What does it look like to work with me?

Are you prepared to dive deep? Equipping yourself with education and preparation to be an active participant in your care? Want to stack the cards in your favor by balancing your body with strengthening and mobility exercises? Then great, we will be a good team!

 
white woman with brown hair smiling. birth doula servicing Winston Salem, Greensboro in NC
 

Meet Rachel

I practice with a physiology first approach. Your body is wonderfully capable of birth! And if complications or interventions arise, I will be with you every step of the way. I specialize in the bio-mechanics (how your body works) of birth and pregnancy. I will assist you with personalized movement plans during pregnancy to add balance and strength to your body. This can alleviate common pregnancy aches and pains, facilitate optimal baby positioning, and stack the cards in your favor for more ease during birth! I trust you. I trust your body. I trust your baby.

Birth Values: Physiology, Personal Responsibility, Patience, Preparation, Education, Advocacy and Informed Choice.

Physiologic Birth: “A process whereby the woman commences, continues, and completes labor with the infant being born spontaneously at term, in the vertex position, and without surgical, medical, or pharmaceutical intervention.”-ICM 

I am excited to be your guide through this incredible season of life! I promise to point you towards credible, evidence-based information. And more importantly, I promise to point you towards your center, and encourage your intuition.  I am passionate about informed choice, and your role as leader in your care journey . You truly know your body and your baby better than anyone else.​

Training:

-Professionally Trained birth doula with ToLabor 

-Spinning Babies Trained

-certified Body Ready Method pro®

Certifications

gilligan's guide certified
Body Ready Method certified pro

About Body Ready Method®

  • Body Ready Method®

    Body Ready Method® is based on 5 pillars: Upper Body Mobility, Core, Pelvis, Pelvic floor and Movement Patterns. Incorporating these pillars into your movement during pregnancy can help you

    Have a more efficient birth

    Minimize pregnancy aches and pains

    Optimize recovery

    Minimize unnecessary abdominal separation and pelvic floor dysfunction

    Optimize pelvic floor responsiveness

    Work smarter not harder

  • As a certified Body Ready Method® pro~

    I have a deep understanding of how to help you prepare for your desired birth.

    I can help you address and minimize pregnancy related aches and pains

    I can support you in experiencing a smooth transition into recovery and postpartum.

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