Services Offered
- Labor Support
- Postpartum Support
- Bereavement, Fertility, Sibling, Surrogacy & Termination Support
- Placenta Encapsulation & Belly Binding
Meet Ariana
For the last ten years of my life, I have enjoyed working in the service industry as a bartender, but I always felt there was something else in store for me career wise. I figured it out as soon as I experienced what it was like to have a birth doula. I was amazed at how many similarities there are in both fields and it only seemed natural for me to make the switch. I enjoy meeting people from all walks of life, I seek being active while I work, and I welcome the challenge of adapting to new (sometimes intense) situations that are presented. Most of all, I love serving people!
Whether a person or couple is having their first baby or it’s their 5th, welcoming a new life into the world is a major transition for everyone. I strive to do what I can for each family and I am willing to be open to whatever that might entail. Some of the unique families I have had the honor of serving include single mothers, parents welcoming their baby via cesarean and clients who have previously experienced trauma to name a few.
My mind races with the possibilities of what this career will offer throughout my lifetime!
I hope to travel in order to share what I know, but more importantly learn from other cultures about what they know of birth and child rearing. I also volunteer at Providence Portland with The Gateway Doula Project and am creating a non-profit lending library for baby care items. Aside from growing as a doula, I enjoy spending time with my husband and daughter at our home in NE Portland. We love to cook, garden, watch episodes of Bob’s Burgers and have living room dance parties before bedtime!
Education & Training
-DONA Birth Doula Training - Mother Tree Birth, Summer 2018
-DONA Postpartum Doula Training - Mother Tree Birth, Spring 2019
-Adult & Pediatric CPR/First Aid/AED Certified - Bridgetown Training Solutions, Summer 2019
-Collaborative Practice Advanced Doula Training at OHSU - PDX Doulas, Summer 2019
-Rebozo Workshop for Coping & Comfort Measures in Labor - Gena Kirby, Summer 2019
-Seahorses and Unicorns: Supporting Trans, Genderqueer, & Gender Nonconforming Clients with Trystan Reese, Fall 2019
-Adopting Trauma Informed Care for Birth Professionals- by Jesse Remer and Astrid Castro, Fall 2019
Other Related Experience
-Volunteer Birth Doula with the Gateway Doula Project - 2019-Current
-Volunteer at OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital - 2006
-Volunteer at Teen Missions Int. Orphanage - Gondola, Mozambique, Summer 2007
For the last ten years of my life, I have enjoyed working in the service industry as a bartender, but I always felt there was something else in store for me career wise. I figured it out as soon as I experienced what it was like to have a birth doula. I was amazed at how many similarities there are in both fields and it only seemed natural for me to make the switch. I enjoy meeting people from all walks of life, I seek being active while I work, and I welcome the challenge of adapting to new (sometimes intense) situations that are presented. Most of all, I love serving people!
Whether a person or couple is having their first baby or it’s their 5th, welcoming a new life into the world is a major transition for everyone. I strive to do what I can for each family and I am willing to be open to whatever that might entail. Some of the unique families I have had the honor of serving include single mothers, parents welcoming their baby via cesarean and clients who have previously experienced trauma to name a few.
My mind races with the possibilities of what this career will offer throughout my lifetime!
I hope to travel in order to share what I know, but more importantly learn from other cultures about what they know of birth and child rearing. I also volunteer at Providence Portland with The Gateway Doula Project and am creating a non-profit lending library for baby care items. Aside from growing as a doula, I enjoy spending time with my husband and daughter at our home in NE Portland. We love to cook, garden, watch episodes of Bob’s Burgers and have living room dance parties before bedtime!
Education & Training
-DONA Birth Doula Training - Mother Tree Birth, Summer 2018
-DONA Postpartum Doula Training - Mother Tree Birth, Spring 2019
-Adult & Pediatric CPR/First Aid/AED Certified - Bridgetown Training Solutions, Summer 2019
-Collaborative Practice Advanced Doula Training at OHSU - PDX Doulas, Summer 2019
-Rebozo Workshop for Coping & Comfort Measures in Labor - Gena Kirby, Summer 2019
-Seahorses and Unicorns: Supporting Trans, Genderqueer, & Gender Nonconforming Clients with Trystan Reese, Fall 2019
-Adopting Trauma Informed Care for Birth Professionals- by Jesse Remer and Astrid Castro, Fall 2019
Other Related Experience
-Volunteer Birth Doula with the Gateway Doula Project - 2019-Current
-Volunteer at OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital - 2006
-Volunteer at Teen Missions Int. Orphanage - Gondola, Mozambique, Summer 2007