About Joyful Moments Birth

Joyful Moments Birth was founded several years ago when I was searching for a name for my birth business. I believe that every birthing person should have an empowering, birthing experience, whenever possible, and that even in life's darkest or most fear-filled times, we can look back and find joy in the experiences. Sometimes that joy is bittersweet or hard to find, but it is there, and I aim to help parents find empowerment and joy in birth. 

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I trained as a Doula through a DONA International approved training course in May 2012, and again in May 2018.  I am certified as a Birth Doula with DONA International, a Birth and Bereavement Doula with Stillbirthday, and I am also a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, as well as a trained Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypno Doula. 

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My passion for birth was ignited in 2009 when I was present during my older sisters labor with my nephew. At that time I wasn't in a position to pursue further birth education, but a move to Manitoba in 2012 allowed for me to start training as a doula.

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Since taking the course in 2012 I have been a doula during many births of all kinds - all natural, drug-free births, epidural and medicated births, births that started naturally and those that were induced; short labors  and marathons, high and low risk. Vbacs, and those that have ended with a caesarean birth. Each birth was a special, joyful moment that I felt privileged to be a part of. I have had the privilege of working with many wonderful doulas in Manitoba, and am excited to start building relationships with birth workers in Ontario. 

In the 8 years since starting work in the birth world, I have birthed three of my own children. I was able to achieve my goal of an all natural birth with a midwife and my partner present for the birth of my son, and a midwife and a doula for the birth of my daughter, as my spouse was deployed at that time. And our third child was born at home. We had a midwife, but he came just before she got to our house! These three very different birth experiences of my own allow me to provide even better support and empathy to clients!

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Recently, a move to Kingston, Ontario has opened a whole new region of opportunities in birth work for me to explore, and I look forward to serving the families of Kingston & area!

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