Melissa Cowl is a
Certified Doula and a Doula Trainer with Doulas of North America
and a mentor with Birthing From Within. Melissa is a Co-ordinator
for Simcoe Birth Services - a non-profit Doula group in Simcoe
County.
Melissa has been teaching prenatal education for six years. As
the tenth (there are only eleven) Doula Trainer in Canada,
Melissa works with women from all over Ontario teaching Doula
skills and encouraging the growth of the Doula movement. She
also is presently the only Canadian member of the DONA
Certification Committee. Melissa has recently attained her Level
II Reiki and intends to become a
Reiki Master this year. Melissa brings a wealth of personal
experience combined with a professional background of childbirth
related training to Birth
And BeYond. Classes taught by
Melissa are filled with warmth, humour and an abundance of
information for parents in their childbearing years.
Along side of
her husband Chris, Melissa enjoys her family life with their six
home-educated children on their farm in Central Ontario.
Contact
Information:
patchouli_douli@hotmail.com
Yvonne
McKenzie is a Birth Doula, and a Childbirth Educator in
Barrie, leading non-traditional childbirth classes. She
believes that the miracle of birth is a natural process and
educating women and their partners is the key to decreasing
fear, giving them the confidence to make informed choices
about their birth.
Yvonne and her
husband Wayne have eight beautiful children. She has
experienced birth with doctors in hospital and at home with
midwives.
Continuing with
courses and workshops keep her knowledge and skills up to
date.
Yvonne is
dedicated to making a difference in the way women relate to
childbirth.
Contact
Information:
peaceful_birthing@yahoo.ca
(705)-792-0760
Gail
Connelly is a mother of three beautiful children and has been
a private home daycare provider for fifteen years. Her love
for children and passion for supporting the needs of birthing
women and their partners, has inspired her to become a Doula.
Gail
is currently working towards her
certification through DONA and has taken workshops and courses in
Cesarean births, VBAC's, Childbirth Education and is
taking a Breastfeeding course through
Humber
College
.
She
also, teaches Childbirth Education privately and is
experienced in belly casting.
Gail believes
that every woman deserves the opportunity to have the support
and experience of a Doula, nurturing and empowering her and
her partner, through labour and helping them achieve the birth of
their choice.
Contact
Information:
helpinghands4u2003@yahoo.ca
(705)-721-0165
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