Professional Labor Support Services

Let me help you create the birth experience you want.

The birth of your baby is a key event in your life - one you'll remember forever.  As a birth doula, I accompany women and their partners in labor to help ensure a safe and satisfying birth experience.  I provide continuous emotional, physical, and informational support during your labor, birth, and immediate post-partum period.

My services include:

At least two prenatal meetings

Personalized childbirth education

Birth plan consultation

Video and book lending library

24-hour availability, with back-up support available

Continuous support during your labor

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) units available

Photographs documenting your child's birth, if you wish

Birth notes

One postpartum meeting

My Qualifications

• Graduate of the Seattle Midwifery School's Labor Support Course (3/00) and Childbirth Educator Training (3/01)

• Advanced Doula Training (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008)

• CAPPA Lactation Educator Training (9/02)

• Professional certifications through:

• Pacific Association of Labor Support (PALS), 12/2000

• Childbirth Education Association of Seattle (CEAS), 4/2001

• International Childbirth Education Association, (ICEA), 5/2005

• Up-to-date on the latest labor coping strategies:  TENS, acupressure, touch therapy, & optimal fetal positioning.

• Current instructor at Great Starts Birth and Family Education

• Mother to my 9-year-old and 3-year-old daughters

If you have questions about how a doula can help you and your partner, or would like to schedule an interview with me, please feel to call or email me at:

Kim Palena James, BA, CD, ICCE

206-297-0451

pjames@oz.net

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