Our Professional Journey

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With Birth & Beyond Doula Services, you can rest assured that your emotional needs will always be supported. We are here are to empathize, listen, and help prepare you, the birth person, and your family, to the changes you will go through during pregnancy and into parenthood. Most of all, we will be that emotional support that also helps you to advocate for yourself when needed, reminding you of who you are and what you're capable of, and walking with you on this life-changing journey.  

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We are professionally trained and certified in birth work, postpartum care, bereavement/loss, and are lactation and feeding specialists. We strive to always be learning more! We help all types of families, both during birth and in postpartum: Same-sex families, single parents, families of multiples, Surrogates and Intended Parents, in-hospital births, home births and birth centers; you name it. We strive to help you in as many ways as possible. We are so excited that you're here and look forward to getting to know you better!

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Here are the certifications we have and the trainings we've done to date: 

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• We are both members of the Spokane Professional Doula Association: https://spokanedoulapros.com/

• Birth Doula certification is through PALS (Pacific Association of Labor Support)
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• Birth doula training and certification with Amity Kramer at Thresholds  (enCircle  mentor)
  https://thresholds.info
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• Postpartum doula training through Birth Arts International and Demetria Clark
  https://www.birtharts.com/about-birth-arts-international.htm

 

• Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist Certification with  Manhattan Birth ​https://manhattanbirth.com 

 

• Pregnancy Loss doula training and certification through Stillbirthday with Heidi Faith
  https://www.stillbirthday.com
   

• Breastfeeding workshops with Denise Bolds from Bold Doula
  https://www.bolddoula.com
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• First latch workshop with Catherine Finner, IBCLC
  http://nurturenewlife.com
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• Supporting Birthing Families in Recovery Workshop with Amity Kramer
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• Black Transmasculine Fertility and Birth class with Kayden Coleman 
  https://linktr.ee/Kaydenxofficial

 

• TENS Unit training with Kim James, BDT(DONA), CD(PALS), ICCE, LCCE. 

• Nicki has certification with Denise Bolds and Black Women Do VBAC for supporting Black and Brown families during a Cesarean and through a VBAC https://www.bolddoula.com/c-sections-and-v-backs 

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