Intimate Birth LLC

 

Be The Change You Wish to See In The World

~Gandi

 I graduated with my Bachelor's degree in Women's Studies in December 2009 and have plans to go to Graduate School to become a midwife. I married a wonderful man in January 2004,  and we are expecting our first baby in January 2011. I assisted in the birth of my nephew, Ezra Luke Friedly, and the experience to me was amazing and humbling. His birth confirmed my passion to empower women through their pregnancy and birth, and I hope to make a difference in the lives of many women in the future.      

 I have received my training through CAPPA childbirth educators in February 2009, and am in the process of completing my certification. I have experience in natural, home birthing, as well as hospital birthing ( but I am willing to serve anywhere that's needed!), and advocate for breastfeeding. I am an active member of CAPPA, as well as the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), Colorado Doula Association (CDA), National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) and volunteer as a doula for Operation Special Delivery and Bridgeway Teen Homes.  I am also trained in CPR and First AID.

My passion to be a doula is derived from my passion to serve people, women in particular, and work with women who have little access to health care. I would love to travel to Ethiopia some day and work with women who are pregnant and help them through their pregnancy and the birth of their child. I am passionate about birth and its process, and the bond that exists between a woman and her partner when their child is born. I currently volunteer as a labor doula for Bridgeway, a home for pregnant teens that have know where and no one to turn to-the experience so far has been humbling and eye opening. Being able to provide services to young women who have found themselves in need of labor support (and even a friend), has become a passion and my mission grow as a professional labor assistant.
 
 
 
 
What I believe and respect about Medication and Childbirth:

Many people in our country, in our culture, view birth as a medical emergency, an event that women must be "saved from". Many women begin their pregnancies with painful images of labor in the back of their minds. If they have friends who have given birth, they will likely relate tales of medical interventions, anesthesia, all of which will further validate their beliefs that birth is a difficult and painful affair. I believe in natural, non intervened childbirth, as well as in women's biology. Every woman's body was made to birth her baby. However, I am also aware that not all women are attracted to the idea of a natural childbirth and I absolutely respect a woman's decision to have medication for pain management. 

As a labor doula, I take into consideration the emotions and fears that a woman in labor might be feeling at the moment of an unexpected or unplanned intervention.  My role during is to make sure that the woman knows her options and what exactly is happening; my priority is to keep the woman calm, and focused. Even if birth happens in a way that it is unplanned, it is still the birth of a baby, and I strive to make sure that the mother knows how important her hard work during labor has been to the delivery of her baby. I respect whatever decision a woman makes regarding her birth, whether she desires a complete natural birth, or a birth with medication. It is her birth, and I believe that it should be however she wants it to be. Each woman has the right to make the right choice for her and her baby. 


 
 
Below is the link to my profile with the organization With-Women, where I am currently
an intern, as well as work on their on-call doula program with Lutheran Hospital:
 


 

 

I have experience with:

  • Home Birthing
  • Hospital Birthing (medicated and unmedicated)
  • Inductions: Pitocin, Cytotec 
  • Epiderals
  • Patients with Group B Strepcaucus
  • Cesarean Section Births

 

Certifications / Trainings Completed:

  • Labor Doula Training- February 2009
  • Advanced Doula Training through Mountain Midwifery Birth Center- August 2009
  • CPR and First AID- February 2010
  • Labor and Birth Advocate Training with Birthing the Future

 Certifications / Trainings in Process and/or to Come:

  • CAPPA Certified Labor Doula (CLD)-in process of applying for certification
  • CAPPA Certified Childbirth Educator


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