"I first felt called to serve mothers and babies when I began instructing prenatal and postnatal yoga classes, and birth preparation workshops, and then became a mother myself. I got to journey with birthing families, and witness their transformation into parenthood. I felt the support and connection from other parents as I lived my own profound transformation. Later, I completed the DONA International Postpartum Doula training through the Simkin Center at Bastyr University, and then became a certified postpartum doula through Northwest Association for Postpartum Support (NAPS). I can think of no work more rewarding and enriching than serving families as they welcome their new babies. I hold sacred the postpartum time known as the Golden Month or "4th Trimester", when mother and baby(ies) are still very much one. The 4th Trimester may encompass the many weeks and months of healing, bonding and transformation of a mother and her family. It is my passion to help parents find ease and be present for this unique time by offering emotional and practical support, nurturing and nourishing the mother and her household, and providing education and resources as needed. I cocoon the mother as much as she desires so that she may re-emerge with restored energy and confidence, and take her place at the center of her family. When I am not holding babies or cooking for postpartum families, my family and I travel, read about travel, take cooking classes on our travels, and dream about travel. We also go camping, bike riding, hiking and geocaching. I love to cook for my family and friends, make crafts with my daughter, knit, read, garden with my husband, and tend our chickens on our mini urban farm in Ballard."