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Birth Support


Compassionate, Professional Birth Support Tailored to You
Giving birth is a deeply personal and transformative experience. Our doulas are here to provide continuous, evidence-based support throughout your labor and delivery, ensuring that you feel empowered, informed, and supported every step of the way.
Whether you're planning a home birth or hospital birth, our doulas work alongside you and your healthcare team to help you navigate your birth journey with confidence and calm. We believe in the power of informed choice and support your decisions, providing guidance, physical comfort, and emotional reassurance.

Our Birth Support Includes:
  • Continuous Emotional and Physical Support: We provide unwavering support, whether it's through breathing techniques, massage, position suggestions, or simply offering calming words when you need them most.
  • Advocacy for Your Birth Preferences: We are here to help you communicate your wishes clearly with your care team, ensuring that your birth preferences are respected.
  • Evidence-Based Guidance: Our doulas provide reliable, research-based information to help you make informed decisions about your birth plan, pain management options, and any other choices that arise.
  • Calm and Reassuring Presence: Our goal is to create a calm and supportive environment for you and your family, allowing you to focus on the process of labor and birth, knowing you are cared for and understood.
  • Post-Birth Care: We stay with you after your baby is born, ensuring you have time to bond and begin breastfeeding, and offering any support you need during those precious early moments.

​At the Kootenay Doula Group, we are proud to offer a diverse team of skilled doulas that offer Birth Support. Simply click on each name to be redirected to Doulas that offer this service, along with their availability. 

​Lindsay Thompson

Ulli Lavoie
Leif Li-tsu Mjolsness
Lauren Andres
Kiara Spring 
​Melanie Berndt
​Slaine Sutherland 
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Kootenay Doula Group

© 2025 Kootenay Doula Group
A Birth, Postpartum Doula & Perinatal support group serving the West Kootenay's
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Resources
  • Find a Doula
    • Meghan Paterson
    • Lindsay Thompson
    • Ulli Lavoie
    • Leif Li-tsu Mjolsness
    • Lauren Andres
    • Samantha Hansen
    • Slaine Sutherland
    • Megan McMichael
    • Sarah Wallace
    • Kiara Spring
    • Lisa Blair
    • Melanie Berndt
  • Doula Services & Offerings
    • Birth Support
    • Postpartum Support
    • Placenta Encapsulation
    • Postpartum Healing Care
    • Equipment Rentals
    • Abortion Support
    • Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
    • Childbirth Education Classes
  • Join our group
  • Contact