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PALS Doula

Shawnette

Shawnette Fox

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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