meet Juneau's doulas
Laura conklin
Nurturing a woman as she becomes a mother, while supporting her partner and growing family is an immense honor. My ideal for my clients is to birth on their terms and feel satisfied with their birthing experience. I am there to provide women with information, advocacy support, and encouragement during this transformational time.
I am familiar with birthing at home, in the hospital, or in the birth center and strive to foster a positive setting for my birthing client. I bring acupressure skills, massage techniques, and personal empowerment to each birth. My services are catered to each woman's unique needs and assist in birth planning, doula support during birth, and postpartum care as she desires.
I completed Carrie Keller's DONA certified Doula Workshop in 2015, along with 4 other advanced doula courses offered by Big Belly Services. I am currently working toward my DONA Certification and certification as a Lactation Counselor.
I am a mother to four strong, thriving girls and have settled down with my husband in my hometown of Juneau. I enjoy camping, photography, reading, hiking, painting, and other artistic activities.
mothernurturedoulaak@gmail.com
907-957-8426
I am familiar with birthing at home, in the hospital, or in the birth center and strive to foster a positive setting for my birthing client. I bring acupressure skills, massage techniques, and personal empowerment to each birth. My services are catered to each woman's unique needs and assist in birth planning, doula support during birth, and postpartum care as she desires.
I completed Carrie Keller's DONA certified Doula Workshop in 2015, along with 4 other advanced doula courses offered by Big Belly Services. I am currently working toward my DONA Certification and certification as a Lactation Counselor.
I am a mother to four strong, thriving girls and have settled down with my husband in my hometown of Juneau. I enjoy camping, photography, reading, hiking, painting, and other artistic activities.
mothernurturedoulaak@gmail.com
907-957-8426
JANALYNN doten-ferguson
As a child growing up in Montana, Alaska called to me. Visits here always seemed too short, and I moved here directly after college. I moved home, in a very real sense. If I am not homeschooling my daughter, caring for our nest, planning my next homesteading adventure, or loving and laughing with my family, you will find me outside, enjoying this magical place where we are blessed to live. My family is my highest priority and my greatest blessing. I have been fascinated by birth practices, babies, and parenting my entire life. After experiencing the transformative power of my own children's births, it is my desire to assist expectant mamas and their families, as they journey through this wonder-filled time.
janalynndotenferguson@gmail.com
janalynndotenferguson@gmail.com
antonia elstad
I grew up in Juneau, Alaska. I moved to Rotterdam, Netherlands while my husband attended grad school. When we returned to Alaska we decided it was time to extend our family. Like many in my field my interest sparked when I had my daughter in 2012. I had an amazing doula for her birth and I knew that someday I wanted to become doula.
In spring 2015 I attended a DONA certified birth and postpartum doula training by Carrie Kenner. I also attend an intensive breastfeeding class by Carrie Kenner.
In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my best friend and husband, Jonathan, and our two young children, Ella and Ocean. I am always excited to talk about birth and breastfeeding. I hope to become certified as a lactation educator and assist with breastfeeding as well as birth and postpartum doula work.
rootsdoulaservices@gmail.com
907-723-6088
In spring 2015 I attended a DONA certified birth and postpartum doula training by Carrie Kenner. I also attend an intensive breastfeeding class by Carrie Kenner.
In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my best friend and husband, Jonathan, and our two young children, Ella and Ocean. I am always excited to talk about birth and breastfeeding. I hope to become certified as a lactation educator and assist with breastfeeding as well as birth and postpartum doula work.
rootsdoulaservices@gmail.com
907-723-6088
Mara jennings
I began my work in birth in Labor and Delivery at Naval Hospital Bremerton in 2002 as a L&D Corpsman, providing labor support, newborn care, postpartum care, lactation assistance and was the training officer for the department. I worked there until I gave birth to my son in 2004. I had a passion for labor and delivery and made it a goal to become a certified nurse midwife through the Navy program for enlisted, unfortunately a battle with fibromyalgia led to a medical discharge from the Navy in 2006 and a return to our home in Petersburg where I then worked in home health care and later (after overcoming fibromyalgia with regular alternative treatments!) became a volunteer EMT/Firefighter. At the end of 2012 my fiance and myself transferred here to Juneau where I was given the opportunity to help friends from Petersburg with their birth process as well as VBAC successfully for the second time! Because of our move here I was able to connect with Carrie Kenner of Big Belly Services which was the key to unlocking understanding of the healing power of Birth with choices. I am excited to turn a new leaf in my experience as a birth worker, focusing on protecting women's choices in birth and and helping each woman feel the full potential of their power while being lovingly cared for and supported.
You can find me any day, wearing my baby and doing something I love. Hiking, fishing, working, and raising my kids.
SEABorn Baby Doula
Maratjennings@gmail.com
(907) 518-9140
corle laforce
Corlé LaForce is passionate about supporting women throughout the journey of motherhood. As a trained counselor, craniosacral and massage therapist, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, and doula, she provides safe spaces to attend to stress, anxiety, trauma, pain, and depression arising throughout the peripartum period. Well-cared for mothers are the foundation of a vibrant and peaceful society. Corlé finds it an honor to assist birthing women and families in a respectful and empowering manner.
corlelyn@hotmail.com
907-419-3052
corlelyn@hotmail.com
907-419-3052
Aurah Landau
The first baby I ever doula-ed into the world just turned 12! Numerous families have invited me into their births since then, and each relationship with a birthing mama and her loved ones has been a deep honor.
My goal is to let mamas shine as the strong and unique women they are, in birth and every day. As a doula, I work to help mamas and their partners understand the birth process and make choices that feel right for them in the birth of their baby and postpartum period. My most important tools are my heart, hands, and experience - to give comfort and support throughout a mama and her partner's birth journey.
I am trained as a doula through Carrie Kenner with DONA International, as well as with Birth Arts International and Birthing from Within. I have studied rebozo use for positioning and comfort, and special support for women with trauma histories.
MamaShines
mamashinesbirth@gmail.com
907-723-0241
facebook.com/MamaShinesJuneauDoula
My goal is to let mamas shine as the strong and unique women they are, in birth and every day. As a doula, I work to help mamas and their partners understand the birth process and make choices that feel right for them in the birth of their baby and postpartum period. My most important tools are my heart, hands, and experience - to give comfort and support throughout a mama and her partner's birth journey.
I am trained as a doula through Carrie Kenner with DONA International, as well as with Birth Arts International and Birthing from Within. I have studied rebozo use for positioning and comfort, and special support for women with trauma histories.
MamaShines
mamashinesbirth@gmail.com
907-723-0241
facebook.com/MamaShinesJuneauDoula
danielle redmond
Hi! My name is Danielle Redmond. I recently completed the doula training and breastfeeding course to become certified with DONA International. I also have a Master’s degree in which my research focused on the anthropology of birth in Alaska.
…More importantly, I’m a mom! And I have a passion for the huge, intense, beautiful change that is birth. I want all families to have the healthiest, happiest birth they can – whatever that looks like for them.
dmbredmond@gmail.com
907-419-7363
…More importantly, I’m a mom! And I have a passion for the huge, intense, beautiful change that is birth. I want all families to have the healthiest, happiest birth they can – whatever that looks like for them.
dmbredmond@gmail.com
907-419-7363
shayna rohwer
Shayna Rohwer moved to Juneau in 2007. Prior to coming to Alaska, she worked for a non-profit in Eugene, Oregon which provided free birth and postpartum doula support to pregnant and parenting teens.
Shayna is a certified labor doula through Doulas of North America (DONA) and has taught and assisted with childbirth education courses. She is also a Certified Lactation Counselor and can provide basic in-home breastfeeding support.
Her greatest passion in life is working to ensure that women are informed about their options for birth, equipped with information to make the best choices for themselves, and that they feel supported however they choose to birth their baby.
shaynarohwer@gmail.com
907-209-7722
Shayna is a certified labor doula through Doulas of North America (DONA) and has taught and assisted with childbirth education courses. She is also a Certified Lactation Counselor and can provide basic in-home breastfeeding support.
Her greatest passion in life is working to ensure that women are informed about their options for birth, equipped with information to make the best choices for themselves, and that they feel supported however they choose to birth their baby.
shaynarohwer@gmail.com
907-209-7722
Meredith Wallis
I am a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP), and the owner of Moonrise Midwifery and Women's Health, LLC. I have been practicing as a midwife since 2011, when I graduated from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. I thank my parents for my first introduction to midwifery, as I was born into a midwife’s hands at a small maternity center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hearing my parents relay the story of my birth throughout my life instilled in me an indelible belief that birth is normal, natural, and healthy. I carry this belief into my current practice and feel grateful that I was introduced to the midwifery philosophy of care so early. No matter how much training or scientific knowledge I acquire, pregnancy and birth never cease to fill me with a profound sense of astonishment, awe, and admiration. As a midwife, I strive to empower women and families throughout their pregnancies, births, and into the journey of parenthood. In my current practice, I offer prenatal care, postpartum care, and newborn care, in conjunction with homebirth or hospital support. It is possible to hire me as your midwife for prenatal and postpartum care, even if you feel more comfortable delivering at the hospital; in these cases, I am still with my clients throughout labor and birth, acting as a doula and advocate while we're at the hospital. In addition to being a midwife, I enjoy dancing, running, hiking, yoga, reading, being outside, and spending time with friends and family. Please feel free to contact me with any questions! You can email me at moonrise.midwifery@gmail.com or find the Moonrise Midwifery & Women's Health page on Facebook.
moonrisemidwifery@gmail.com
moonrisemidwifery@gmail.com
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