Alexis joined Birthways in August 2022. While new and fresh to the Birthways community she is not new to Chicago. After moving from her hometown of Washington, D.C. to study Cultural Studies at Columbia College Chicago, she decided to stay ...

Amber is a certified full-spectrum doula, supporting families during prenatal, labor and postpartum times. She is committed to creating a supportive environment for all her clients and their families. Amber understands pregnancy may be stressful, therefore it is her personal ...

Brandi Gowder is a birth worker and owner of Smiley Bee Love. She is Certified with the National Black Doula Association and trained in Fertility, Birth, and Postpartum birth work. She also does placenta encapsulation! Before she began her business ...

Brit joined Birthways in 2014 as a Labor Support Doula and Perinatal/Lactation Educator bringing years of experience and love for learning to this work! Brit’s interest in women’s health and perinatal studies began as part of her Bachelors in Applied ...

Janina is a certified full-spectrum doula, including labor support and postpartum care. She is a certified Community Breastfeeding Educator and in her 5th year as a Midwifery student, Janina is a wife of 17 years, a mother to 9 children ...

Leah Lemelin joined Birthways in 2016 as a labor support and postpartum doula. As a mother of two, Leah has a great appreciation for the care she received on her personal journey in pregnancy and parenting, as well as an ...

Megan Trinter joined Birthways in 2003 and offers Labor Support and Private Education, as well as occasional Postpartum care. She has provided care to infants and older children and their families since 1999 and is a mother herself. After graduating ...

Noshaba (they/she) is an experienced trauma-informed, healing- centered, and evidence-based fertility, birth, and postpartum doula. She has over fifteen years of experience providing trauma-informed, client-centered, queer and trans affirming direct services, advocacy, and education in various public health settings. A ...