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Katie

Katie Bachand

Services

  • Areas Served: Tacoma to North of Seattle and the Eastside
  • Attend Hospital Births: Yes
  • Attend Birth Center Births: Yes
  • Attend Home Births: Yes
  • Years of Experience: 15
  • Languages: English and the language of birth. I have worked with many women that do not speak English. Sometimes I have had an interpreter and sometimes not. I feel I can help a woman whether we speak the same verbal language or not. Birth is a universal language
  • Fee: $800+

Biography

I have been involved with birthing since 1983 with the birth of my first son. I was a Labor Coach from 1983-1986, helping 100+ women through labor and delivery. Then I took some years off to raise my five children. I maintained touch in the delivery room and at home births while attending and coaching my friends who were having babies. When my youngest daughter turned 12, I made the transition back into the world of birthing and took the Labor Support Course at Seattle Midwifery School.

My passion is women mentoring women. In everything I do, I try to pass my experience on to others. So if I am making jam, helping a woman birth her baby, creating a henna design, making soap, or working on relationships, I'm always trying to learn, and pass on what I have learned. I believe we all have something to give and something to receive, and in that process we can make this a better world. I believe women can work together in cooperation and comradery instead of competition and cat fighting. We need each other.

I'm a Christian and am very spiritual, but not at all religious. My faith has an impact on everything I do and influences the choices I make each day.

I am a breast cancer survivor. In 1999, I was treated for two types of breast cancer. I truly believe everyday I live, I experience the gift of life. In January of 2009, I found a new lump which was cancerous. I am currently undergoing treatment for this.

I live in Kent, WA and work primarily in South King County, Seattle, and the Eastside, but am willing to travel depending on your circumstances.

Please look at my website for more information, www.katiebachand.com

Birth Doula Certifications

  • PALS Doulas and DONA

Formal Training

  • Trained in Visalia, CA, by Dr. Harlan Ellis who wrote the revision to Grantly Dick-Read\'s book Childbirth Without Fear. ~ 1983
  • Seattle Midwifery School Labor Support Course ~ 2006 & 2008

Continuing Education

  • Epidural Realities ~ March 2007
  • New Trends in OB Anesthesia ~ March 2007
  • Supporting the Woman with an Epidural ~ March 2007
  • Labor Pain Medications & Breastfeeding: Impact & Interventions ~ March 2007
  • TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) Unit Training ~ November 2007
  • Advocating for your Client ~ November 2007
  • Acupressure for Doulas ~ November 2007
  • When Survivors Give Birth, Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women ~ January 2008
  • More than Coming Out of Birth Alive ~ January 2008
  • When a Baby Dies: Providing Support to the Grieving Family and Caring for Yourself ~ March 2008
  • Exploring the Forces Behind the Cesarean Epidemic ~ April 2008
  • Rising Cesarean Rates: Clinical Influences; Risks to Mother and Baby ~ April 2008
  • Cesarean Trends: Economic, Legal, and Political Factors ~ April 2008
  • Cesarean: The Personal Impact ~ April 2008
  • Education on Cesarean Birth: Finding the Right Perspective ~ April 2008
  • Rebozo work for labor ~ September 2008
  • Placenta Preparation ~ October 2008

Experience or Specialized Training

  • PALS Doulas Board Member, Mentored Pathway Coordinator ~ 2006 to present

Other

  • Placenta preparation and encapsulation, http://www.katiebachand.com/Placentas.html
  • Placenta Prints, http://www.flickr.com/photos/30095191@N00/sets/72157607622563387/detail/
  • Pregnancy Henna, http://www.flickr.com/photos/30095191@N00/2599584146/in/set-72157605744995917/
  • Henna Body Art, http://www.katiebachand.com/Henna.html

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