I'm Coming Out of Retirement! 

"I just need to be there when babies are born!" Six year old Caroline's dream would come true in a sense when I went on to do my first DONA Postpartum doula training in 2019. I would then go on to attend the Manhattan Birth Doula Mentorship program where I became the first certified Postpartum Doula with the organization. My practice began with a baby girl in Brooklyn who would only sleep in her mother's arms and for the next two years I worked with a colorful coat of families supporting them with breastfeeding, sibling care, cooking meals and general household management. I then trained to become a Certified Lactation Support Counselor that enhanced the feeding care I gave. After many names, I finally practiced under Little Lyons Families which felt fitting to the scope of work that I did.  Doula work took me across the country TWICE and I went into retirement when I moved to Virginia for my master's degree. But I'm looking to come back in a limited capacity to this beautiful work. If you are welcoming a baby for the first time or the sixth time, let's work together to make that transition as smooth as possible.