In
2003, I trained as a birth doula with Joyce Kimball of Worcester, MA, a DONA-certified
doula and midwife. I'm a board member of the Green
River Doula Network, an association of doulas in the Pioneer Valley and
western Massachusetts.
In 2004, I completed a 12-month intensive midwifery studies program with the WomanCraft Midwifery Education Program. I'm continuing my studies on the road to becoming a homebirth midwife some day.
My only child, Julia, was born in July 2001. I had a wonderful, drug-free birth at the Community Childbearing Institute, a freestanding birth center in San Francisco, attended by a certified nurse-midwife and two apprentice midwives. My husband, Drew, and a close friend were also in attendance. I felt like Superwoman! Julia is now a happy homeschooled kindergartner, and her stay-at-home dad takes care of her while I'm with my clients.
I've also been a Web designer since 1997, and my other interests include Waldorf-style dollmaking and other handcrafts; travel, especially to Disney World; and voracious reading.