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Emily Sullivan, DONA Trained Certification Candidate
828.337.0007 emilybodywork@gmail.com
MH, PRH
Emily is working towards becoming a certified DONA birth doula. Because of this, she is
currently offering services at a significantly reduced rate. She believes in the importance
of creating a stable and loving environment for Mothers and babies. She brings her skills
of deep listening in addition to her innate trust and comfort with the body's natural cycles
to her work as a doula. Her work is also supported and inspired by her job as an office
assistant at Family to Family, a local family practice offering maternity care in the
midwifery model, as well as her massage therapy practice.
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Patricia Swagart CD(DONA) Trilingual - English, Spanish, French
828-329-1644, pswagart@hotmail.com
MH, PH, PRH, HOME
Tricia is a certified doula and registered nurse serving families in the WNC area for
several years. She loves working with families and finding ways to make the birth
experience special. She will provide loving care, empowerment, information and support
to cater individual needs. She is excited to provide care and warmth and feels that it is a
true gift and privilege to be a part of each families lives.
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Amy Uma Thompson, CAPD, DONA Trained Certification Candidate
828.275.6644 amyuma@gmail.com, www.livingalchemyayurveda.com
POSTPARTUM
Uma offers a unique approach to postpartum care, she integrates Ayurvedic services
within the DONA standard of care. For over 10 years, Uma has been a postpartum
Ayurvedic Doula. Uma supports rapid postpartum recovery with herbs, diet, therapeutic
massage, and lactation support. Her services also include infant massage instruction,
household support, and crainosacral therapy. Uma’s basic philosophy is Mothering the
Mothers so that they can mother from a place of nourishment and radiant well being.
Uma is also a Nationally Certified massage therapist and she also offers prenatal care
including Well Pregnancy Ayurvedic Consultations, Prenatal Yoga Therapy, and Prenatal
Massage.
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Mayari Waymouth, CD(DONA)
828.242.6594, mayarivirginia@yahoo.com, http://wncdoula.wordpress.com
MH, PH, PRH, HRMC, HOME
Mayari, a mother of three, hopes as a doula to help women discover their own intrinsic
birthing power. She listens to mothers’ individual needs and wishes, helps them find
information, and nurtures and supports them and their partners through the labor and
birth process with a variety of comfort techniques and positions. Of all the supplies she
brings to each birth, her best tools are loving hands and a calm voice.
She has attended a variety of births, from natural labors to epidural labors, waterbirths,
Cesarean births VBAC's, and adoptions. Mayari also is an avid writer about pregnancy
and birth
issues.
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Chama Woydak, CD(DONA)
828.777.8899, beginningwithbirth@yahoo.com
MH
Chama is a fun-loving, energetic and compassionate mom who has gained birth
experience through being a certified childbirth educator for 6 years and 8 years of
attending births. Her Doula services facilitate communication and provide perspective
with care providers and hospital staff, thus ensuring the client has information needed to
make informed decisions prenatally and in labor. Chama’s skill-set also includes
suggestions for labor progress, relaxation, massage, positioning, homeopathy and
aromatherapy. She offers labor and immediate postpartum photography, breastfeeding
support and a postpartum home visit. Chama holds the space for families to bring forth
life with dignity and grace.
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Emily Balcken, Postpartum Doula Certification Candidate
828.279.3555, ashevilledoula@live.com
As a Postpartum Doula, Emily provides parents with the support and guidance needed
to make a healthy and happy transition into parenthood. By assisting with infant care,
sibling adjustment, meal preparation, and light household tasks, Emily is able to create
a comfortable and nurturing space for growing families. She has extensive experience
working with area non-profits serving women and children and is currently working
towards her Master’s in Social Work. She is able to offer sound emotional support for
women who are especially at risk of postpartum mood disorders. She is also the mother
of two beautiful and healthy children.
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Laura Beagle, CD(DONA) Bilingual - English & Spanish
828.231.9337, www.empoweredbirthing.org
MH, PH, PRH
Laura has attended births in many settings including hospitals, birth centers and in their
homes. Her mentors were a group of very compassionate nurse midwives. In addition
to her doula certification, Laura is a nationally certified massage therapist and a certified
pregnancy and postpartum massage therapist. She believes that each woman
deserves to have a safe and supported birth experience. She enjoys working with
women at home in early labor. Laura believes that establishing a calm and confident
approach to labor before entering the hospital can facilitate a smooth transition into
active labor. Her doula services include prenatal massage.
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Pat Durham, CD(DONA)
828.649.1263, 828.775.5592 (cell), hobblein@hotmail.com
MH, PRH, HOME
Believing in the well-being and strength of women and families Pat, a certified childbirth
educator and certified birth doula, offers companionship and support to women and their
partners. Pat shares generous time with those anticipating birth to establish rapport,
understand needs, share information and comforts. Following birth she offers parenting
information, encouragement, resource referral, and breastfeeding support. Pat respects
women as strong and self-actualizing and as having gifts of inner wisdom that help
guide them through birth and parenting. Pat has been support for non-medicated, no
intervention vaginal births, vaginal births with medication and other interventions.
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Colette Frogale, CPD(DONA)
828.450.1244, colettefrogale@gmail.com
POSTPARTUM
Colette brings a gentle, calm, and compassionate presence to her work as a
postpartum doula. She is committed to finding the right combination of services to fit
each individual family’s needs. She works with families to provide breastfeeding
assistance, light housekeeping, meal planning and cooking. Colette has experience in
infant care (including twins) and can share infant massage techniques. Her services
also include referrals and postpartum massage. Her intention is to nurture each new
family to allow for rest, connection, and empowerment so that families can have the best
postpartum experience possible. Colette is a Nationally Certified massage therapist.
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Jordan Glover, CD(DONA), PCD (DONA), LCCE
828.298.0167 (office) 252.256.1692 (cell), jordan@motheringthemama.com
www.motheringthemama.com
HOME, MH, PH, PRH, POSTPARTUM
Jordan is a DONA Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula, and a Lamaze Certified
Childbirth Educator. As a Birth Doula, Jordan helps her clients to have a positive birthing
experience through prenatal education, advocacy, and support. Her ultimate goal is for
her clients to finish their birthing experience feeling respected and with a sense of
empowerment. As a Postpartum Doula Jordan offers hands-on support by preparing
meals, light housekeeping, breastfeeding assistance and evidence based infant care
information. She offers emotional support, watches out for signs of postpartum
depression, and helps family members to become confident of their natural ability to
parent.
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Adrianne Gordon, CD(DONA)
828.242.2643, adriannegordon@yahoo.com
MH, PRH, HRMC
Adrianne believes that her role as a doula is to provide comfort, continuity, information,
reassurance, encouragement and calm to the birth process. She began supporting
families as a doula in 1999 while working as a family health educator in a medical
clinic. This experience brought her into the homes of a wide diversity of families. Many
had high risk pregnancies and Adrianne’s calm presence was the foundation of her
support for them. She also has experience with VBACs and water birth. Adrianne takes a
limited number of clients each year so she can give each her undivided attention and
support.
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Michele Harshbarger, CAPPA trained Certification Candidate
828.891.4182, jmharsh@bellsouth.net
PH, PRH, Transylvania, MH, home
Michele, Mom of three, former labor and delivery, post partum, newborn nursery R.N., is
empathetic, compassionate, client focused. Prenatally she develops trust and
confidence with time spent in the home, at care providers, walks, also post partum visits,
in a holistic manner. She encourages a woman to trust her body in the birthing process
and believes education helps the couple choose a birth that is best for them. Pro bono
for military, and Medicaid, and reduced rates.
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Dawn Lange, PCD(DONA)
828.775.3761 dbutson@hotmail.com
POSTPARTUM
Dawn is the mother of two young children. She has felt the call to be a postpartum doula
since the birth of her first child over four years ago, and has spent many hours immersed
in literature on the subject (mostly while nursing!). After her son went through emergency
heart surgery at 13 days of age, she became even more passionate about her calling.
She is committed to bringing a sense of organization and peace into the home following
the birth of a baby. Dawn has recently attended a DONA training and is working towards
certification. She is also a certified yoga instructor and has a B.A. in French.
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Sara Levine, DONA Trained Certification Candidate
828.779.9297, sara.e.levine@gmail.com
MH, HOME
Sara’s joy in being a doula is to help you welcome your baby into this world with loving
support, patience and reassurance. She loves to work with expecting families helping
them to move through labor with ease and confidence. She provides support by
involving partners, moving through various coping techniques, and bringing laughter and
lightheartedness to the birthing space. Sara is currently working towards her birth doula
certification with DONA.
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Judy Major, CD(DONA)
828.689.2322, mtnlady@madison.main.nc.us
HOME, MH, PRH
With 28+ years of healthcare experience, Judy brings maturity, a variety of skills and a
sense of humor to “doulaing.” Since 1998, her willingness to give countless hours
supporting women/couples in labor, often for little monetary compensation,
demonstrates that she is a doula “just for the joy of it.” She has taught childbirth classes
and had training in basic and prenatal massage. She is at ease with all types of clients,
care providers and birth settings. Judy respects the process of normal birth, but also
understands its unpredictability. She enjoys working with women/couples who hope to
birth with minimal medication.
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Jo Roberts, CD(DONA)
828.648.4345 JoRN922@aol.com
MH, HRC, POSTPARTUM
Jo lives in Haywood County and serves clients who will deliver nearby. She offers an
excellent "bag of tricks" with a large selection of soothing CD's, birth ball, birthing stool
and photography skills. Jo is both cheerful and caring; she offers calm, skillful labor
support, emphasizing quiet reassurance enhancing the abilities of the laboring woman.
Jo is eager to help parents have the type of birth experience they want. The mother of a
grown daughter, she has had over 20 years experience in public health nursing. Jo is
currently certified as a birth doula and has training in postpartum support.
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Molly Rouse, PCD(DONA) Bilingual - English & Spanish
828.778.4958 mollyay@hotmail.com, www.nurtureyourfamily.net
POSTPARTUM
Molly grew up in Yancey County and enjoys assisting young families in WNC. Molly's
degree is in Cultural Anthropology - her recent focus is parenting techniques around the
world. With a listening ear, open heart, and sense of humor, Molly seeks to help parents
connect with their child(ren), and find what makes sense for their families. She offers
assistance with breastfeeding, cooking, housekeeping, and infant care. She has
experience working with twins, mothers with postpartum mood disorders, and helping
older siblings adjust to a new baby. Molly is a twin, the mother of a 3 year old son, and
wife of an amazing man/parenting partner!
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Heather Sevcik, CD(DONA) Bilingual - English & Spanish
303.929.9713, figleafbirthservices@gmail.com, www.witnessingbirth.blogspot.com
MH, PH, PRH, HOME, POSTPARTUM
DONA-trained and certified, Heather has a passion for working with mothers and
families during the childbearing year. Heather is also trained in massage, Reiki, the
TENS unit, breastfeeding assistance, and prenatal yoga; these skills, along with her bag
of tricks, help her create a supportive space for all who participate in the birth and
postpartum processes. Her goal is to help mothers have the best birth and postpartum
experience possible. Heather works with women of all backgrounds and provides
joy-filled doula services that are tailored to fit the needs of her clients. Sliding-scale and
reduced fee payment options available.
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