“Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.”
— Maya Angelou
Nadine Ashby
Perinatal Educator —
Birth doulA— Activist
From the moment I join your birth team, I devote myself to providing warm and nonjudgmental support. No matter how you decide to bring your baby Earthside, you deserve to feel safe, be heard, and be believed. As your doula, I will stand with you and your family every step of the way to amplify your voice, keep you grounded, and remind you who you are!
I would be honored to create space for you to lean into your intuitive wisdom and help you create memories that you will cherish forever.
My story
I am a queer, trans birth worker and birth educator. Using a foundation of social justice, I work closely with families to create environments where they can thrive in their birth space and beyond. I am also a founder of Birth Revolution, a queer and trans led anti-racist birth work training.
I am a holder of space and a builder of community. When I am not attending births or learning more about bodywork, you can find me cuddled up with my two children.
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My birth work journey started with my mother taking me to the births of family members and friends. I leaned into the incredible transformative power that birthing people unearthed at each birth I attended. This reverence led me to earn a degree in Biology with the intention of becoming a nurse midwife.
This work is built on a foundation of social justice. It is our goal to guide clients into the birth room with every ounce of knowledge they need to make powerful choices. In all that we do we honor the ancestors that made it possible for us to continue healing one another through birth work.
Qualifications:
-B.S. Biology from Augsburg University
-DONA Certified Doula Training
-Certified Doula, Perinatal and Lactation Educator through Commonsense Childbirth Institute
-Grandma’s Hands: Pregnancy and Postpartum Herbs & Nutrition in the Southern Tradition
-Pregnancy and Infant Loss Training (ongoing)
-Sumi’s Touch Full Spectrum Training
-Postpartum Healing Lodge
Testimonials
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