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.
Doulas are listed alphabetically by business name or first name.
Doulas are listed alphabetically by business name or first name.
Danielle Bachand
(she/her/hers)
[email protected]
Services offered: postpartum doula care
I am thrilled to live among and serve families in the Upper Valley community as they navigate pregnancy, birth, and new parenthood. I believe in informed support for birth and postpartum and strive to build authentic relationships with my clients, allowing them to feel safe, cared for, and heard through our time together. I am trained through DONA International and am currently working toward full certification.
My work as a doula walks hand in hand with my goals to provide holistic and grounded care to families who are welcoming a new member. I currently offer full spectrum postpartum support. This support includes light housework, childcare for siblings, newborn care education and support, and breastfeeding education and support. I also offer placenta encapsulation services. I welcome families of all incomes by offering sliding scale or bartering and welcome single parents, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ families.
I would be honored to be welcomed into the fold of your life and support your transition into the postpartum period. Please feel welcome to reach out with any questions or inquiries.
(she/her/hers)
[email protected]
Services offered: postpartum doula care
I am thrilled to live among and serve families in the Upper Valley community as they navigate pregnancy, birth, and new parenthood. I believe in informed support for birth and postpartum and strive to build authentic relationships with my clients, allowing them to feel safe, cared for, and heard through our time together. I am trained through DONA International and am currently working toward full certification.
My work as a doula walks hand in hand with my goals to provide holistic and grounded care to families who are welcoming a new member. I currently offer full spectrum postpartum support. This support includes light housework, childcare for siblings, newborn care education and support, and breastfeeding education and support. I also offer placenta encapsulation services. I welcome families of all incomes by offering sliding scale or bartering and welcome single parents, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ families.
I would be honored to be welcomed into the fold of your life and support your transition into the postpartum period. Please feel welcome to reach out with any questions or inquiries.
Emma Lee
(she/her/hers)
https://www.emmaacupuncture.com/
Services offered: postpartum doula care, acupuncturist, herbalist, body worker
I am passionate about helping new mothers and their families adjust to parenting a newborn. As a mother of two and a healthcare practitioner of 25 years, I bring many skills to the table as a postpartum doula. I am also a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and bodyworker. I received my postpartum doula training at the Ayurvedic Center of Vermont and the care that I offer is grounded in the Eastern medical traditions of Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The rich history of these medicines offers important wisdom for new mothers, including the preparation of nourishing meals especially designed for postpartum, ancient techniques such as belly wrapping, and bodywork techniques to ensure that new mothers feel their best during this vulnerable and intense time. It is said that the first 42 days postpartum can influence the next 42 years of a woman's life, and I have seen and experienced this to be true in my life and in my work. I believe in working to shift our culture's attitudes toward motherhood and parenting. I envision a world in which mothers are valued and supported so that they can do the world's most precious work with grace and strength.
I offer free 15 minute phone consultations to see if we might be a good fit. Before your baby is born, it is a great idea to meet for a longer consultation so that we can best predict the needs of you and your family and plan for those. My website offers a great deal of information about me, my practice, and my process. Be in touch! I look forward to serving you with all the love, compassion, and commitment that I bring to all that I do.
(she/her/hers)
https://www.emmaacupuncture.com/
Services offered: postpartum doula care, acupuncturist, herbalist, body worker
I am passionate about helping new mothers and their families adjust to parenting a newborn. As a mother of two and a healthcare practitioner of 25 years, I bring many skills to the table as a postpartum doula. I am also a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and bodyworker. I received my postpartum doula training at the Ayurvedic Center of Vermont and the care that I offer is grounded in the Eastern medical traditions of Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The rich history of these medicines offers important wisdom for new mothers, including the preparation of nourishing meals especially designed for postpartum, ancient techniques such as belly wrapping, and bodywork techniques to ensure that new mothers feel their best during this vulnerable and intense time. It is said that the first 42 days postpartum can influence the next 42 years of a woman's life, and I have seen and experienced this to be true in my life and in my work. I believe in working to shift our culture's attitudes toward motherhood and parenting. I envision a world in which mothers are valued and supported so that they can do the world's most precious work with grace and strength.
I offer free 15 minute phone consultations to see if we might be a good fit. Before your baby is born, it is a great idea to meet for a longer consultation so that we can best predict the needs of you and your family and plan for those. My website offers a great deal of information about me, my practice, and my process. Be in touch! I look forward to serving you with all the love, compassion, and commitment that I bring to all that I do.
Iris Mok
[email protected]
(310)384-8272
Services offered: postpartum care, lactation stimulation and belly binding
My name is Iris Mok and I am a postpartum doula. I immigrated from Hong Kong to the US 30 years ago and I have been living with my husband and two daughters in West Lebanon since 1996. Swimming and yoga are my favorite hobbies and I adore working with children. My career began when I worked for School Administrative District #88 in Lebanon in the Beginning Preschool Program as a Paraprofessional & Chinese International Student Interpreter from 2001 to 2016.
After spending the past 10 years supporting many Chinese immigrants and Dartmouth College Chinese International students after they gave birth, I realized that postpartum support is desperately needed for new parents. After my daughters left for college and I became an empty nester, I traveled back to Hong Kong frequently to visit my relatives. While I was there, I noticed a huge demand for postpartum care and enrolled in the Postpartum Doula certification course. I decided to get certified and began my professional career as a postpartum doula. I also received my certifications in Lactation Stimulation, Herbal Healing Nutrition and Abdomen Binding, which are very beneficial for postpartum moms. After completing the certifications, I began my professional career with my first client in Los Angeles two years ago and returned to the Upper Valley in May 2020 to continue my journey as a postpartum doula.
I believe that with my wealth of knowledge, compassion, thoughtfulness, experience and care, I am able to wholeheartedly support all moms and their partners as they welcome their beautiful newborn babies into their lives.
[email protected]
(310)384-8272
Services offered: postpartum care, lactation stimulation and belly binding
My name is Iris Mok and I am a postpartum doula. I immigrated from Hong Kong to the US 30 years ago and I have been living with my husband and two daughters in West Lebanon since 1996. Swimming and yoga are my favorite hobbies and I adore working with children. My career began when I worked for School Administrative District #88 in Lebanon in the Beginning Preschool Program as a Paraprofessional & Chinese International Student Interpreter from 2001 to 2016.
After spending the past 10 years supporting many Chinese immigrants and Dartmouth College Chinese International students after they gave birth, I realized that postpartum support is desperately needed for new parents. After my daughters left for college and I became an empty nester, I traveled back to Hong Kong frequently to visit my relatives. While I was there, I noticed a huge demand for postpartum care and enrolled in the Postpartum Doula certification course. I decided to get certified and began my professional career as a postpartum doula. I also received my certifications in Lactation Stimulation, Herbal Healing Nutrition and Abdomen Binding, which are very beneficial for postpartum moms. After completing the certifications, I began my professional career with my first client in Los Angeles two years ago and returned to the Upper Valley in May 2020 to continue my journey as a postpartum doula.
I believe that with my wealth of knowledge, compassion, thoughtfulness, experience and care, I am able to wholeheartedly support all moms and their partners as they welcome their beautiful newborn babies into their lives.
Laura Pascoe
[email protected]
Services offered: Birth doula care
Laura is an experienced certified birth doula, childbirth educator and Evidence Based Birth Instructor. Laura is honored to provide evidence-based and compassionate services that are inclusive to all people. She is passionate about empowering expectant parents to trust their intuition and ensuring every birth giver feels cared for, respected, and heard. Laura enjoys connecting with people one-on-one, helping couples bond through the pregnancy and birth experience, and providing comfort and support in the postpartum period so families can thrive. She is also co-founder and former Director of the Doula Support Foundation, a Canadian-based nonprofit that increases access to doula services to low income families, and lead editor for the must-read book, An Anthology of Canadian Birth Stories: Inspiring Stories and Essential Guidance for Parents, Parents-to-be, and Healthcare Providers, published by Praeclarus Press and available on Amazon and at our local libraries. The book may focus on the Canadian context (where Laura used to live), but it is still a invaluable addition for expectant families and birth health providers in the Upper Valley!
Laura lives in the Upper Valley with her family (one partner, two kids, and three cats) and is thrilled to call this place home. In addition to doula and childbirth education work, Laura is an independent consultant providing expertise to communities, organizations, governments, and businesses on evidence-based solutions to prevent violence, advance gender equality, and improve health outcomes and wellbeing for all.
[email protected]
Services offered: Birth doula care
Laura is an experienced certified birth doula, childbirth educator and Evidence Based Birth Instructor. Laura is honored to provide evidence-based and compassionate services that are inclusive to all people. She is passionate about empowering expectant parents to trust their intuition and ensuring every birth giver feels cared for, respected, and heard. Laura enjoys connecting with people one-on-one, helping couples bond through the pregnancy and birth experience, and providing comfort and support in the postpartum period so families can thrive. She is also co-founder and former Director of the Doula Support Foundation, a Canadian-based nonprofit that increases access to doula services to low income families, and lead editor for the must-read book, An Anthology of Canadian Birth Stories: Inspiring Stories and Essential Guidance for Parents, Parents-to-be, and Healthcare Providers, published by Praeclarus Press and available on Amazon and at our local libraries. The book may focus on the Canadian context (where Laura used to live), but it is still a invaluable addition for expectant families and birth health providers in the Upper Valley!
Laura lives in the Upper Valley with her family (one partner, two kids, and three cats) and is thrilled to call this place home. In addition to doula and childbirth education work, Laura is an independent consultant providing expertise to communities, organizations, governments, and businesses on evidence-based solutions to prevent violence, advance gender equality, and improve health outcomes and wellbeing for all.
LifeTree Birth Care
Services offered: prenatal consults, birth doula care, childbirth classes, breastfeeding support
Mary Etna, and Kathy work as as team to provide compassionate, evidence-based care to families throughout the Upper Valley. Under LifeTree Birth Care's model of care, you will receive the personalized attention of the doula you hire, while the others are also supporting behind the scenes to ensure you get the best care. We embrace diversity, and welcome ALL people, including LGBTQIA and BIPOC individuals.
Services offered: prenatal consults, birth doula care, childbirth classes, breastfeeding support
Mary Etna, and Kathy work as as team to provide compassionate, evidence-based care to families throughout the Upper Valley. Under LifeTree Birth Care's model of care, you will receive the personalized attention of the doula you hire, while the others are also supporting behind the scenes to ensure you get the best care. We embrace diversity, and welcome ALL people, including LGBTQIA and BIPOC individuals.
Mary Etna Haac, MPH, PhD, CD(DONA), ICCE
(she/her) Childbirth Educator, Evidence Based Birth® Instructor [email protected] Mary Etna is the founder of LifeTree Birth Care, and works together with Kathy and Lucy to bring compassionate, knowledgeable perinatal care to families in the Upper Valley. Mary Etna is passionate about all things relating to reproductive 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
(she/her) Birth Doula Peregine Doula Services, contracting under LifeTree Birth Care [email protected] 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. |
Rebels of the Moon Doula Care
Katrina Alden (also goes by Alden)
[email protected]
Services offered: prenatal planning, birth doula care, postpartum doula care, miscarriage & abortion doula care, building ceremony together (mothers blessings, grievings or placenta burial)
I am a holistic fertility and birth practitioner, trained through the Aura Institute and DONA international. I hold a degree in developmental neuroscience and an EMT certification. I am a Hatha yoga instructor, Lomi massage therapist, and Ha breathwork teacher. I bring these modalities and skills to every birthing experience, and am deeply committed to supporting the human body and holding space during this life transition.
As a doula, my mission is to help you embrace your bodily autonomy and discover practices of radical self-love that support you during birth and beyond. Together, we will develop resilience through breathing techniques, somatic coaching, meditation, and holistic education. My goal is to surround you with compassion, advocate for your choices, and create a sense of belonging through the entire birth experience.
One of my most cherished offerings is a parent’s blessing ceremony, which brings the power of intention into the birth process. From your fertility journey onward, I provide support packages designed to enhance self-love and body care. Understanding that every family is unique, I strive to use inclusive language and promote awareness around gender, race, and class, creating a welcoming space for all family variations and identities.
To find out more please contact me at [email protected] or visit my website rebelsofthemoon.com
Katrina Alden (also goes by Alden)
[email protected]
Services offered: prenatal planning, birth doula care, postpartum doula care, miscarriage & abortion doula care, building ceremony together (mothers blessings, grievings or placenta burial)
I am a holistic fertility and birth practitioner, trained through the Aura Institute and DONA international. I hold a degree in developmental neuroscience and an EMT certification. I am a Hatha yoga instructor, Lomi massage therapist, and Ha breathwork teacher. I bring these modalities and skills to every birthing experience, and am deeply committed to supporting the human body and holding space during this life transition.
As a doula, my mission is to help you embrace your bodily autonomy and discover practices of radical self-love that support you during birth and beyond. Together, we will develop resilience through breathing techniques, somatic coaching, meditation, and holistic education. My goal is to surround you with compassion, advocate for your choices, and create a sense of belonging through the entire birth experience.
One of my most cherished offerings is a parent’s blessing ceremony, which brings the power of intention into the birth process. From your fertility journey onward, I provide support packages designed to enhance self-love and body care. Understanding that every family is unique, I strive to use inclusive language and promote awareness around gender, race, and class, creating a welcoming space for all family variations and identities.
To find out more please contact me at [email protected] or visit my website rebelsofthemoon.com
Sacred Openings
Kayla Brookins
[email protected]
215-279-2558
Services offered: birth doula care, postpartum doula care, peer lactation counseling
My name is Kayla, and I have been studying and preparing for birth work since 2017. While I initially wanted to work with birthing people as a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), after my first semester of nursing school, I knew the clinical route was not for me. I truly and deeply believe in physiologic birth: that your body knows how to birth, it was built to birth, that no one knows better than you how to birth your baby. My goal as your doula is to encourage you to listen and follow the guidance coming from within yourself and from your baby to have the most empowered birthing experience and introduction to parenthood possible. I feel deeply called to this work, and I would be honored to walk with you on your pregnancy and postpartum journeys.
I offer packages to support you through pregnancy and labor, the first month postpartum, and extended postpartum beyond the first forty days.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please reach out to schedule a free consultation.
Kayla Brookins
[email protected]
215-279-2558
Services offered: birth doula care, postpartum doula care, peer lactation counseling
My name is Kayla, and I have been studying and preparing for birth work since 2017. While I initially wanted to work with birthing people as a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), after my first semester of nursing school, I knew the clinical route was not for me. I truly and deeply believe in physiologic birth: that your body knows how to birth, it was built to birth, that no one knows better than you how to birth your baby. My goal as your doula is to encourage you to listen and follow the guidance coming from within yourself and from your baby to have the most empowered birthing experience and introduction to parenthood possible. I feel deeply called to this work, and I would be honored to walk with you on your pregnancy and postpartum journeys.
I offer packages to support you through pregnancy and labor, the first month postpartum, and extended postpartum beyond the first forty days.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please reach out to schedule a free consultation.
Trillium Birth, LLC
Zoë Newmarco
(she/her)
[email protected]
Services offered: birth doula services
Zoë (she/her) is a trained birth doula through DONA International, and is currently working towards full certification. She has been passionate about birth, caring for newborns, and supporting new parents for as long as she can remember, and is excited to finally be diving into birthwork—something that has called to her for years.
Bringing a gentle enthusiasm to her work, Zoë enjoys helping people access evidence-based information about childbirth and parenting, to help them make informed decisions that are right for them. She resolutely believes that there is no one right way to give birth, and is here to support parents in making the choices that are right for them.
She works with parents giving birth in the hospital, at home, or at independent birthing centers, and welcomes working with parents with low income, LGBTQIA+ parents, and single parents.
Zoë Newmarco
(she/her)
[email protected]
Services offered: birth doula services
Zoë (she/her) is a trained birth doula through DONA International, and is currently working towards full certification. She has been passionate about birth, caring for newborns, and supporting new parents for as long as she can remember, and is excited to finally be diving into birthwork—something that has called to her for years.
Bringing a gentle enthusiasm to her work, Zoë enjoys helping people access evidence-based information about childbirth and parenting, to help them make informed decisions that are right for them. She resolutely believes that there is no one right way to give birth, and is here to support parents in making the choices that are right for them.
She works with parents giving birth in the hospital, at home, or at independent birthing centers, and welcomes working with parents with low income, LGBTQIA+ parents, and single parents.
Are you a trained doula serving the Upper Valley of VT/NH? Please contact me about adding your bio to this page.