We all met as volunteer doulas through the UNC Birth Partners program and continue to share our passion for serving the Triangle birth community. We are excited to meet you and support you through your pregnancy - as a first time parent or beyond!

As experienced doulas, we are knowledgeable in pregnancy, labor, and birth and look forward to guiding you through your own experience. Our hope is to help you plan a labor and birth experience where you feel confident in yourself, empowered to make choices, and supported in your decisions. All members of our collective doulas have completed a variety of trainings, including doula training, childbirth education, basic lactation support, along with additional professional development courses.

All of our doulas provide solo support (with a back-up), as well as work in doula teams. With a team model, two doulas pair up to support you during the prenatal period (basically a two-for-one deal!) and then share call duties once you reach 38 weeks. This approach helps us accommodate your due date even during busy seasons or when our doulas only have partial availability during the time you need. In some cases we may offer up a doula team to ensure coverage, as well as, provide a doula team if you are interested or request this model.

All of the Dogwood Doulas serve a variety of birth locations across the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, NC area including; UNC Chapel Hill, Duke Main Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Wake Med (Cary, North, & Raleigh), and UNC Rex Hospital. Additionally, some of our doulas may support at local Birth Centers, along with homebirths with a licensed medical provider present.