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AMANDA ABICHAR experience, while working with your JENN CALLAHAN birth team to help create the best Accepts private Accepts private health outcomes for birthing person clients clients; also and baby. I provide virtual bereavement Background/ services, and . Credentials: DONA Background/ Phone: 515-250-7103 Certified Birth Doula, Bachelor of Credentials: Manager of Email: [email protected] Science Degree in Kinesiology and Education and Doula Services; Count Health, ACSM Certified Exercise the Kicks Medical Advisory Board; Physiologist, Prenatal and Postpartum RHILEY BINNS bachelor’s in Family and Consumer Exercise Specialist, CPR Certification, Sciences and Health Education; Professional Member of Evidence Accepts private clients master’s in Educational Policy and Based Birth, working toward ICEA Background/Credentials: DONA Leadership Studies; ICEA certified certification for Professional Childbirth certification; BA in Biology; CPR professional childbirth educator; ICEA Educator, Founder and President of certified (pediatric and adult) certified professional doula; Empower Birth Collective. Maternal/Child Health Specialist; Areas of expertise: Emotional, ICEA Director of Education; Outpatient Areas of Expertise: Providing physical, and evidence-based Champion emotional, physical, and educational informational support for birthing Certification; ICEA International support during , birth, and person and partner; comfort Approved Doula Trainer, postpartum postpartum. I give evidence based measures including massage, birth doula training information to help birthing person and positions, breathing/relaxation Areas of expertise: Areas of expertise: partner make informed choices for their techniques, and rebozo; birth childbirth education, aromatherapy, care in order to create the birth photography hydrotherapy, Hypnobirthing experience they desire. I support Phone: 515-218-2482 terminology, prenatal education, medicated and non-medicated births, Email: [email protected] post-partum care, working with by providing comfort measures such as younger and older mothers, high-risk massage, breathing techniques, labor , medicated and non- positions (spinning babies), medicated births while incorporating counterpressure, rebozo, water therapy skilled comfort measures, child and more. I support home and hospital development education, , births, LGBTQIA, VBAC, cesareans, vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), multiple births, and . My goal birth photography, perinatal hospice is to help all birthing persons, and and bereavement, outpatient partners have an enjoyable birth breastfeeding education, infertility, IVF To contact Jenn with questions about doulas, please call 515-358-5060 or email jcallahan@ mercydesmoines.org.

Des Moines Medical Center 515-358-5060 1111 6th Ave., Des Moines MercyOne.org/desmoines 2/21 BABY-DOU-6883 JULIE CRAVEN encouragement to reach desired ANNA HINES birth plan goals. I believe every Accepts private clients No private clients; mother deserves someone in her also bereavement Background/Credentials: I am a corner supporting her through one of retired RN with more than 40 years of the most sacred times in her life. Background/ experience in all areas of Maternal/ Credentials: RN, Phone: 641-203-3260 Child Nursing as well as teaching BSHA, MPH; ICEA certified birth doula Email: [email protected] Creighton Model FertilityCare/ Areas of expertise: I am an older NaProTechnology for 33 years. volunteer doula with 20 years labor Working towards ICEA Birth Doula TAMELA HATCHER and delivery experience as a registered Certification. No private clients; nurse. My philosophy for labor is this Areas of expertise: My husband and also bereavement “you can anticipate discomfort and I are the parents of five adult children Background/ pain but you choose to suffer”. Please (one with Down Syndrome). It would Credentials: Masters let me help you not to suffer but to birth be my privilege to help you with the in Education with a published your baby using techniques from my birth of your child. I especially research study on the impact of doula bag. I am a huge believer in welcome families with special needs doulas and improved birth outcomes, message techniques, activity during babies, preemies, and any family International public speaker and labor, support from loved ones and who wants to have a great birthing birthing education workshop water massage using jets from the experience. facilitator. Retired coordinator of bathtub. I will support you through this Email: [email protected] Childbirth Education and Doula very special event. Services. Certified through Lamaze International (LCCE) and the CAROLYN ISRAEL SYDNEA EMBRY International Childbirth Education Accepts private clients Association (ICCA). Served as the No private clients ICEA Director of Education (2016- Background/Credentials: I am a Background/Credentials: working 2018). highschool graduate with Junior level towards ICEA birth doula certification college experience. I’ve completed Areas of expertise: I believe in caring for others by creating a warm, my doula training with Rae Davies, DANETTE KOBOLT who is DONA certified. I am in the culturally sensitive, family-centered process of becoming DONA certified birth environment. With birthing Accepts private clients as well. In addition to being a doula, I experience and influences from Background/Credentials: Trained am also an ABA behavioral therapist around the globe, I work with you to birth doula, actively working toward and a former Massage Therapist. bring excitement and pleasure to this ICEA Doula Certification life changing time. Transforming your Areas of Expertise: Birth Doula, space to look and smell amazing by Areas of Expertise: Currently, I work Prenatal massage. incorporating candles and full-time in the insurance industry. I Email: [email protected] aromatherapy is just one of the small love being a support to mamas and things I can do. I have had the honor their families so I feel extremely blessed and privilege of supporting busy to be a part of this journey. MISH HALL families, single families, and working Phone: 515-238-9633 Accepts private clients couples. I also provide specialized Email: [email protected] medical related support for those Background/Credentials: Working with unexpected outcomes or specific towards DONA birth doula conditions, such high-risk births and certification, basic breastfeeding perinatal hospice birth. support, CPR certified, mother of 4 with a passion to serve and support mamas in all types of labor Areas of Expertise: My heart is to Patients who are in active labor can request a doula from their serve families and offer physical and nurse. Doulas are received on a first-come, first-served basis at no emotional support during labor with additional cost. Not knowing demand, there will not be a guarantee the use of positioning, massage, essential oils, breathing/relaxation of no-cost doula services; however, if you would like to guarantee a techniques, rebozo, and positive doula, you may contract with a doula and pay out of pocket. PAM MORRISON HEATHER ROUSH time to learn and it is my pleasure to teach mothers (and their support Accepts private clients Accepts private clients partner) in the areas of labor, birth, Background/Credentials: I am a Background/Credentials: Working breastfeeding, postpartum and retired RN with 25 years of experience towards Birth Doula certification with beyond! in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit DONA International; Bachelor of Phone: 515-442-6561 (NICU). Babies and childbirth are my Liberal Arts Degree, Infant Care and Email: [email protected] passion. I will help you put together a Breastfeeding Training birth plan with your preferences as our Areas of expertise: Medicated and guide then advocate for you to follow non-medicated births, VBAC, birthing SAMANTHA WOOLMAN the plan as much as possible. at home, , relaxation for Accepts private clients labor techniques, aromatherapy, Credentials/Background: Certified Areas of Expertise: We will use my , breastfeeding, knowledge of labor and delivery Nursing Assistant (CNA), BLS and CPR postpartum counseling and infant certified, Patient Care Technician positions to maximize the labor process. massage. I am also able to help decrease pain (PCT), Professional birth doula naturally by the use of lighting, Phone: 515-865-5565 Phone: 515-321-9880 aromatherapy, positioning, Email: [email protected] Email: Samantha.woolman1@gmail. hydrotherapy, and massage. This is com such a special time for you and your JULIE SPARKS family and I would be honored to help you through this miracle of birth. No private clients JO WESSELMANN Phone: 515-205-9611 Background/ Accepts private clients Email: [email protected] Credentials: active during summer doula working toward Background/Credentials: BA in ICEA certification Education from University of Northern AMANDA PUDERBAUGH Areas of expertise: physical comfort Iowa. Veteran teacher with Accepts private clients and emotional support for mother experience teaching/coaching all ages during summer (and partner) during labor and of students from Preschool to Post Background/Credentials: Bachelor of delivery; passionate about helping Secondary. ICEA Certified Professional Liberal Arts in Elementary Education; mothers from all walks of life navigate Childbirth Educator at MercyOne since working toward ICEA birth doula this milestone event and experience 2017, teaching Prenatal series, Sibling, certification. the best birth possible. Grandparent, Multiples, and Fast Track Phone: 515-710-4185 classes. Attended ICEA Doula course Areas of expertise: Because every toward becoming a certified Doula. birth and every mama is different, my American Red Cross certified in First goal as a doula is to help you find TAMMY SPENCER Aid and CPR training. what works for you and your unique Accepts private clients body through each stage of your labor, Areas of Expertise: It is my wish to delivery and . Background/Credentials: ICEA help moms throughout their laboring Trained in the use of massage, Certified Birth Doula; volunteered at a and delivery process by providing essential oils, movement, positioning crisis pregnancy center; received an physical, mental, and emotional and visualization. Interested in birth in Associate of Arts degree with an support. I have knowledge and teach a variety of settings. emphasis on counselling. Having how to use comfort measures experienced hospital and homebirths (aromatherapy, massage, lighting, Phone: 515-205-3022 with our eight children, “motherhood” sound, hydrotherapy, breathing Email: [email protected] has granted me a wealth of techniques, etc.,) along with helping knowledge and experience. partner to support the mother. I encourage the use of a variety of Areas of expertise: I have learned to positions and movement for both hone my skill of being sensitive to the medicated and nonmedicated births. emotional and physical needs of a Every mom, pregnancy, and labor are mother during labor and delivery. unique; it is my purpose as your doula This entails using a variety of positive to support parents on an incredible life laboring and birth positions while journey and to the ultimate goal of a enhancing what a woman’s body is healthy baby and healthy mom. designed to do with massage and hydrotherapy. Birth is an optimum Phone Number: 515-494-3541 Email: [email protected] Bereavement doulas

Jenn Callahan Anna Hines Tamela Hatcher Background/ Background/ Background/ Credentials: Manager Credentials: RN, BSHA, credentials: Masters in of Childbirth Education MPH; ICEA certified Education with a and Doula Services; birth doula published research Count the Kicks Medical Advisory Areas of expertise: I am an older study on the impact of doulas and Board; bachelor’s in Family and volunteer doula with 20 years labor improved birth outcomes, International Consumer Sciences and Health and delivery experience as a public speaker and birthing education Education; master’s in Educational registered nurse. My philosophy for workshop facilitator. Retired Policy and Leadership Studies; ICEA labor is this “you can anticipate coordinator of Childbirth Education certified professional childbirth discomfort and pain but you choose and Doula Services. Certified through educator; ICEA certified professional to suffer”. Please let me help you not Lamaze International (LCCE) and the doula; Maternal/Child Health to suffer but to birth your baby using International Childbirth Education Specialist; ICEA Director of Education; techniques from my doula bag. I am a Association (ICCA). Served as the ICEA Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion huge believer in message techniques, Director of Education (2016-2018). Certification; ICEA International activity during labor, support from Areas of expertise: I believe in caring Approved Doula Trainer, postpartum loved ones and water massage using for others by creating a warm, doula training jets from the bathtub. I will support culturally sensitive, family-centered Areas of expertise: childbirth you through this very special event. birth environment. With birthing education, aromatherapy, experience and influences from hydrotherapy, Hypnobirthing around the globe, I work with you to terminology, prenatal education, bring excitement and pleasure to this post-partum care, working with life changing time. Transforming your younger and older mothers, high-risk space to look and smell amazing by pregnancies, medicated and non- incorporating candles and medicated births while incorporating aromatherapy is just one of the small skilled comfort measures, child things I can do. I have had the honor development education, home birth, and privilege of supporting busy vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), families, single families, and working birth photography, perinatal hospice couples. I also provide specialized and bereavement, outpatient medical related support for those with breastfeeding education, infertility, IVF unexpected outcomes or specific To contact Jenn with questions conditions, such high-risk births and about doulas, please call perinatal hospice birth. 515-358-5060 or email jcallahan@ mercydesmoines. org.

Des Moines Medical Center 515-358-5060 1111 6th Ave., Des Moines MercyOne.org/desmoines 2/21 BABY-DOU-6883