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I'm so grateful that you are here.

I'm Danielle. Mother, Certified Full Spectrum Doula, and founder of Sacred Journey Doulas. I uncovered my calling and passion for birthkeeping and holding space for families after welcoming my second baby. Both of my children took days on days to bring earthside, and my biggest regret to this day is not reaching out for Doula support. My partner and I made an incredible team, but as I have journeyed through my work within the birth space, I have come to understand how crucial Doula care is versus that of your partner, or any family member. Our roles are vastly different. Doulas hold space in an entirely different way. We meet you where you are at- providing emotional, physical, informational, and spiritual support.

Through my education, hands-on experience, and learning self-care on an entirely new level, I have found the ability to drop every single judgement and opinion at the door before entering into your space. Our journey together is about you, and meeting you where you are at in the moment, while creating a safe, empowering, and joyful experience.

Engaging a Doula through pregnancy and the tender early months of postpartum - for the first or subsequent time, means that you don't have to navigate by yourself. As a certified Birth Professional, I provide mindful support through ongoing education, experience, curiosity, and compassion to ensure that you feel ready, safe and well supported to bring an amazing new life into the world. I work hand in hand with your care team, and approach this relationship in a calm and respectful way. During our time together, consider me your personal guide and trusted resource for all things surrounding birth, and postpartum healing and recovery. I will empower you to trust in your body; to believe that you can have any birth experience you crave . It is completely your choice as to how you give birth to your baby. It is my role to support you through any decision, providing evidence based information through challenging moments, and remain by your side throughout.

I still cry every time a baby is born. It’s new, every time. My current mission is for anyone to be able to walk into our space and breastfeed and cry and not be asked a million questions. To be seen, heard, and feel deeply nourished and supported.

You're about to embark on a very important journey. It would be an honor to walk alongside you.

WHAT EXACTLY IS A FULL SPECTRUM DOULA?

In the context of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period, a Doula refers to a trained support person who provides physical, emotional, and informational support to pregnant people, birth parents, and their families. A Full Spectrum Doula is a support person who recognizes that pregnancy, birth, and postpartum can have many different outcomes. In a nutshell, we provide support to people during the full spectrum of pregnancy and beyond. From pre-conception to abortions, miscarriages, stillbirths, adoptions, births, the postpartum period, and everything in between, we are there to support and hold space for you.

The Benefits of Doula Support

 

Benefits of Having a Birth Doula:

World wide studies consistently demonstrate the undeniable benefits of having Doula support, through birth and into the early postpartum months.

Ongoing research indicates:

  • Fewer caesarean births

  • Reduction in use of pain medication

  • Reduction in the length of labor

  • Overall need for intervention is reduced resulting in more positive birth outcomes

  • Parents feel more confident and relaxed with the presence of a Doula

50% Decrease in cesarean deliveries
25% Decrease in the length of labor
60% Decrease in use of epidurals
30% Decrease in use of pain medication

Source: Klaus, Kennel & Klaus (2002)

Benefits of having a Postpartum Doula:

This level of support provided by the Doula during birth continues in the postpartum chapter.

Parents who have Doula support experience less anxiety and less depression at 6 weeks postpartum. A Postpartum Doula assists in creating a relaxed environment providing emotional and hands on support during the transition time into new parenthood.

 
 
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Client Testimonials

“My husband and I had a wonderful experience with Danielle! We primarily chose to work with Danielle because she is incredibly warm/good natured, and easy to talk to. We felt birth was such a personal event in our lives, we wanted to make sure we felt most comfortable with who we knew would be on our support team. Her calming and warm presence really makes a difference, and she is also extremely competent in addition to just being a calming presence! We felt like we were in really good hands. We also really appreciated how much time she spent with us prior to the birth. Danielle took her time listening and talking with us, and we never felt rushed during our phone calls or visits. Danielle was really helpful about preparing us for newborn care as well. We hired her again for some postpartum support with our baby, and we’re glad we did. We did not have the energy to find someone we trusted with our baby, so we were very relieved that our birth doula could also help us postpartum! It was such a relief to already be in touch with her from our birth, so we could continue our relationship and afterwards. Hiring a doula and working with Danielle is something we would definitely recommend to others.”

–Laura & Brian, 2020

“Our sweet Doula Danielle has been the most wonderful support and friend during the most vulnerable and best time of my life. If you are a mom or about to become a mom, I could not recommend her enough- she very much feels apart of our family. Sleep is a magical thing when you’re a parent and probably the best gift you could give yourself and she’s been able to give us that, we are so grateful.”

–Jenny and Zack, 2020

“Danielle is a breath of fresh air! She provided us support during the most challenging chapter of our lives---after the arrival of our son. We had pictured a seamless transition from a 2 person family to our new family of 3 but the transition was far from what we pictured. Sleepless nights with a colicky baby took all our energy until we met Danielle. Not only was she able to give us the physical rest we needed while watching our son overnight, every night that she arrived her presence brought an immediate calm and energy to our house. She was helpful in uplifting my baby blues and took the time to stay and chat with us each night. She truly became a part of our family! Our son is now sleeping through the night in his own crib and we can't thank Danielle enough for her help in making this happen. Our pup still waits at the front door hoping to see Danielle come at night!”

–Nassim and Andrew, 2019

“Having Danielle be a part of my pregnancy and birth gave me so much comfort & peace. It was my first pregnancy and there was so much unknown, Danielle was always there to answer any questions or concerns I had. She was such a great presence to have during my labor & delivery and I couldn’t have imagined it without her! She’s an amazing Doula!”

–Brittany and Chase, 2018

“I have no words to thank Danielle for all of her help, care and kindness during my pregnancy, delivery and post-delivery. She was absolutely amazing sharing information, finding our needs and facilitating the communication between us and the care team. Strongly recommend!”

–Alessandra and Thiago, 2017

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