Client Testimonial

Staci Bishop was a fantastic doula! She was a calm and helpful presence during a surprisingly difficult labor for both my husband and I. I would strongly recommend using Staci and plan on calling her as soon as we are expecting #2!

~Hope

My 2012 Doula Babies

This year has been amazing! Not only was I able to complete my doula training and become certified but I was also privileged to help 5 amazing families. I'd like to take a moment recap what I experienced in 2012.

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• Surprisingly, the babies were all girls! It's also interesting to note that I had 1 Leap Day baby and 1 New Year's Eve baby.

• I had 3 clients having their 1st baby and 2 clients having their 2nd baby. 

• Earliest delivery was 37 weeks, 1 day and the longest was 42 weeks, 1 day (both 2nd time moms). The average gestation was 287 days or 41 weeks for my 1st time moms. 

• The shortest labor was 90 minutes and the longest labor was 18 hours.

• I attended 1 home birth and 4 hospital births (Baptist, Williamson, Vanderbilt, Centennial). 

• Midwives were present at 2 of the births, and an obstetrician was present at the other 3.

• An epidural was chosen 40% of the time. 

• Pitocin was only used in 2 cases to control bleeding in the 3rd stage of labor (delivery of the placenta). 

• All my clients delivered vaginally, including 1 VBAC. 

• There were no inductions and no episiotomies. 

• To date, all moms are still breastfeeding. 

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I can't wait to get started in 2013! It's such an honor and privilege to be present for the birth of a baby. I take this job very seriously and have a great love and devotion for each and every family that I work with. It's wonderful to finally be actively working in a field I am so passionate about.

New Lending Library Books!

I love books, bookstores, and the like! I have a local store that buys and sells used books. I stop in from time to time to see if they have any books on pregnancy and birth. I'm pretty picky about what books I recommend for my clients but today I found NINE new books for my lending library. I was very pleased to find more books in the Sears Parenting Collection and also to find a full spectrum pregnancy and birth book that is naturally minded. I actually bought 2 of those as I plan to give one as a gift.

You can see my full lending library list here.

If you see a title that interests you, please do not hesitate to ask. I'm happy to let you borrow it anytime. Best of all, no late fees. Keep it as long as you need. Simply email me or call me and just let me know which books you need. I've even been known to deliver. :)

Happy reading!