Doula Services
Charleston Doula Services
Your Doula is there for you. We prepare you prenatally through discussing nutrition, exercise and education. We help build your confidence. We normalize the process and the experience. We hold space. By creating a calm environment with dim lighting, soft sounds, counter pressure and massage, you are more likely to labor well and efficiently. We bring you amazing, cold things that smell good. We show your partner how to press on your back, your feet, your hands. We explain what is happening. We explain to your partner what is happening. We make sure you both know your options. We remind you of your goals. We remind you again. We encourage you. And your partner. We help you both feel safe. We guide you, we listen, we believe in you.
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.
This decision is the most important one you will make around your birth experience. Partner, Birth Location, Medical Care Provider and Doula- this is what makes up your team. Your Doula believes in YOU, in your individual goals and desires around this special day. We work with you prenatally, through Birth Consults, Childbirth Education, Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Education, Prenatal Appts, + countless Emails, Texts and Phone Calls to prepare you for all of the mysteries that may unfold. There might not be a way to control your birth, but there are certainly choices you can make to ensure that the day your baby is born you are surrounded by safety, joy and trust. We want you to know all of your options, to feel that you are making informed decisions all along the way, but most importantly, we want you to LOVE your birth experience.
Having a Doula present for your birth can…
∙ Offer you a Consistency of Care
∙ Lower Cesarean Section rates by 60%
∙ Heighten your likelihood of a Vaginal Birth
∙ Facilitate Early Bonding with your Baby
∙ Increase your Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Success
∙ Decrease Postpartum Depression
∙ Enhance your Birth Experience
Doula Package
Free consultation via Zoom to see if we’re a good fit.
Signing of contract/retainer fee is due to become an official client
Two prenatal visits. The 1st is a group appointment with all of the ABB Doulas, held via Zoom every 1st Tuesday of the month from 7:00-8:30pm, usually around your 34th week pregnant. The 2nd meeting is typically in your home, or an agreed upon location around your 37th week of pregnancy. *The 2nd half of the fee is due at this appt. During these visits we’ll get to know each other better and simply talk birth. We want you to go into your birth feeling confident and ready. We’ll figure out together what that means for you. We’ll discuss birth options and your vision. We can also work on labor positions, pertinent topics to your pregnancy, fear release, and comfort measures with the goal being to fill your “tool box” with different comfort items for you in labor, creating confidence and fostering the belief that you can do anything! But especially this.
One Postpartum appointment following the birth. Your Doula comes to you to process your experience, share insight, photos (if you wanted any taken) and help with any newborn/feeding questions. Your Doula will check in on how you are doing physically and emotionally, normalizing the postpartum phase and giving you and your partner some tips and tricks on how to navigate. We will also oooh and ahhh all over your baby.
A well curated, hand crafted list of local resources offering ALL kinds of services pertinent to pregnancy, labor, birth, breastfeeding/chestfeeding and beyond.
A Lending Library of books, articles, A Brighter Birth handouts/lists, videos and more…
Your Doula is on call for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until you give birth to your baby. We want to hear from you with all the “is this normal?’s” and the “is this it?’s” That’s what your Doula is for. We want to hear about each of your prenatal appts with your Provider, screenings, ultrasounds. We want the phone call when you’re 41 weeks pregnant and OVER IT. Seriously, call us. We’ll listen to you vent and then reassure you that this is in fact, normal.
We are also available for texts + phone calls in the first year postpartum. Additional Zoom, in person consults or lactation appointments after your baby is born can be scheduled additionally
Birth Doulas
Natalie Karasiewicz
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!
Jasmine Middleton
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.
Tara Mitts
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.
