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Our Collective.

Our educators, doulas, and consultants are professionally trained and/or certified through leading organizations in the field. Our team abides by a code of ethics, stays in their scope of practice, attends perinatal continuing education opportunities, and is committed to maintaining a positive and collaborative working relationship within our communities.
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Pitt County and surrounding areas
Craven and Carteret County
Duplin, Wayne, Lenoir Counties
Craven and Carteret County
Pitt County and surrounding areas
Pitt County and surrounding areas

Description of Services.

Birth Doula Support

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Physical Support
Position ideas for comfort and labor progression cross over with hands-on comfort measures like comforting touch, counter pressure, breathing techniques and other “doula magic” for families. A doula’s skilled hands and positioning tools can often help a malpositioned baby find its way through the pelvis and into the birthing parent’s arms.
Emotional Support
Doulas help families to feel supported, easing the emotional experience of birth and also helping to create a space where the hormones of labor can work at their best. Whether a birth is completely unmedicated or medically very complex, every family can benefit from nurturing and connection at this tender, incredible time in their lives.
Partner Support
Whether it’s a romantic partner, a friend or another family member like the baby’s grandma, the birth partner’s experience matters in birth. Our doulas are there to support every birth partner in being as involved as they’d like with the birth. Physical and emotional support make a huge difference for everyone involved.
Evidence-Based Information and Advocacy
DONA International doulas are trained to help families connect with evidence-based resources so they can ask great questions and make informed decisions about their births. Our doulas serve as a bridge of communication between women and their providers, lifting them up to help them find their voices and advocate for the very best care.
All families benefit with a birth doula on their team!
-DONA
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Postpartum Doula Support

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Emotional Support
The transition into new parenthood can be vulnerable, and postpartum doulas are experts in emotional support, active listening and encouraging new moms and dads to follow their own hearts. Empathy, a hug or even a good laugh together can do so much for a new parent!
Evidence-Based Information and Support
Postpartum doulas are trained to understand what new babies– and new mothers –truly need. The doula helps with soothing techniques, offers breastfeeding or bottle feeding support, and explains normal newborn behavior.
Practical Support
It’s all hands on deck with a new baby, and postpartum doulas can help the days go by more smoothly by helping with the baby’s laundry, doing the dishes or preparing simple, nourishing meals.
Partner and Sibling Support
A new baby means transition for everyone, including parents, grandparents and little brothers and sisters. Postpartum doulas understand what everyone needs, and part of their role is to help the entire family adjust and settle in.
-DONA


Lactation Support

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Consultation, evaluation, and support with breastfeeding.

Board of Directors


Kristen Springer-Dreyfus, PhD

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Director of Assessment
East Carolina University

​Mitzi Mead

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CEO and Co-Founder
​Accela Consulting

Coletta Danneker, MSN, RN

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Pediatric Programs Coordinator
​AccessEast/Vidant Medical Center
Hope Women & Family Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4192
Greenville, NC 27836

HopeWFS@gmail.com
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  • 4th Trimester Workshop
  • Postpartum Doula
  • Team
  • More
    • Resources >
      • Pitt County
    • Blog