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 ...

Trini’s doula work is about creating a safe and supportive environment where birthing people and their partners feel seen, heard, and valued. It's about advocating for their rights and providing care that is rooted in respect, compassion, and cultural humility. ...

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 as a certified doula. Brit’s interest in women’s health and perinatal studies began as part of ...

Carly Ann has been a doula for five years and attending over 50 births. Before she was a doula she worked in social justice education with teenagers. She began feeling dissatisfied with just talking shop about injustice, and found that ...

Chanel was a doula even before it had a name in her world. She loves what she does meeting so many families with many different backgrounds, learning from each one! Intuitively knowing what steps she needed to take to begin ...

Daisy is a holistic birth and postpartum doula, trained in Advanced Labor Support, Peer Lactation Support and Childbirth Education. She is currently pursuing her Associate's Degree in Midwifery from the Midwest Maternal Health Institute and expects to complete the program ...

Diana Sullivan joined Birthways in 2016 as a postpartum doula with a passion for supporting new families. She brings great care and professionalism to this work, as she earned her child development associate certification and is currently in the process ...

Harmony joined Birthways in 2021 as a Postpartum, Labor Support, and Sibling Care Doula, and is certified as a full-spectrum birth justice doula. Her passion, knowledge, and warmth are evident in her commitment to continuing to learn and grow in ...

Ilana joined the Birthways Lactation Team in 2017. Ilana’s personal experiences, passion, and training have united her role as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She also maintains an active status as a Registered Nurse. Ilana looks forward to ...

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 ...

Jeanine attended a Birthways training in 2001 and after a hiatus filled with great opportunities in her music career, returned to Birthways in 2014 as a postpartum doula. Focusing on daytime support, Jeanine brings a strong foundation and ever-deepening knowledge ...

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 ...

Mary has been a part of Birthways since 1998 as a postpartum doula and lactation consultant. She brings decades of knowledge and experience to working with new families, with a focus on the breastfeeding relationship. With a Bachelor’s degree in ...

Mary is the instructor of our Celebrate Birth! classes. She is a Certified Professional Midwife and holds a Master's degree in Public Service from DePaul University. Mary has many years of experience and the wisdom that comes from witnessing more ...

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 ...

Michele joined Birthways in 2021 as a Labor Support and Postpartum Doula. She has a long history (almost 20 years!) of supporting families through birth and the postpartum period. Michele joined Birthways to focus on what she loves – working ...

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 ...

Rhona joined Birthways in the spring of 2019, bringing over a decade of community-based doula work into her care. Rhona is a Certified Labor Support Doula through DONA and completing training as a Postpartum Doula through WisdomWay Institute. She is ...

Ruby Daniel is a Labor Support, Sibling Care, and Postpartum doula, who joined Birthways in 2021. A daughter of a former Labor & Delivery nurse and lactation consultant, Ruby has been learning about pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenting her whole ...

Sadie is known to give herself fully in every field of her life. Whether that be caring for friends in time of need or falling into a rabbit hole of research after a glimpse of something that sparked her interest. ...

Erika is very passionate about babies and families. She became a postpartum doula in April of 2019. At first, she did not have any plans on becoming a birth doula. She thought that being a single mother would be too ...

Sonrisa Hansen Parker is a postpartum doula, focused on daytime support. She loves supporting families in their homes, whether it’s coming in for a 90 minute lactation visit, or 4-8 hour postpartum doula care shift. Soft-spoken, Sonrisa will communicate thoughtfully ...