Links
- Find a Doula
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- PALS Certified Referral Doulas
- Postpartum Doulas
- Why Choose a PALS Doula?
Upcoming Events
- Mon 2/6/2012: Monthly Membership Meeting
- Fri 2/24/2012: Politics, Boundaries and Change
- Sat 2/25/2012: Politics, Boundaries and Change
- Thu 3/1/2012: PALS Movie Night
- Wed 4/11/2012: PALS Movie Night
PALS Doula
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Shawnette Fox
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Services
- Areas Served: Seattle to North Bend, and Bothell to Tacoma
- Attend Hospital Births: Yes
- Attend Birth Center Births: Yes
- Attend Home Births: Yes
- Years of Experience: 4
- Languages: English
- Fee: $700-1000
Biography
When asked how long I've been a doula, I usually answer "All my life." I have always been passionate about birth, and when I first discovered the doula profession 9 years ago it wasn't a choice to join it. It was a necessity. Over the next 5 yrs I built my knowledge base (I MIGHT be a bit of a research fanatic) as I began having my own children, and when the time was right I began my official training. I have now been a certified doula for 3 years, attending births part-time as I find mothers that need what I have. During those three years I took several months off to birth and enjoy my last child, and since then I have relished rediscovering the joy of sharing another woman's experience-helping to hold that sacred space, to walk with her through the challenges of labor and to welcome her as she emerges on the other side, a mother.
While I am always a doula, I am also always a mother, a teacher, and a wife. While I may someday return to a high school classroom, I currently satisfy my teaching itch at our homeschool co-op. I may also someday persue becoming a midwife-or an astronaut. Or a professional chef in a food truck. Limitless possibilities-everyone deserves them.
Birth Doula Certifications
- PALS Doulas
Formal Training
- Labor Support Course, March 2010
- Rebozo for Birth
- Breastfeeding for Doulas
- TENS (Transcutaneous Electronic Nerve Stimulation)
Education
- BA English, WSU, 2000
Experience or Specialized Training
- Cesarean Birth
- Placental Abnormalities
- Uterine Abnormalities
- Induction, pre and post dates
- Home birth
- Birth Center birth
- Hospital birth, with OB/GYN, CNM, Family Practice MD and Resident OB More Oxytocin, Please (seminar on natural chemical processes in laborand birth)
- CPS involvement
- Teen mothers
- Mothers who are non-native speakers of English
- Water Birth
- Intervention-free birth
- Intervention-full birth
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