Meet Chelsy

I am an IBCLC (international board certified lactation consultant), full-spectrum doula and childbirth educator, with a bachelor’s degree in Human and Child Development. I am certified as both a birth and postpartum doula through DONA International. Additionally, I am also a Stillbirthday credential doula able to provide birth and bereavement support for birth in any trimester. I am a certified childbirth educator through Flourishing Families providing local, in-person childbirth classes. I am also a Certified in Perinatal Mental Health through Postpartum Support International. In 2022 I attended the Spinning Babies Workshop. I am passionate about supporting and empowering families, especially during pivotal life experiences such as bringing a child into the world.

I grew up in Western Canada and found joy in classical ballet training and modern dance for 18 years. Through dance, I experienced the mind-body connection, and found myself drawing on that experience in my own birthing journey. I am convinced that the mind-body connection can influence our abilities, especially during labor.

I have four children of my own and I understand the joys, anxieties and stresses that come with pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. I personally have experienced one medicated birth and 3 completely natural births; I have been through birth trauma as well as incredibly empowering and positive births. These personal experiences, along with my training, allows me to intimately understand the physical and emotional waves that come during the different parts of labor. This allows me to join my clients, wherever they are emotionally, during birth. I have seen how birth can change a woman, despite their past traumas, and can be an incredible, empowering experience. When I attend births, I feel like I am tapping into my primal instincts to support and nurture another woman as she goes through the most intense and most transformative experience of her life. It is always an honor and privilege to be a part of someone else’s birth journey.

I am especially passionate about helping families receive the support they need postpartum and provide them with relevant resources. Postpartum and breastfeeding support is what initially drew me to doula work. I love being a listening ear, sharing evidence-based information, providing practical and physical support to new families, and putting my Child Development degree to good use.

When I am not serving birthing families, I am found doing activities with my kids, doing crafts, sewing, attempting (and mostly failing) at gardening, and taking additional courses pertaining to birth and breastfeeding. In my down time, my favorite activity is cuddling my cats.

I am certified in First Aid and CPR for adults, children and infants.

As a DONA member, I follow their high standards of practice and code of ethics. As a doula I do not perform medical tasks and I do not diagnose or treat medical conditions.