Who am I?
Hi, my name is Ashley and I am so excited to start this journey with you! I am a parent of 3 children, I have a 14 year old daughter, a 12 year old daughter, and a 9 year old son. The last few years I have worked with over 40 families of all configurations. Birthing parents, Surrogates, Adoptive parents, Single parents, Same sex parents, and more.
I am a DONA trained, and Birth Arts International certified Postpartum Doula. I have CPR/BLS certification, and I also carry CMF limited liability insurance. I have peer supported more than 3 dozen lactating parents, as well as having breastfed my own 3 children from birth to toddlerhood, with pumping and chest feeding. I am affiliated and in network with several workplace fertility benefit providers. If you are looking for a birth doula, or other type of provider in this arena I am also a member of The Doulas Care Collective, which is a collaborative partnership of all kinds of doulas, and I am happy to refer you to other providers.
When you work with Mingo’s Nest Doula, you are receiving care from a mother with 10 years of experience to help you evaluate and process your options without guilt or pressure to make choices a certain way about YOUR family and YOUR baby. I am here to listen to you, reassure you, and offer support for the choices you make… not the choices your friends, family, or books tell you to make.
I will strive to provide you with evidence based, and quality researched resources to support your new and growing family instead of the latest fads and trends in social media parenting. Support will look like assistance with lactation needs, pumping, bottle feeding, and general newborn care and education, as well as postpartum body recovery without leaving your home.
I hope to come alongside you in the beginning of your parenting journey, to listen to your worries, to process your birth story, to guide you in areas of concern, teach you the tricks and model calm confident behaviors while I cheer you on watching all the growth and success I know you will achieve in parenthood!
I look forward to sharing resources, references, recipes, and love with anyone who finds themselves navigating this amazing, (and I will be honest….) difficult, frustrating, scary, joyful, exhausting, and moving time of life.
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