Birth Doulas
This list includes doulas who charge a fee for services. They are all self-employed and have designed their own service packages and set their own fees. You are encouraged to contact listed doulas to determine who will best be able to meet your unique needs. For additional leads on finding a doula and to learn more about how to hire a doula, click here. If you cannot afford a professional doula, you may be eligible to receive free doula assistance through the community-based volunteer Doulas Care Program.
Kate Stroud
1202 Whitter, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734-395-6900
starcage@hotmail.com
Birth doula services, massage therapy, and private childbirth education classes. I am a certified massage therapist, a certified childbirth educator through ALACE, a certified birth doula through DONA International, and a doula trainer and childbirth educator at the Center for the Childbearing Year. Committed to helping women in the childbearing year have their optimal experience.
Michelle Massey Barnes
Grass Lake, MI
734-834-6004
michellemasseybarnes@gmail.com
Serving Jackson and Wastenaw counties and surrounding areas
As your doula, I will be there to support you as you trust your body and make strong, confident decisions about your birth. I will be there to help you relax and stay connected to your own birthing wisdom so your birth can unfold in a beautiful and empowering way.
Shelly DeMeo
Kneading Time Holistic Doula Services
1715 West Dean, Temperance, MI and 5702 West Alexis, Sylvania, OH
419-699-2279
sdemeo@ktholistictherapy.com
Serving Lucas and Monroe counties
Birth doula, assistant midwife, prenatal massage, belly casting, postpartum doula. Strong emphasis related to holistic approach to pregnancy and birth. Experienced in natural, non-interventive birth and water births, in home, birth center, and hospital settings. Referrals available.
Krista Dragun
Dawn of Life Doula Services
734-945-5790
kmdragun@yahoo.com
Serving Washtenaw, Lenawee, Monroe, Jackson, Livingston, and Wayne counties
My goal is to help your family create and have the birthing experience you desire. Services include two prenatal visits to discuss your goals, fears and options; attendance of your labor and delivery with support throughout; and breastfeeding support. Two postpartum visits provide continued breastfeeding support, help with baby/recovery questions, and more.
Angela (Kiki) Farrow
Kiki’s Doula Care
275 North Harvey St., Plymouth, MI 48170
734-459-3769 (H) or 734-658-8328 (cell)
kikifarrow@aol.com
Serving Wayne, Washtenaw, and Oakland counties
Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula. Attending births only at the Alternative Birthing Center (The Birthing Place, Providence Hospital, Southfield) or in your home. Pediatric LPN, BS in Elementary Education. Mother of 4 and Grandmother of 5. Experienced. Compassionate. All aspects of child/family care.
Terri Fisher
Gentle Birth Services
630 Florence Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-747-8346 (H) or 734-476-8378 (cell)
terrifisher@gmail.com
Serving Washtenaw county
Practicing doula since 2003, certified through DONA. I believe that every woman who wants a doula should have one and will work to help you achieve the birth you wish to have. Package includes 3 prenatals, attendance at birth, 2 postpartum visits. Birth photography if desired.
Cia Gabriel, PhD
1050 Olivia, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-622-8335
cynthia@togrow.org
Serving Washtenaw County and surrounding area
I help families prepare for and create the birth experience they want. I am the author of Best of Both Worlds: Natural Birth in a Hospital. As a doula, I have supported 90+ births across the glove, including vaginal twin births, vaginal breech births, homebirths, and attendance in the room of C-Sections (planned and emergency).
Jodi Graves-Robert
920 Woodridge Hills, Brighton, MI 48116
734-834-6751
joilying14@hotmail.com
Serving Washtenaw, Livingston, and Oakland counties and surrounding area
Birth and Postpartum support. Nearly a decade of experience in all settings. Emphasis on massage and extensive knowledge of herbology and homeopathy. Lots of references and satisfied families!
Alicia Montgomery CD(DONA)
Cradle of Birth Doula Services
Novi, MI
248-930-4539
alicia@cradleofbirth.com
Serving southeastern Michigan
I am a very passionate certified DONA doula who embraces each mom and family with unique support. Our time together includes emotional, physical, and informational support throughout your pregnancy, during labor, and several weeks postpartum. Assistance with breastfeeding and infant care is included. I attend hospital, birth center, and home births.
Dyan Osborn, CD(DONA)
Birth’s Journey Doula Services
1518 Logan Lane, Perrysburg, OH 43551
419-874-2700 (home) or 419-340-7926 (cell)
birthsjourney@aol.com
Serving Washtenaw, Monroe, Oenawee, Oakland, Lucas, Wood, and Wayne counties
DONA certified doula, serving a wide span of client locations. Contact me early and we can prepare together for your birth’s journey.
Stacia Proefrock
Trillium Birth Services
1611 Chandler Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-222-0011
stacia@trilliumbirthservices.com
Serving southeast and south-central Michigan
Care with an open mind and an open heart. Providing homebirth, doula services, pre-conception counseling, and fertility services. Faith in birth as a normal process. Visits in your home or my home office. VBAC, waterbirth. Sliding scale.
Stephanie Schaldenbrand & Jen Fife-Adams
Ann Arbor Doulas, LLC
Stephanie (734) 546-9264
Jen (734) 383-2907
info@annarbordoulas.com
Serving Washtenaw county
Ann Arbor Doulas provide loving, knowledgeable, and trained support during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. We aim to provide the support necessary for the woman and her family to have the birth experience they hope for.
Caryn Simon
Artemisia Birth Services and Locally-Made Herbs
734-646-1351
adah_rose@hotmail.com
Serving Washtenaw County Area
Certified with DONA International since 2001. I specialize in holistic prenatal and postpartum care, herbal teas and baths, Reiki healing touch, nourishing meal preparation, and photography. I want to protect whatever aspects of your birthing are most important to you, so you can feel confident and receive the best care available.
Lee Christine Tury, CD(DONA)
Nature’s Way Birth Doula Services
1584 Blue Heron Dr., Highland, MI 48356
248-887-4207
lee_tury@yahoo.com
Serving Oakland, Livingston, and Washtenaw counties
As a certified birth doula, my focus will be entirely on you. I provide prenatal, labor, delivery, postpartum, and breastfeeding support. I am available for home, birthing center, or hospital births. Please contact me for package information. This is your birth experience and I am honored to serve you.
Isabelle Joy Yingling
Birthing With Joy
1525 S. Fletcher Rd., Chelsea, MI 48118
734-475-0022 or 734-657-0911
iyingling@earthlink.net
Serving Wasthenaw, Jackson, and Lenawee counties
I am a youthful, but at the same time mature caregiver, being a mother of five grown children and having over twenty years experience as a Bradley Method childbirth educator. I provide both birth and postpartum doula services and am a DONA-trained birth doula.