have the best pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
Tammy
I am a full spectrum doula and support families in all births.
I started as a birth doula in 2009 and have found my calling in empowering, educating, and supporting mothers/birthers/families during birth. Each birth is exciting, different and creates a new family. It is my great honor to serve our families on that life-changing day. I strive to help each woman/birther have the birth experience they desire. I especially love helping dad/partners get as involved as they are able to be!
I have attended hospital births, cesarean births, VBACs (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean) high risk and twin births. I am a full spectrum doula and support families in all births. My husband and I have one daughter, who is nearly an adult; having her has been the most amazing gift life has to offer. I have experienced pregnancy loss, and at 40-years-old I had a high-risk cesarean birth. I believe these experiences give me both compassion and insight for women/birthers having a difficult pregnancy or delivery. I had a difficult start with breast/chest feeding so I pumped breast milk for our daughter for 6 months. I love to encourage moms/birthers to provide breast milk by breast/chest feeding or pumping because it is simply the best milk, liquid gold, designed especially for your baby's needs