my story

hi, i’m faith.

i’ve always had a special place in my heart for babies and mothers.

even as a child, I remember being the one who wanted to hold the babies. I was fascinated by pregnancy and birth, volunteered in the nursery at church, and was always one of the first people at the hospital when a new baby joined our family.

I didn’t have the words for it then, but I was naturally drawn to this world long before I knew it could become my work.

before doula work

as I got older, that connection only grew. I spent years babysitting and nannying, worked with mothers’ groups and in gym childcare facilities, and eventually began shadowing a night nurse.

the more time I spent caring for newborns and supporting their mothers, the more I realized this was something I wanted to pursue more deeply.

after accepting my first paid newborn care position, I knew I wanted to take the next step.

becoming a doula

In the spring of 2020, I completed my doula training through Sumi’s Touch.

from there, I began attending births and caring for mothers during those early postpartum days supporting their recovery, cooking and learning nee recipes, caring for baby and helping older siblings navigate the transition of welcoming someone new into their family.

the, in the spring of 2021, everything became personal. I found out I was becoming a mother myself.

I continued doing the work I loved throughout my pregnancy and cared for my last client when I was six months pregnant before stepping away to prepare for my own transition into motherhood.

then i became the mother.

my own birth experience was traumatic.

for a long time, that changed the way I felt about birth work. Something I had once felt so naturally drawn to suddenly felt like a space I needed distance from.

so I gave myself that distance.

but motherhood has a funny way of bringing you back to parts of yourself.

over time, I started yearning for this work again.

I thought about new mothers. newborn babies. postpartum. and how much care is poured into preparing for a baby while the woman becoming their mother can so easily become an afterthought.

comin back now feels different.

More personal. More intentional.

And, in a lot of ways, more honest.

motherhood taught me about the both.

You can be grateful and exhausted.

Confident and unsure.

Independent and still need someone to take care of you.

Your experience can be beautiful and difficult at the same time.

you don’t have to have it all together with me.

Come as you are.

Ask the questions you think you’re supposed to already know. Cry if you need to. Tell me you’re overwhelmed and obsessed with your baby in the same sentence.

We can figure out what you need without judgment and without pretending there’s only one right way to do motherhood.

It doesn’t always have to be either/or.

Sometimes it’s both.

And I want to be the person in your corner who makes room for all of it.