DAMA's Mission
    To promote the role of doulas during birth and postpartum periods, serve as a referral source
    for nationally trained doulas, uphold professional standards of doula practice, and provide
    education and peer support to its members.  

   DAMA's History
    In the 1990’s, awareness about birth doulas and the benefits of having one grew among
    pregnant women and maternity care providers around the country. This growing awareness
    coupled with frequent local doula trainings led to an increase in the number of women in our
    area wanting to become birth doulas and in the demand for their services.

    In the spring of 2003, after many months of planning, a small, dedicated group of doulas,
    childbirth educators and maternity care providers established the Doula Association of the
    Mountain Area (DAMA). Our founders envisioned an organization that would promote the role
    of professional doulas to the public, ensure the availability of trained birth companions to all
    pregnant women in the Western North Carolina region and act as a support network for
    trained doulas working towards certification in the profession. Since then the organization has
    expanded to include postpartum doulas, also as a result of public demand and an increase in
    the number of women trained in that specialty.

    DAMA is a community-based program, led by a group of independent, professional doulas.
    Membership in the association is open to DONA, CAPPA, or ICEA trained or certified doulas
    who meet application requirements. Meetings are held monthly and officers are elected
    annually.  In addition to acting as a referral service for doulas, DAMA sponsors training
    programs each year on topics of relevance to doulas and other maternity care/childbirth
    professionals.  The organization is also involved in a variety of outreach activities and events
    designed to raise community awareness about doulas and actively supports the establishment
    of mother- and baby-friendly practices in local hospitals.


   2009-2010 Officers
    President, Jordan Glover, PCD(DONA), CD(DONA), LCCE
    President-Elect, Katie Watkins, CD(DONA)
    Treasurer:  Judy Major, CD(DONA)
    Secretary, Mayari Waymouth, CD(DONA)
    Certification Candidate at Large, Heather Sevcik, DONA Trained Certification Candidate
DAMA
Doula Association
of the Mountain Area
info@wncdoulas.com
828.233.5500
To heal the

 planet, we

must begin by

healing

birthing.

- Agnes Sallet Von
Tannenberg