Now that everyone knows about this precious new baby coming soon, it is time to start preparing! As your Atlanta maternity photographer, I always recommend my moms to start planning for birth as early as the first completion of the first trimester! While you are researching a doula for your birth, check out these incredible ladies at Atlanta Birth Doula. They are a great resource for you both during birth and postpartum.

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Atlanta Birth Doula

Lead by Stephanie W., Atlanta Birth Doula is composed of five birth and postpartum doulas to help you with your next birth. While all of them have slightly different services, they are all there to accompany you through your birth by providing emotional support and physical comfort.

Some of their services provided include 1-2 prenatal visits in your home, phone/text/email support, creating a personalized birth plan, labor support, immediate postpartum support as well as initial nursing support, and video/photo as allow. They will also check up on you at an in-home postpartum visit in 1-4 weeks.

Portrait taken by Molly Berry Photography

Stephanie Wagner

Stephanie Wagner is the lead doula with Atlanta Birth Doula. She is a DONA certified birth doula, postpartum doula, certified lactation educator counselor, and certified American Heart Association BLS/CPR instructor. In addition to her birth doula service, Stephanie will also assist you with breastfeeding support, infant care, light household tasks and assisting with after-birth healing. Stephanie also offers breastfeeding, newborn, and adult/infant/child cpr classes. Whether you are having your first or sixth, Stephanie is there to help you have the best possible experience bring your new baby into the world.

Monica

Monica is also a doula and birth worker with Atlanta Birth Doula. She will be there from your first two prenatal appointments through your birth as well as immediately following your birth for 1-2 hours. In addition to assisting with your birth, Monica also offers breastfeeding support, light household tasks, and assistance with after-birth healing.

Charmaine McNeil

Charmaine McNeil is a birth doula and postpartum doula with Atlanta Birth Doula. She will be there to support you through your private birth, two postpartum visits as well as breastfeeding support. She is also available for email and telephone support after 38 weeks.

Alycia Cullen

As a TENS Unit certified birth doula, Alycia is here for you to support you physically, emotionally and be and advocate for you. She will offer non-judgmental support to all families and birth preferences. She will be there with you to help you make all of your decisions regarding interventions, pain options and comfort measures.

Certified in TENS unit therapy, Alycia has many non-medical pain-relieving techniques to help you with your birth. TENS therapy, massage, counter pressure, and physical assistance with movement are just a few ways she can help with your pain during birth.

In addition to prenatal visits, birth resources while preparing for birth, full in-labor support and immediate postpartum support, Alycia also offers baby-wearing consultations, baby register consultations and lactation support.

Katrina Goodman

Katrina’s main focus through all of her births is to help women realize their inner strength and support their plan. Birth impacts us for ever so she wants an experience that is exactly that you want it too be. Katrina is certified by Childbirth International (CBI) and is trained in the Neonatal Resuscitation Program. She has many years of experience with VBAC’s and high-risk pregnancy so she is able to better assist all of her pregnant moms.

When you hire Katrina as your doula, she will be there from the first two prenatal visits to working on your birth plan to full birth support. After birth, she will be there immediately following the 1-2 hours for postnatal support. Katrina will also be there for you at an in-home postnatal follow up visit 1-4 weeks postpartum.

Portrait taken by Molly Berry Photography

Postpartum Doula

In addition to having a doula at your next birth, having a postpartum doula can also make the transition to motherhood much smoother (and less tiring!). They will be there to support you during your 4^th trimester while you adjust to this precious new little baby.

Encouraging and supporting breastfeeding, helping everyone stay nourished and hydrated, running short errands, light cooking and meal prep light cleaning and helping with light household tasks are just a few tasks postpartum doulas assist with.

Stephanie, Charmaine and Katie are three postpartum doulas through Atlanta Birth Doula. Any of these three will help you create a great support system for after birth.

Portrait taken by Molly Berry Photography

Whether you are expecting your first or fourth, Get the perfect birth experience with a doula from Atlanta Birth Doula!

Serving twelve counties over the Greater Atlanta Metro Area, Atlanta Birth Doula is ready to support you for your next birth. As soon as you know you are expecting a little one, make sure to reach out to Atlanta Birth Doula to get your free-consultation set up.

While you are reading all about doulas in Atlanta, I would love to chat with you about all of your maternity portraits needs. As your Atlanta maternity photographer, I would love to capture this fleeting time in your life.

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• Choose your next Postpartum Doula in Atlanta from these top 4!
• Get Labor Support with The Atlanta Doulas!
• The Top 9 Doulas in Atlanta GA for your next birth!
• Atlanta Birth Center: The Holistic Center for your next Birth Journey!

If you are ready to book your next photography session, let’s start the conversation here! If you aren’t quite ready to book yet, that is perfectly ok! Let’s connect in my free moms Facebook Group (Authentic Motherhood across Atlanta, Augusta & Columbia). I can’t wait to hear all about you and the fleeting moments I can capture for you!