Meet
The Doulas
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Christine
Kierstead |
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Lucinda
McGovern Birth and Postpartum doula Lucinda McGovern has been an ALACE-certified childbirth educator for ten years and teaches group and individual classes. She is also certified by ALACE as a labor assistant and has provided labor and postpartum doula support in the area for about eight years. She works as a birth assistant at homebirths in practices in Massachusetts and Vermont, and is working towards taking the certified professional midwife exam. In the past, Lucinda has been a family daycare provider, homeschooled her three children and certified as a teacher. She currently also provides emergency and respite foster care. |
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Taury
Anderson |
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Annique
Sampson Birth and Postpartum Doula Annique Sampson, CPM, holds an Associates of Science degree in Midwifery and is nationally certified by the North American Registry of Midwives. She has had the great honor and pleasure of attending over 130 births since 2003. Her midwifery training included homebirths in New England, water birth in free-standing birth centers in New Mexico and Florida, and a special volunteer opportunity serving low-income women in an out-of-hospital birth clinic in the Philippines. She has also volunteered as a labor support doula in several hospitals around the country. She is strong advocate of evidence-based care and informed choice, providing information and support for couples as they navigate through the labyrinth of choices in today¡¯s maternity care. Annique believes birth is not only a physical event, but an emotional, mental and spiritual rites of passage. She is passionate about helping women and couples heal fears around the birthing process, and supports them in discovering and strengthening their inner resources. Annique is a Childbirth Educator in the Birthing From Within philosophy as well as an avid birth photographer. She lives on a small homestead in Putney, VT with her husband Thomas. |
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Julie Bingham |