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PALS Doula

Rebecca Shepherd

Rebecca Shepherd

Services

  • Areas Served: Greater Seattle and area suburbs- north, south, and eastside
  • Attend Hospital Births: Yes
  • Attend Birth Center Births: Yes
  • Attend Home Births: Yes
  • Years of Experience: 4
  • Languages: English, Italian, some Spanish
  • Fee: $1500

Biography

When birth takes place within a safe, supported, compassionate environment, we set the stage for new life to receive the abundance of love s/he deserves at first breath. I provide women and families with support in having the birth they envision, in whatever form that may be. There are many options in the choices you’ll make surrounding your birth experience, and my heartfelt intention as your doula is to support you in your vision.

Each woman’s desires and experiences are different. I have attended births in homes and hospitals, water births, VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean), natural, medicated, and cesarean births, and attended survivors of sexual abuse, miscarriage, and previous birth trauma.

How we are born matters. The way in which a woman is treated while giving birth remains with her in profound clarity the rest of her life; in this same way, how we are brought into the world has the power to shape our first impressions of living.

On your journey toward your own unique experience, I look forward to the opportunity to support you in your pregnancy and birth!

Birth Doula Certifications

  • Certified Birth Doula, DONA
  • Certified Birth Doula, PALS
  • Birthing From Within Childbirth Educator, Big Belly Services

Formal Training

  • DONA (Doulas of North America), PALS (Pacific Association for Labor Support), Birthing From Within Mentor Training

Education

  • B.F.A., New York University

Continuing Education

  • ๏ B.F.A., New York University
  • ๏ DONA (Doulas of North America) Member, Certified Doula
  • ๏ PALS (Pacific Association for Labor Support) Member, Certified Doula
  • ๏ Newbornbreath: Midwifery Management of Neonatal Resuscitation
  • ๏ Certified in Neonatal Resuscitation, American Heart Association (NRP), 2010
  • ๏ Labor Support Training, Big Belly Services
  • ๏ Birth in the Home Series, Penny Simkin
  • ๏ Birthing From Within Childbirth Series, Carrie Kenner
  • ๏ Annual Northwest Doula Conference
  • ๏ Annual REACHE (Regional Association of Childbirth Educators of Puget Sound) Conference
  • ๏ Placenta Preparation Workshop, Carrie Kenner
  • ๏ Advancing Sacred Birth Practices: A Red Tent Gathering, Breitenbush, Oregon
  • ๏ Great Starts Breastfeeding Basics for Doulas
  • ๏ American Red Cross Adult and Infant CPR, 2010
  • ๏ Birthing From Within: The Art of Childbirth, Teaching Parents a Holistic Preparation for Birth
  • ๏ The Domestic Doula, Supporting the Out of Hospital Birth Experience
  • ๏ Birth and Beyond/Seattle Public Health: Breastfeeding Help Beyond the Hospital Stay
  • ๏ The Business of Being a Doula, PALS Advanced Doula Training
  • ๏ Sex and Pregnancy, Babeland Seattle
  • ๏ Representative speaker, “The Perinatal Care Project: A Multi-Disciplinary Woman-Centered Panel”, University of Washington
  • ๏ Childbirth Educator, Birthing From Within, Big Belly Services
  • ๏ “Politics, Boundaries, and Change”, PALS Advanced Doula Training
  • ๏ Instructor, DONA International Doula Training with Carrie Kenner - Rome, Italy, June 2011

Experience or Specialized Training

  • Certified in Neonatal Resuscitation - American Heart Association (NRP) 2010, Placenta Encapsulation, Placenta Homeopathic Preparation, VBAC, Home Birth, Hospital Birth (Medicated and Unmedicated), Water Birth, Homeless Youth, Single Parents, Stillbirth, Survivors of Sexual Trauma, Miscarriage, and Previous Birth Trauma

Other

  • Instructor, YWCA Young Parent's Program (Breastfeeding and Nutrition), Volunteer Doula Services, Birthing From Within Childbirth Educator (to learn more about our current class offerings please visit www.bigbellyservices.com)

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