Offering Birth Doula Services and Doula Training for Colorado Springs
“Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers…strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.” -Barbra Katz Rothman
Our services
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Birth Doula
Our Birth Doulas offer pregnancy and birth support for you and your birthing team. Our services are tailored to your specific needs and we are happy to support you in your journey to meet your baby, however that journey unfolds. We offer 2 prenatal visits as well as 24 hour access to us for anything questions or concerns you might have. We are committed to being with you throughout your birth process and immediate postpartum, as well as 2 postpartum visits. Prices range from $500-$1100. Call for more information and to set up an interview!
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Postpartum Doula
Our Postpartum Doulas offer support to you as you settle into your new normal. Our dream for you is that we can answer any questions you have and support you as you navigate the sweet and challenging time of the postpartum period. We offer overnight care which includes breastfeeding or bottle feeding support, caring for your little one so you can sleep, as well as light housework and meal prep. Cost is $30 per hour. Currently we are offering overnight shifts only.
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Birth Doula Training: Next Training: September 4th-October 23th.
We will be meeting together on Wednesday nights from 6pm-9pm for 8 weeks and during that time, our Birth Doula training will cover all you need to enter birth work with confidence! We will spend 24 hours in class working our way through prenatal visits, birth support, including comfort techniques for labor, common interventions, supporting challenging births, postpartum care, and building your business and finding clients. Additionally you will have about 26 hours of outside class work such as reading and case studies for a total of 50 hours of training. The cost for this training is $850 including your supplies for the class. Contact us for more information!
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Doula Circle Mentorship
Have you finished your doula training but still have questions surrounding your role as a doula. Do you wonder what to cover at prenatals or have a situation with a client that you are struggling with, or perhaps you are navigating interacting with hospital staff. Our Doula Circle Mentorship offers one monthly doula circle with other doulas as well as a personal 45 minute check in with a highly experienced doula, and gives you access to contact your mentor doula by call or text during your births for support if needed. Cost is $50 per month.
Meet our team
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Carissa Niemyer
Over the past 15 years I have been honored to work as a birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator as well as a doula trainer. I love working with families as they navigate the landscape of birth and those first few weeks postpartum and I am always honored to be a part of such a sacred and special season of a families life. Beyond birth work I love hiking and backpacking, pottery, and coffee! I would love to talk with you about your dreams for your birth and see if we might be a good fit!
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Maya Gelnett
As a recently trained doula here in Colorado Springs I am committed and passionate in my support of the families I am privileged to support. I believe empowering families through pregnancy and in childbirth is so essential and I bring compassion, love, understanding and a commitment to support the individual stories of each of my clients! I believe our ability to create helps us grow and learn about our world, and there is no greater season of creation and creativity than during the childbearing year! Aside from birth work I love spending time in nature. I would be honored to talk with you about what supporting you in your pregnancy and birth looks like for you and see if we are a good match!
“We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful, but that women are strong.”
—Laura Stave Harm