Welcome!

Thanks for visiting, and for considering a doula to support you through this rewarding and challenging time. BirthRoot provides pregnancy, birth, and postpartum support to mothers and families in the Portland, Oregon area. I believe that helping families in this formative and transformative time gives them strong roots to grow a healthy family.

I am a trained birth and postpartum doula through DONA International, and serve a variety of families with a range of needs, including those planning natural or medicated births, having multiples, preterm labor, or VBACs. Births and families are all unique, but no matter what yours looks like, doula support is of great value. Learn more about what doulas do.

I work with families that live in the Portland and Vancouver metropolitain areas, and birth in a range of settings--from home to hospital to birth center. Your priorities and desires for birth and postpartum are unique, and I have skills and experience to assist you in a variey of ways and situations. Learn more about me and my services. Or hear what clients have to say.

"My goal as a doula is to support a woman in finding her own strenths and wisdom. I enhance, encourage, and complement the abilities of mothers and their partners--and help them feel more calm and confident. I so doing, I assist in creating a supportive birth environment, giving parents and babies a strong start as they embark on their out-of-womb experience together."