Welcome to Birthing Waters Doula Service, I am Doula Danielle. I am a Wife, Mother of three, Doula and Personal Trainer. I received doula training from DONA International, National Black Doulas Association and attended Morehouse School of Medicine Center for Maternal Health Equity to obtain certification as a Community-Based Perinatal Patient Navigator.
I became interested in becoming a Doula with the home birth of my third child. The experience was life changing and nothing short of amazing. The love and support provided by my Midwife and Doula allowed my body to take control and birth a beautiful baby girl. Yemaya was born at home in the water on my own terms.
With the knowledge I have gained through training and experience I have supported, advocated for, encouraged and provided emotional support during hospital deliveries including successful VBACS. The term VBAC is an acronym for Vaginal Birth after Cesarean.
My dedication to birth work has allowed me to educate and instill confidence while creating a safe space for all birthing parents. My goal is to provide evidence based information to bring custom tailored support to every individual no matter where they are in their process.
When a baby suckles at its mother's breast, a vacuum is created within which the infant's saliva is sucked back into the mother's nipple, where receptors in her mammary gland read its signals. This "baby spit backwash," contains information about the baby's immune status, causing the mother's breast milk to adjust its immunological composition.If the mammary gland receptors detect the presence of pathogens, they compel the mother's body to produce antibodies to fight it, and those antibodies travel through breast milk back into the baby's body, where they target the infection.
