Meet the Doulas of the Upper Valley
We work as independent, professional entities, each managing our own business practices to serve the Upper Valley. For more information about an individual doula's services or fees, please use her contact information below. If you have a general question or would like to become part of our referral network, please use our contact form. Upper Valley Doulas kindly requests that the referred doulas abide by the DONA Standards of Practice, but is not responsible for the conduct of individual doulas.
Megan Dubuque, IBCD
megandubuque@hotmail.com
Services offered: Birth Doula Care
Megan is the mother to two amazing boys. It wasn't until she had them that she realized her passion for birth. She is a teacher by day but the rest of her time and energy is spent with her family and with expecting and laboring families. She has a B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Lyndon State College. She also have a M.ed. from Antioch University. Megan certified as a birth doula through Indigo Doulas. She lives in Thetford, Vermont which is 40 minutes from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital. It's 45 minutes from Gifford Memorial Hospital and Central Vermont Medical Center. She has attended many births, including VBACs, and learned something new in each amazing birth journey.
This is your birth and your journey to meet your baby. As your doula, Megan would support you in the journey that you choose. This is a beautiful time in your life and it is an honor to be a part of it. She will work to help you accomplish whatever goals you set forth and help empower you through information, education, and support. Your birth has the potential to be a magical experience. It is your right to have the birth that you want and to make choices that are best for you, your baby, and your family.
megandubuque@hotmail.com
Services offered: Birth Doula Care
Megan is the mother to two amazing boys. It wasn't until she had them that she realized her passion for birth. She is a teacher by day but the rest of her time and energy is spent with her family and with expecting and laboring families. She has a B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Lyndon State College. She also have a M.ed. from Antioch University. Megan certified as a birth doula through Indigo Doulas. She lives in Thetford, Vermont which is 40 minutes from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital. It's 45 minutes from Gifford Memorial Hospital and Central Vermont Medical Center. She has attended many births, including VBACs, and learned something new in each amazing birth journey.
This is your birth and your journey to meet your baby. As your doula, Megan would support you in the journey that you choose. This is a beautiful time in your life and it is an honor to be a part of it. She will work to help you accomplish whatever goals you set forth and help empower you through information, education, and support. Your birth has the potential to be a magical experience. It is your right to have the birth that you want and to make choices that are best for you, your baby, and your family.
Ellen Fox, BSN, RN
ellenfoxdoula@gmail.com
631-703-4602
Services offered: postpartum support, breastfeeding/alternative feeding support
Hi I’m Ellen Fox. I’m a registered nurse and postpartum doula working toward DONA certification. I specialize in breastfeeding techniques, postpartum mental health, and maximizing sleep for parents. In addition, I’m interested in working with multiples, high needs infants and navigating NICU experiences. I live in Sunapee NH but I am willing to travel a maximum of 40 miles. I am a full time RN in addition to a postpartum doula. I work 3 12 hour shifts a week. The days I work vary but I am available on my 4 days off. My hobbies include cooking, bullet journaling and hiking! I look forward to hearing from you and working towards your postpartum goals!
ellenfoxdoula@gmail.com
631-703-4602
Services offered: postpartum support, breastfeeding/alternative feeding support
Hi I’m Ellen Fox. I’m a registered nurse and postpartum doula working toward DONA certification. I specialize in breastfeeding techniques, postpartum mental health, and maximizing sleep for parents. In addition, I’m interested in working with multiples, high needs infants and navigating NICU experiences. I live in Sunapee NH but I am willing to travel a maximum of 40 miles. I am a full time RN in addition to a postpartum doula. I work 3 12 hour shifts a week. The days I work vary but I am available on my 4 days off. My hobbies include cooking, bullet journaling and hiking! I look forward to hearing from you and working towards your postpartum goals!
Jess Kimball
sunflowerpostpartumcare@gmail.com
803-431-4852
Services offered: postpartum support, overnight newborn care, care of preemies and multiples, birth photography
I became a doula in high school after photographing a few births. While most kids were at Friday night football games I was at the local birth center or hospital. I graduated two years early and spent a year traveling. Once I settled down I started focusing mainly on postpartum support and travel services. I love helping parents find a routine that works for them and get settled in during the transitional postpartum period. Being around birth and newborns has been normal to me my whole life. I’m one of seven kids, one of which was a home birth and one was a car birth! I’m extremely passionate about birth and postpartum. I think finding your village is so important and I’m honored that I get to be a part of that village.
sunflowerpostpartumcare@gmail.com
803-431-4852
Services offered: postpartum support, overnight newborn care, care of preemies and multiples, birth photography
I became a doula in high school after photographing a few births. While most kids were at Friday night football games I was at the local birth center or hospital. I graduated two years early and spent a year traveling. Once I settled down I started focusing mainly on postpartum support and travel services. I love helping parents find a routine that works for them and get settled in during the transitional postpartum period. Being around birth and newborns has been normal to me my whole life. I’m one of seven kids, one of which was a home birth and one was a car birth! I’m extremely passionate about birth and postpartum. I think finding your village is so important and I’m honored that I get to be a part of that village.
Kinsley Birth Services
Liz Kinsley, CLD(CBI), HCHD
Liz@kinsleybirthservices.com
Services offered: birth doula care, birth photos, belly casting & belly binding
Liz Kinsley has been a doula in the Upper Valley since 2007. She has a strong passion for pregnancy and birth and believes in the natural process. Liz has been blessed to attend and learn from births as well as exploit her own six births to grow as a doula. It is a joy for her to experience and assist couples in the transition to parenthood.
Liz has a B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Messiah College and received a birth doula certification from Childbirth International in 2007. Liz is also the first Trained Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnodoula in Vermont. She received training in using the Rebozo from Gena Kirby. She has experience with sexual abuse victims and how it can affect their pregnancy, labor and delivery. She attended a two day conference "When Survivors Give Birth" with author and birth advocate Penny Simkin. In addition, she has learned Belly Binding and is currently studying to be a midwife's assistant. She is certified in CPR, AED use and Neonatal Resuscitation. She is constantly expanding her knowledge and experience of pregnancy and childbirth.
Liz lives in Bethel, Vermont with her husband and six children. She enjoys staying healthy by working out and playing basketball and softball in her free time.
Liz Kinsley, CLD(CBI), HCHD
Liz@kinsleybirthservices.com
Services offered: birth doula care, birth photos, belly casting & belly binding
Liz Kinsley has been a doula in the Upper Valley since 2007. She has a strong passion for pregnancy and birth and believes in the natural process. Liz has been blessed to attend and learn from births as well as exploit her own six births to grow as a doula. It is a joy for her to experience and assist couples in the transition to parenthood.
Liz has a B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Messiah College and received a birth doula certification from Childbirth International in 2007. Liz is also the first Trained Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnodoula in Vermont. She received training in using the Rebozo from Gena Kirby. She has experience with sexual abuse victims and how it can affect their pregnancy, labor and delivery. She attended a two day conference "When Survivors Give Birth" with author and birth advocate Penny Simkin. In addition, she has learned Belly Binding and is currently studying to be a midwife's assistant. She is certified in CPR, AED use and Neonatal Resuscitation. She is constantly expanding her knowledge and experience of pregnancy and childbirth.
Liz lives in Bethel, Vermont with her husband and six children. She enjoys staying healthy by working out and playing basketball and softball in her free time.
LifeTree Birth Care
Services offered: birth doula care, childbirth classes, breastfeeding support
Mary Etna Haac, MPH, PhD, CD(DONA), ICCE
DoulaMaryEtna@gmail.com
Mary Etna is the founder of LifeTree Birth Care, and works together with Kathy to bring compassionate, knowledgeable perinatal care to families in the Upper Valley.
Mary Etna is passionate about all things relating to women's health, nature, and science. Childbirth encompasses all of these things. It is an amazing natural process that interconnects physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our human nature. Mary Etna loves supporting and empowering expectant parents as they learn to trust their instincts, and assume an active role in their birth experiences and passages into parenthood.
Mary Etna is a DONA-certified birth doula, ICEA-Certified Childbirth Educator, and Evidence Based Birth Instructor. She provides expectant parents with balanced information, support, and comfort to promote a pleasurable and satisfying labor and birth. She is an MPH / PhD trained researcher and strives to remain up to date on key information relating to pregnancy, labor and breastfeeding support. She delivers personalized care in a manner that facilitates open communication between pregnant women, partners and clinical care providers. She has experience working with survivors of trauma, and has lived and worked in several countries. Mary Etna is a native speaker of both English and Spanish. She welcomes the opportunity to work with your unique needs and preferences.
Please note that Mary Etna is currently not attending births, but is now enrolling Evidenced Base Birth® Childbirth Classes!
Services offered: birth doula care, childbirth classes, breastfeeding support
Mary Etna Haac, MPH, PhD, CD(DONA), ICCE
DoulaMaryEtna@gmail.com
Mary Etna is the founder of LifeTree Birth Care, and works together with Kathy to bring compassionate, knowledgeable perinatal care to families in the Upper Valley.
Mary Etna is passionate about all things relating to women's health, nature, and science. Childbirth encompasses all of these things. It is an amazing natural process that interconnects physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our human nature. Mary Etna loves supporting and empowering expectant parents as they learn to trust their instincts, and assume an active role in their birth experiences and passages into parenthood.
Mary Etna is a DONA-certified birth doula, ICEA-Certified Childbirth Educator, and Evidence Based Birth Instructor. She provides expectant parents with balanced information, support, and comfort to promote a pleasurable and satisfying labor and birth. She is an MPH / PhD trained researcher and strives to remain up to date on key information relating to pregnancy, labor and breastfeeding support. She delivers personalized care in a manner that facilitates open communication between pregnant women, partners and clinical care providers. She has experience working with survivors of trauma, and has lived and worked in several countries. Mary Etna is a native speaker of both English and Spanish. She welcomes the opportunity to work with your unique needs and preferences.
Please note that Mary Etna is currently not attending births, but is now enrolling Evidenced Base Birth® Childbirth Classes!
Kathy Wohlfort, MS, CD(DONA), HCHD
Peregine Doula Services, contracting under LifeTree Birth Care
kathydoulanh@gmail.com
Kathy believes that all women and their partners should have the care they want during their pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. As your birth doula, she will help you identify the type of support you want, from educational resources to physical comfort measures during labor. Kathy will protect the space and time you may need to make medical decisions that are right for you and then support the direction you choose. Empowering her clients is the base of her practice.
Kathy has a master’s degree in conservation biology from Antioch University and comes to doula work after 22 years of wildlife behavior research. In addition to her DONA training, Kathy gained invaluable experience, insight, and mentors after attending a two-week doula internship at a Utah midwifery center in 2017. Kathy has also trained with Spinning Babies and is a Registered HypnoBabies Hypno-doula.
Kathy lives in Lyme with her husband, cat, bee hives and expansive garden, and loves just about anything that involves swimming in New England’s waters.
Peregine Doula Services, contracting under LifeTree Birth Care
kathydoulanh@gmail.com
Kathy believes that all women and their partners should have the care they want during their pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. As your birth doula, she will help you identify the type of support you want, from educational resources to physical comfort measures during labor. Kathy will protect the space and time you may need to make medical decisions that are right for you and then support the direction you choose. Empowering her clients is the base of her practice.
Kathy has a master’s degree in conservation biology from Antioch University and comes to doula work after 22 years of wildlife behavior research. In addition to her DONA training, Kathy gained invaluable experience, insight, and mentors after attending a two-week doula internship at a Utah midwifery center in 2017. Kathy has also trained with Spinning Babies and is a Registered HypnoBabies Hypno-doula.
Kathy lives in Lyme with her husband, cat, bee hives and expansive garden, and loves just about anything that involves swimming in New England’s waters.
Amanda Lewallen
yourjourneydoulaservices@gmail.com
802-952-9028
Services offered: birth doula care, postpartum doula care
Amanda is a mother to 5 wonderful children. She has worked with families in the upper valley and southern VT area for almost 10 years. Amanda holds a M.A. in English from Appalachian State University with a focus on women’s literary criticism. She has completed doula training through DONA, as well as additional training in supporting women with postpartum mood disorders. Amanda has worked with young families through the Head Start program, teaching preschool and, most recently, she has worked in early intervention serving children birth to 3 with developmental delays and their families. Amanda lives in Weathersfield VT which is 40 minutes from Dartmouth Hitchcock, one hour from Gifford Medical Center, and 45 minutes from Brattleboro Hospital.
She is comfortable supporting a wide range of birth experiences from uncomplicated home births to high risk, medically complex hospital births and will approach each birth with the same goals—to hold space for you as you become a mother and provide emotional, informational, and physical support. Amanda believes that birth is a journey and that each birth is different and precious. It is her intention to support you in your choices for birth by giving you evidence based information and creating a space in which you can express your fears, expectations, and hopes.
yourjourneydoulaservices@gmail.com
802-952-9028
Services offered: birth doula care, postpartum doula care
Amanda is a mother to 5 wonderful children. She has worked with families in the upper valley and southern VT area for almost 10 years. Amanda holds a M.A. in English from Appalachian State University with a focus on women’s literary criticism. She has completed doula training through DONA, as well as additional training in supporting women with postpartum mood disorders. Amanda has worked with young families through the Head Start program, teaching preschool and, most recently, she has worked in early intervention serving children birth to 3 with developmental delays and their families. Amanda lives in Weathersfield VT which is 40 minutes from Dartmouth Hitchcock, one hour from Gifford Medical Center, and 45 minutes from Brattleboro Hospital.
She is comfortable supporting a wide range of birth experiences from uncomplicated home births to high risk, medically complex hospital births and will approach each birth with the same goals—to hold space for you as you become a mother and provide emotional, informational, and physical support. Amanda believes that birth is a journey and that each birth is different and precious. It is her intention to support you in your choices for birth by giving you evidence based information and creating a space in which you can express your fears, expectations, and hopes.
Cristina Mackwood
Carry, LLC
Cristina@thebabywearingdoula.com
802-281-3425
Services offered: postpartum doula care and babywearing education
Serving families in the Upper Valley region, Cristina aims to ease the transition to family life through nurturing, education, and acts of service.
Cristina is DONA trained and pursuing certification as a postpartum doula and is trained in babywearing education by Center for Babywearing Studies and Babywearing International. She is trained to provide feeding and lactation support, assist with newborn care, be available for around the clock questions and care, and more during the first 12 weeks after a baby joins the family. Additionally, Cristina is trained to help families choose the right baby carrier for them and to assist in becoming comfortable in its use.
As a permaculture based farmer Cristina is experienced with livestock care (Especially horses, goats, and chickens) and can aid in farm/garden care as your family finds a new normal.
LQBTQIA+, low income, and single parents welcomed.
Carry, LLC
Cristina@thebabywearingdoula.com
802-281-3425
Services offered: postpartum doula care and babywearing education
Serving families in the Upper Valley region, Cristina aims to ease the transition to family life through nurturing, education, and acts of service.
Cristina is DONA trained and pursuing certification as a postpartum doula and is trained in babywearing education by Center for Babywearing Studies and Babywearing International. She is trained to provide feeding and lactation support, assist with newborn care, be available for around the clock questions and care, and more during the first 12 weeks after a baby joins the family. Additionally, Cristina is trained to help families choose the right baby carrier for them and to assist in becoming comfortable in its use.
As a permaculture based farmer Cristina is experienced with livestock care (Especially horses, goats, and chickens) and can aid in farm/garden care as your family finds a new normal.
LQBTQIA+, low income, and single parents welcomed.
Luci Tarr
luci@doulavitae.com
802-556-1245
Services offered: birth doula care, postpartum doula care
I find it incredibly challenging to describe the depth of meaning behind being a doula. Pregnancy and the birth experience moves me - it is nothing short of a miracle. The opportunity to be with a family, however defined, during such an intimate and progressive moment in life, is a gift. As a doula, I will help bring forth the needs and desires of the family to guide them through to the moment their baby is born. I am passionate about supporting the miracle and embracing the gift.
Now, let me take a moment to introduce myself. I am Luci Tarr, a doula supporting the birth experience throughout the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. I value the bond of family and the emotion and strength that lives within that bond. I believe it allows me to provide the utmost care and support in all situations. No matter what your birth plan might be, natural or medically supported, I believe that the continuous support of a doula helps birthing women and their partners have the experience they desire.
I welcome the opportunity to speak with you and answer any questions that you may have.
luci@doulavitae.com
802-556-1245
Services offered: birth doula care, postpartum doula care
I find it incredibly challenging to describe the depth of meaning behind being a doula. Pregnancy and the birth experience moves me - it is nothing short of a miracle. The opportunity to be with a family, however defined, during such an intimate and progressive moment in life, is a gift. As a doula, I will help bring forth the needs and desires of the family to guide them through to the moment their baby is born. I am passionate about supporting the miracle and embracing the gift.
Now, let me take a moment to introduce myself. I am Luci Tarr, a doula supporting the birth experience throughout the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. I value the bond of family and the emotion and strength that lives within that bond. I believe it allows me to provide the utmost care and support in all situations. No matter what your birth plan might be, natural or medically supported, I believe that the continuous support of a doula helps birthing women and their partners have the experience they desire.
I welcome the opportunity to speak with you and answer any questions that you may have.
Well Maiden Doula and Healing Services
Sarah Emily Allen and Katie Williams RN-BSN, CLC
wellmaidens@gmail.com
Services offered: birth education, birth and postpartum doula services, mindful cesarean birth, lactation support, postpartum herbal care.
Katie and Sarah work together under Well Maiden Birth and Healing Services.
Sarah is a new doula in the Upper Valley and is excited to begin her doula practice in such a supportive and birth positive area. She completed her DONA doula training in April 2018, is certified as a Sacred Baby practitioner and circle leader, is trained in Birth Story Medicine and is continuing her education as a Birthing From Within certified doula.
Katie’s foundation in the healing arts started in maternal-child health nursing. For ten years she moved through various clinical settings, working at Dartmouth Hitchcock and with the Visiting Nurses of Vermont and New Hampshire. She has completed the DONA and Birthing From Within trainings and is a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC). Katie is actively pursuing certification as a Birthing From Within Mentor and INNATE Traditions Postpartum Care practitioner.
Their shared practices tend to the full spectrum of the fertility journey and range from prenatal support to birth attendance to lactation and postpartum care. They honor and respect the more traditional birth education and medical perspective but always take care to weave art, ritual, herbal healing, story listening and telling into their clients experience. They enjoy bringing the conversation of birth preparation and integration through and beyond the scientific and medical perspective and engage each client deeply in their own personal narrative to explore their own patterns, their own reactions, their own language and gently bring compassion to the places that need tending, in preparation for the new self that is coming to life through the process of birth.
Sarah Emily Allen and Katie Williams RN-BSN, CLC
wellmaidens@gmail.com
Services offered: birth education, birth and postpartum doula services, mindful cesarean birth, lactation support, postpartum herbal care.
Katie and Sarah work together under Well Maiden Birth and Healing Services.
Sarah is a new doula in the Upper Valley and is excited to begin her doula practice in such a supportive and birth positive area. She completed her DONA doula training in April 2018, is certified as a Sacred Baby practitioner and circle leader, is trained in Birth Story Medicine and is continuing her education as a Birthing From Within certified doula.
Katie’s foundation in the healing arts started in maternal-child health nursing. For ten years she moved through various clinical settings, working at Dartmouth Hitchcock and with the Visiting Nurses of Vermont and New Hampshire. She has completed the DONA and Birthing From Within trainings and is a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC). Katie is actively pursuing certification as a Birthing From Within Mentor and INNATE Traditions Postpartum Care practitioner.
Their shared practices tend to the full spectrum of the fertility journey and range from prenatal support to birth attendance to lactation and postpartum care. They honor and respect the more traditional birth education and medical perspective but always take care to weave art, ritual, herbal healing, story listening and telling into their clients experience. They enjoy bringing the conversation of birth preparation and integration through and beyond the scientific and medical perspective and engage each client deeply in their own personal narrative to explore their own patterns, their own reactions, their own language and gently bring compassion to the places that need tending, in preparation for the new self that is coming to life through the process of birth.
Are you a trained doula serving the Upper Valley of VT/NH? Please contact me about adding your bio to this page.