Patients who are in active labor can request a doula from their nurse. Doulas are received on a first-come, first-served basis at no additional cost. Not knowing demand, there will not be a guarantee of no-cost doula services; however, if you would like to guarantee a doula, you may contract with a doula and pay out of pocket.
Volunteerbirth doulas
certification; BA in Biology; CPR certified (pediatric and adult)
Areas of expertise: Emotional, physical, and evidence-based informational support for birthing person and partner; comfort measures including massage, birth positions, breathing/relaxation techniques, and rebozo; birth photography
Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Carmen BruchBackground/Credentials: ICEA certified birth doula; working toward ICEA certified childbirth educator certification; attending Mercy College School of Nursing
Areas of expertise: massage, positive positioning, breastfeeding, physical and emotional support, and child development
Phone: 515-447-3719 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Jenn CallahanBackground/Credentials: Manager of Childbirth Education and Doula Services; Count the Kicks Medical Advisory Board; bachelor’s in Family and Consumer Sciences and Health Education; master’s in Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; ICEA certified professional childbirth educator; ICEA certified professional doula; Maternal/Child Health Specialist; ICEA Director of Education.Areas of expertise: childbirth education, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, Hypnobirthing terminology, prenatal education, post-partum care, working with younger and older mothers, high-risk pregnancies, medicated and non-medicated births while incorporating skilled comfort measures, child development education, home birth, vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), birth photographyTo contact Jenn with questions about doulas, please call 515-358-5060 or email [email protected] private clients when schedule allows
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Carmelita BalderasBackground/credentials: working towards ICEA birth doula certification. 13 years C.N.A licensed; 15 years C.P.R. certified (infant to adult); 11 years certified med tech; trained to keep clients comfortable while providing emotional support.Areas of expertise: I am an experienced birth & postpartum doula who can help your birthing experience be a positive transformation and empowering. I offer knowledge, reassurance, and practical assistance during your pregnancy, labor, and birth or postpartum. I help you and your partner feel confident about your journey and support you in all your desires to your birth plan. I also carry my camera to provide your family memories. Little ones change in a blink of an eye therefore having photos to remember those special moments can be something that you will cherish forever.Phone: 515-290-3229 Email: [email protected] private clients
Rhiley Binns Background/Credentials: Trained birth doula working towards DONA
Des Moines Medical Center1111 6th Ave., Des Moines
515-358-5060MercyOne.org/desmoines
Megan CollinsBackground/Credentials: Working toward certification.Areas of expertise: Positioning for comfort during labor and delivery. Creating a space of positivity and excitement for mother and support system. Wanting to expand in all areas of Birth work.Phone: 919-288-0970 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Cindy FlorerBackground/Credentials: ICEA certified birth doula; RN-BSN; CPR certifiedAreas of expertise: maternal child health, high risk pregnancy, multiples, highly sensitive persons, post-partum doula, labor doula, PP depressionPhone: 515-240-3912 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Brooke GreenBackground/Credentials: Working toward birth doula certification through DONA. Areas of expertise: My main focus would be support and comfort for mother during labor and delivery along with labor, birth and newborn photography.Phone: 515-822-0829Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Tamela HatcherBackground/Credentials: BSE, ICEA certified birth doula, Lamaze and ICEA certified childbirth education instructor, ICEA approved doula and childbirth education trainer
Areas of expertise: specialized training in at-risk and teenage pregnancies
No private clients; also bereavement
Anna HinesBackground/Credentials: RN, BSHA, MPH; ICEA certified birth doulaAreas of expertise: I am an older volunteer doula with 20 years labor and delivery experience as a registered nurse. My philosophy for labor is this “you can anticipate discomfort and pain but you choose to suffer”. Please let me help you not to suffer but to birth your baby using techniques from my doula bag. I am a huge believer in message techniques, activity during labor, support from loved ones and water massage using jets from the bathtub. I will support you through this very special event.
No private clients; also bereavement
Carolyn IsraelBackground/Credentials: working towards ICEA birth doula certificationNo private clients
Stephanie JensenBackground/credentials: RN, working towards ICEA birth doula certification, CNA No private clients
Kim JonesBackground/Credentials: ICEA Certified Birth Doula, Bereavement Doula and is working towards her nursing degree. Areas of expertise: High-Risk pregnancy, medicated births, non-medicated births, pre-term births, bereavement, breastfeeding, birth centers, and hospitalsNo private clients
Carly NordhuesBackground/Credentials: After my first homebirth experience, I fell in love with birth. I am passionate about supporting women and their partners in the intimate process of labor and delivery. I completed my DONA training and began taking clients in 2014. I was a doula for two years before I attended midwifery training in Kona, Hawaii. Over the last two years, I have had the opportunity to work in multiple birth centers both overseas and in America, support woman in achieving vaginal births after cesarean (VBAC), and advocate for countless woman in both the hospital and home setting. I fully believe that women were created to give birth! Areas of expertise: Advocating for woman before and during labor and birth, encouraging & supporting partners, natural pain relief & unmedicated birth, movement & change of position after epidurals, & postpartum support. Phone: 706-575-8793 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Crystal OwenBackground/Credentials: Working toward ICEA certification. Areas of expertise: I am a mom of three little ones. I know a lot about labor and delivery (inductions, medicated and non-medicated). I provide moms with online support for pre-baby jitters, labor and day-to-day baby needs after birth. I don’t have a lot of hands-on experience, but I learn fast. I have a big passion for all things involving labor, delivery and postpartum. Phone: 515-571-9421 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Amanda PuderbaughBackground/Credentials: Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Elementary Education; working toward ICEA birth doula certification. Areas of expertise: Because every birth and every mama is different, my goal as a doula is to help you find what works for you and your unique body through each stage of your labor, delivery and postpartum period. Trained in the use of massage, essential oils, movement, positioning and visualization. Interested in birth in a variety of settings. Phone: 515-205-3022 Email: amanda.puderbough@ gmail.com
Accepts private clients during summer
Heather RoushBackground/Credentials: Working towards Birth Doula certification with DONA International; Bachelor of Liberal Arts Degree, Infant Care and Breastfeeding TrainingAreas of expertise: Medicated and non-medicated births, VBAC, birthing at home, water birth, relaxation for labor techniques, aromatherapy, prenatal nutrition, breastfeeding, postpartum counseling and infant massage.Phone: 515-865-5565 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Averey RubleBackground/Credentials: I am a second-year student at Simpson College in Indianola. I am actively working toward an ICEA Doula Certification. I have attended and exceled in both a doula workshop and Mercy Breastfeeding Essentials course. Areas of expertise: I am trained as a birth doula to offer knowledge, emotional support, physical comfort, and childbirth education. I am able to assist parents-to-be throughout the birth specifically through positive birthing positions, massage,
hydrotherapy, Rebozo usage, spinning baby fetal positioning, and aromatherapy. I also offer pre-natal and postpartum visits. I am dedicated to helping each family have a beautiful birth tailored to their individual wants and needs.Phone: 515-802-0928 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Olivia SamplesBackground/Credentials: Doula in training with Mama Glow; Certified Sexual Assault Advocate; Sex EducatorAreas of expertise: I have skills in education; physical and emotional support; positive birth positioning; and engaging partners and supporters. I also have expertise in cultural humility and marginalized communities. As a former sexual assault advocate and survivor, I have a great understanding of trauma informed care and support for survivors of abuse and/or trauma. I also have a breadth of knowledge about essential oils and yogaPhone: 515-259-0523 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Julie SparksBackground/Credentials: working toward birth doula certification through DONAAreas of expertise: support and comfort for mother during labor and delivery; interested in gaining expertise in all types of birthsPhone: 515-710-4185 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Tammy SpencerBackground/Credentials: ICEA Certified Birth Doula; volunteered at a crisis pregnancy center; received an Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis on counselling. Having experienced hospital and homebirths
with our eight children, “motherhood” has granted me a wealth of knowledge and experience.Areas of expertise: I have learned to hone my skill of being sensitive to the emotional and physical needs of a mother during labor and delivery. This entails using a variety of positive laboring and birth positions while enhancing what a woman’s body is designed to do with massage and hydrotherapy. Birth is an optimum time to learn and it is my pleasure to teach mothers (and their support partner) in the areas of labor, birth, breastfeeding, postpartum and beyond!Phone: 515-442-6561 Email: [email protected]
Accepts private clients
Chelsie ZechBackground/Credentials: working towards ICEA birth doula certification; bachelor’s in Child and Family Studies; social workAreas of expertise: epidural anesthesia, support for mother during labor and delivery
No private clients
Bereavementdoulas
Rachel MajerusBackground/Credentials: Bachelor’s in Child and Family Services from Iowa State University; ICEA birth doula workshop participant, Resolve Through Sharing workshop participant; CPR/First Aid certified
Areas of Expertise: perinatal hospice and stillbirth deliveries
Bereavement only
Heather MoranBackground/Credentials: AMI trained Montessori guide, age birth to three years; Volunteer Birth Doula; DONA certified birth doula; ICEA certified childbirth educator; Central Iowa Doula Association (CIDA); Doula Agency, Certified Experienced Birth Doula Areas of Expertise: Montessori consultations; child development, birth to three yearsPhone: 763-439-2723 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Bereavement only
RaeLynn CarlBackground/credentials: CPR certified; doula classroom certification; Resolve Through Sharing bereavement certificationAreas of expertise: stillbirth, perinatal loss
Bereavement only
Ginger Johnson Background/Credentials: ICEA certified birth doula
Areas of expertise: support during a lossBereavement only
Des Moines Medical Center1111 6th Ave., Des Moines
515-358-5060MercyOne.org/desmoines
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