Birth is a mystery until your baby lands on your chest.
Unfortunately, you can’t control how this day will take shape; how your body will respond to the hormones of labor, how you will react to your body’s way of working or even how your baby will cooperate with the labor you create…the only aspect of your birth that you can truly control and plan… is your Birth Team. The people who will hold you up, reassure you, support and care for you…a team that you trust, a team that YOU choose.
Having a Doula present for your birth can…
Offer you a Consistency of Care
Heighten likelihood of
Vaginal Birth
Increase Breastfeeding/ Chestfeeding Success
Lower Cesarean Section rates by 60%
Decrease Postpartum Depression
Facilitate Early Bonding
What’s Included in Your Doula Package
Your doula relationship begins long before labor — and continues well after your baby arrives. Our goal is simple: to help you feel informed, supported, confident, and deeply cared for throughout your entire journey into parenthood.
We can’t control how birth unfolds, but we can help you feel prepared, empowered, and surrounded by safety, trust, and joy on the day you meet your baby.
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We work closely with you during pregnancy to help you feel ready — physically, emotionally, and mentally — for birth and beyond.
Your prenatal support includes:
Free virtual consultation to ensure we’re the right fit
Two prenatal visits
A group Zoom session with all ABB doulas (around 34 weeks)
A personalized in-home or agreed-upon meeting (around 37 weeks)
Guidance on:
Birth options and decision-making
Nutrition, movement, and preparation for labor
Comfort techniques and labor positions
Fear release and confidence building
Creating your birth vision and goals
Childbirth and breastfeeding/chestfeeding education
Ongoing support via emails, texts, and phone calls throughout pregnancy
Together, we help you build a “toolbox” of comfort measures and knowledge so you enter birth feeling confident and capable.
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When labor begins, your doula is fully present for you and your partner — offering calm, reassurance, and hands-on support every step of the way.
During labor, your doula will:
Create a calming environment with dim lighting, soothing sounds, and grounding support
Provide comfort techniques such as counter pressure, massage, and positioning
Guide your partner in how to support you effectively
Explain what’s happening as labor progresses
Help you understand your options and make informed decisions
Encourage and remind you of your goals
Hold space so you feel safe, heard, and supported
We listen, we guide, and we believe in you — because you deserve to love your birth experience.
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From the time you become an official client until your baby is born, your doula is:
On call 24/7 for you.
We welcome every question — from “Is this normal?” to “Is this labor?” to “I’m 41 weeks and over it.”
You can reach out anytime to share updates, process appointments, or simply receive reassurance.
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Support doesn’t end after birth.
Your package includes:
One postpartum visit in your home to:
Process your birth experience
Check in on emotional and physical recovery
Answer newborn and feeding questions
Provide guidance for early parenting
Share photos (if requested)
Celebrate your new baby together
Text and phone support throughout the first year postpartum
Optional additional visits, lactation support, or consultations available as needed
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You’ll also receive access to:
A curated list of trusted local pregnancy, birth, and postpartum resources
Our Lending Library of books, videos, handouts, and educational materials
A Brighter Birth guides and tools designed to support your journey
Meet Our Doulas
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ToLabor Certified Professional Birth Doula
Maternitywise Certified Labor Doula
A Brighter Birth Charleston Owner
Birth Photographer
ABB Childbirth Educator
Doula Mentor
Initial contact administrator/Social Media Manager for MaternityWise International
Natalie is a Certified Professional Birth Doula with ToLabor, as well as a Certified Birth Doula, EpiDoula, and trained Lactation Specialist with MaternityWise International, holding multiple certifications to support families through every kind of birth experience. She’s also a mother of six in a beautifully blended family, three of her own and three bonus kiddos, which fuels her passion for supporting parents through every stage of the journey. Natalie is head over heels for unmedicated birth, but if an epidural is part of someone’s plan, she’s fully trained and ready to help them stay calm, comfortable, and connected every step of the way. Whatever a client’s path looks like, she’s got the tricks, tips, and good vibes to keep things flowing smoothly. In addition to her doula work, Natalie offers a signature birth photography style with a dark, moody, and film inspired aesthetic, capturing powerful, emotional, and timeless moments that families can hold onto forever. She is dedicated to making sure each birth feels memorable, positive, and completely one of a kind, an experience families can look back on with strength, pride, and joy.
When she’s not by a client’s side or behind the lens, Natalie is mentoring new doulas and keeping things running as an administrator and social media manager for MaternityWise International, a doula training and certifying organization.
Birth is powerful, emotional, and beautifully raw, and Natalie is here to help families feel it, own it, and remember every incredible moment!
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Certified Postpartum Doula
Ella is a postpartum doula who offers calm, steady support during the early days with a new baby. She brings a peaceful, positive presence into the home, helping families slow down, settle in, and feel more at ease in this new season.
She supports with newborn care, feeding, light tasks, and simple nourishment, always with the intention of making life feel a little lighter. Ella cares deeply about how a family feels during postpartum and strives to create a space where parents feel supported, capable, and not alone.
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Certified Birth Doula
A Brighter Birth Charleston Coordinator
Placenta Encapsulator
Community Breastfeeding Counselor
Jasmine Middleton is a CAPPA trained birth doula, postpartum doula, placenta encapsulation specialist, and a peer breastfeeding counselor. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Physical Activity Management and Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from South Carolina State University. She has found a love for breastfeeding after having her son in 2018 and having the best lactation consultant. She has expanded and embraced her purpose as a birth worker to become a doula. Her oldest, Liam, was born via emergency C-section and her youngest, Ausar, was a VBAC, as a home birth. She has breastfed both of them a total of 6 years. She has extended her knowledge by researching and learning from other mothers who breastfed their little ones in a Facebook Group. She has had the opportunity to become a moderator in the same group. She strives to assist mothers and their families by recommending evidence based research and a holistic approach during prenatal, natal and postpartum. A mother and partner should be able to make their informed choice on what they decide is best for their baby. She is here to guide and support what decision is made.
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Trained Postpartum Doula
Emily is a DONA-trained postpartum doula who blends emotional support with practical, real-life care. Grounded in her own experience as a mother of two and shaped by your journey through high-risk pregnancies, she offers families a steady, understanding presence during the early days of parenthood. Her approach is nurturing but honest—focused on meeting parents where they are, without pressure or judgment.
She offers support with routine infant care, feedings, light household cleaning/organizing, and emotional support for the birthing parent and their support system. Ultimately, Emily cares deeply about the well-being of the birthing parent and their support system and wants to ensure they feel supported, cared for, and seen throughout their postpartum journey.
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Certified Birth Doula
Postpartum meal delivery
Tara Mitts is a doula, educator, and believer in the incredible, God designed strength within every woman. Her passion for birth began after hiring a doula for her second pregnancy, an experience that opened her eyes to what support, surrender, and confidence can truly look like in labor. Since becoming certified through MaternityWise in 2020, she has felt especially called to support women who desire an unmedicated birth. She loves helping mamas trust their bodies, release fear, and lean into the strength and peace God faithfully provides in the moments they need it most. As a Young Living Brand Partner, she also teaches families how to safely use essential oils during pregnancy and birth to support a calmer, more grounded labor experience. She also offers a postpartum meal service, providing nutrient dense and delicious meals delivered right to families’ front doors, found in the collective section.
Whether she is in the birth room, teaching a class, or preparing resources for expectant families, her heart remains the same: to help women feel confident, supported, and empowered as they bring new life into the world.
Doula FAQ’s
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A birth doula provides emotional, physical, and informational support during pregnancy, labor, and birth. A doula helps families feel informed, confident, and supported throughout the birthing process.
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Yes. Many families use doulas during hospital births for continuous labor support, comfort measures, advocacy, and help navigating medical decisions.
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Most families hire a doula during the second trimester, but support can begin at any point in pregnancy depending on availability.
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Many doulas support planned and unplanned cesarean births by providing emotional support, preparation, and postpartum assistance.
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A postpartum doula supports families after birth with newborn care guidance, emotional support, recovery assistance, feeding support, and household adjustment
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Postpartum support can reduce stress, improve parental confidence, support recovery, and help families adjust to life with a newborn.
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Families should look for a doula whose communication style, philosophy, availability, and experience align with their goals and preferences.
