"Birth is not only about making babies. It’s about making mothers - strong, confident, capable mothers who trust themselves, and believe in their inner strength."
   ~Barbara Katz Rothman

Myrna has been a birth doula since 2004 and has attended over 70 births, including natural, medicated, Caesarean section (C-section), VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section), and water births. She has supported families in both hospital and birth center settings. She has found a true passion in assisting women and their partners through the process of giving birth. Myrna feels that it is very important to support and honor the choices and decisions a woman makes as to how she would like to birth; as she believes that a mother should have her birth be the way she wants it to be. As a doula, it is her role to provide emotional, physical and informational support for both the woman in labor and her partner. Myrna believes that women need the support of caring, nurturing, gentle women in order to have the opportunity to achieve the birth they desire. Her calming demeanor, gentle voice, and soothing touch provides comfort for the mother in labor. It would be her pleasure to accompany you on this miraculous journey.

Myrna also provides Birth Counseling for pregnant women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse and for women who have had a previous traumatic birth experience. Having such events as part of her life history can affect a woman’s relationship with loved ones and care providers, contribute to her fears of labor and birth, and affect her ability to attach to her baby. It may continue to cause her to have challenges with breastfeeding and parenting. Myrna has been trained to recognize potential triggers and strategize with the mother/family to reduce their impact on labor, childbirth and the post partum period.