About Me

I first began my journey into birth work when I  attended DONA International’s Birth Doula training in 2009.  I instantly fell in love with the work of supporting families through their birth experiences, and soon began doing everything I could to immerse myself in the world of birth and breast/chestfeeding. I worked as a birth doula in the community until I moved to Ontario in 2013 to pursue a career as a midwife.

For the next four years, my life became all about birth, babies and breast/chestfeeding.  I learned about maternal and newborn anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, and how to be a primary care provider for families and their babies, completing clinical placements at the world-renowned International Breastfeeding Centre and Mount Sinai Hospital, among others.

After many years of clinical learning, I realized that I yearned for the less clinical, more hands-on physical and emotional support that I had provided to families as a doula.  It was at this point that I decided to return to Newfoundland and return to my home and to doula work.  I returned to live in St. John’s in 2021 with a renewed vigor to return to the work that I had so missed.  

While I strongly believe in the midwifery model of care, what I believe to be most important in creating a positive birth and postpartum experience for families is the support of a professional who is trained to support, empower, and educate them in the time leading up to their birth, during the birth experience, and in the postpartum period.  I believe birth to be a powerful, beautiful, transcendent rite of passage in an individual’s life, and I am committed to supporting birthing individuals and their families through this process in a way that makes them feel held, seen, supported, and empowered.