African American
Kweens’ Kounsel
kweenskounsel@gmail.com
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Kweens’ Kounsel, Inc.'s mission is to incubate, cultivate and funnel Black Birth Experts into the Birthing community. It creates a safe space for prospective Black Birth Experts and birthing families which will include wrap-around support services to meet the needs for the successful journey of each passionate individual into the Birthing Community.
Black doulas, childbirth educators, breastfeeding counseling are provided as well as support for potential new doulas and educators.
Erika Ledin
Erika Monet Doula Services
Doula
erikaledin1@gmail.com
831.242.0211
I Love Helping People.
Becoming a doula feels like my personal calling. It is a work of the heart. Since I was a small child, I repeatedly watched the BBC series, “Call The Midwives” with fascination over the miracle of birth with all its twists and turns, love and pain, culminating in the little bundle of baby crying, “Hello world!” I realize becoming a doula requires in-depth training, sensitivity and patience. You’re serving mothers with physical, emotional, and educational support. Essentially, you are a childbirth companion to the family concerned. That requires a calm person who can multitask and exude confidence in the process.
At my own birth I was separated from my biological mother and placed into foster care in Sacramento. Fortunately, I was adopted into a loving family. Perhaps my drive to be a doula has been charged by my passion to make the passage to life for the mother and child as lovely and healing as possible. I learned about the Sierra Childbirth Institute from one of your graduates, Michelle Nizza, who has a midwifery clinic in Monterey called “Mums the Word.” She is waiting for me to get the training I need so I can assist her in her work, attending live births, and participating in what goes on from start to finish with pregnancy and birth. I truly want to be a doula.