About Tiffany:
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From the beginning of my first pregnancy in 1999 I had a profound curiosity about pregnancy, labor, and birth. Between 1999-2014 I gave birth to four daughters. For each pregnancy I attended a new type of Childbirth class, and each daughter was born at a different location. I have given birth twice in the hospital, once at a birth center, and once at home. All four of my births we empowering and beautiful experiences.
My personal birth/postpartum experiences include:
I am a Licensed and Certified Professional Midwife. Due to Covid-19 I closed my midwifery practice near the end of 2020, and plan to stay closed. I am focusing only on working with doula clients. As of 2020 I have supported 1000+ new families. I attend all home, free standing birth center, and hospital births. I have supported birth in all of the King/Snohomish County hospitals and free standing birth centers. I have experience with: Hypnosis for Birth, Placentophagy ( Placenta Encapsulation), Cloth Diapering, Tandem Nursing, Co Sleeping, Breastfeeding the Special Needs Baby, Babywearing, Bed Rest, Preeclampsia, Breech Presentation, Twin Vaginal Birth, Couples Conceiving with IVF, Relinquishing Mothers, Single parents, Teen Mothers, TOLAC/VBAC, VBA2C, VBA3C, unmedicated / natural birth, medicated / epidural birth, water birth, induction, precipitous birth, posterior babies, polyhydrominos, umbilical hernia, and shoulder dystocia. Tidbits
Before I Became a Doula, I ...worked as a Barista, Nanny, and Loan Processor!
EducationAA EDCC Chemical Dependency Counseling (2007)
Birth Doula Skills Workshop - Seattle Midwifery School (2010) Expecting Miracles Childbirth Educator Mentor program (2010) Advanced Doula Training - Politics,Boundaries, and Change (2010) Placenta Encapsulation (2010) PALS Certified (2011) DONA Certified (2011) Hypno Doula Certified (2011) Advanced Doula Training - When a Baby Dies (2011) REACHE Conference (2011) NW Doula Conference (2011) PALS Board Member Training (2012) PALS Doula Mentor Training (2012) Midwives College of Utah (2014) Neonatal Resuscitation/CPR (2014) IV Skills (2015) CPR for Health Professionals (2015) Breech Birth (2015) Herbology for Midwives (2015) Midwives College of Utah 2014-2017 VolunteerismMAWS (Midwives of WA State) Board MAWS Member
Former PEPS leader Childbirth Educator Former Board Member of PALS Open Arms Volunteer Doula
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Real People. Real Birth. Real Experiences.
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Supporting a Planned Medicated Birth
Dad:
"My wife and I don't have any family in the area, so we needed someone to help us prepare for our first child. Being a pretty typical guy, I just went along for the ride and left it up to my wife to find someone that she was comfortable with. She wanted someone who wasn't going to push an agenda or philosophy and would work with us to develop a plan.
Tiffany was a perfect match for both of us. When we first met her she listened to what we wanted, and gave us the information we needed. She helped both of us during labor and birth - I can't imagine how it would have been without her there. After coming home, she helped us find breastfeeding support.
I can't recommend her highly enough - She made a great experience even better!" - BH
Mom:
"I feel like I got really lucky to have Tiffany as my doula. I appreciated that she didn't have her own agenda as to whether my birth was going to be medicated, unmedicated, at a hospital, or at home. She let me have the experience that I wanted and supported me tremendously. During labor she seemed to instinctively know the right thing to say at the right time and it really helped me to focus and not panic. After James was born she was an invaluable wealth of knowledge and resources. I had a lot of trouble breastfeeding at first and she hooked me up with a milk donor and called up a breastpump company and I had a pump that day. She also is readily available for any questions that I have had either by phone, email, or Facebook. I can't say enough great things about her." ~ AH
"My wife and I don't have any family in the area, so we needed someone to help us prepare for our first child. Being a pretty typical guy, I just went along for the ride and left it up to my wife to find someone that she was comfortable with. She wanted someone who wasn't going to push an agenda or philosophy and would work with us to develop a plan.
Tiffany was a perfect match for both of us. When we first met her she listened to what we wanted, and gave us the information we needed. She helped both of us during labor and birth - I can't imagine how it would have been without her there. After coming home, she helped us find breastfeeding support.
I can't recommend her highly enough - She made a great experience even better!" - BH
Mom:
"I feel like I got really lucky to have Tiffany as my doula. I appreciated that she didn't have her own agenda as to whether my birth was going to be medicated, unmedicated, at a hospital, or at home. She let me have the experience that I wanted and supported me tremendously. During labor she seemed to instinctively know the right thing to say at the right time and it really helped me to focus and not panic. After James was born she was an invaluable wealth of knowledge and resources. I had a lot of trouble breastfeeding at first and she hooked me up with a milk donor and called up a breastpump company and I had a pump that day. She also is readily available for any questions that I have had either by phone, email, or Facebook. I can't say enough great things about her." ~ AH
Doula-ing The Doula
"It’s taken me a long time to write this, because I feel like I can’t properly articulate how amazing Tiffany is. As a doula for 12+ years myself, I had much professional admiration for tiffany as a doula and since having her at my birth I have much personal love and respect for her as well.
I had prodromal labour for almost 3 weeks before I actually gave birth and Tiffany helped keep me sane throughout it. When real labour started I was already out of it and exhausted, furthermore I had sprained ligaments and horrific back labour on top of the normal contractions, so I don’t have much memory of my labour.
What I do remember is Tiffany. I remember locking eyes with her many times and that was the only thing that kept me from spinning out of control. I remember her stroking my head and every time I didn’t want to do something and would say “I can’t do that” she would tell me “You said that before and you did everything else you couldn’t do.” She sat behind me and held me up while I was pushing (My mom says “your doula was white-knuckled on the edge of the bed to support you!”)
Long story short, even though I’m a doula with years of experience and over 200 births, I couldn’t have handled my own without Tiffany! My husband and I will be forever grateful." ~Mali Munch Hawthorne
I had prodromal labour for almost 3 weeks before I actually gave birth and Tiffany helped keep me sane throughout it. When real labour started I was already out of it and exhausted, furthermore I had sprained ligaments and horrific back labour on top of the normal contractions, so I don’t have much memory of my labour.
What I do remember is Tiffany. I remember locking eyes with her many times and that was the only thing that kept me from spinning out of control. I remember her stroking my head and every time I didn’t want to do something and would say “I can’t do that” she would tell me “You said that before and you did everything else you couldn’t do.” She sat behind me and held me up while I was pushing (My mom says “your doula was white-knuckled on the edge of the bed to support you!”)
Long story short, even though I’m a doula with years of experience and over 200 births, I couldn’t have handled my own without Tiffany! My husband and I will be forever grateful." ~Mali Munch Hawthorne
Supporting Families with Past Birth Trauma
"After a birth experience with our first child that really wasn't all we had hoped for, we decided to hire a doula for our second birth. We knew right away she was the person for us-calm, reassuring, knowledgeable and flexible. My hope was to have an unmedicated birth, but given my intense back labor the first time, I knew I was going to need some strong support in place, and Tiffany was just that! During our labor, she supported my husband as he applied pressure to my hips to counter the back labor. She made sure I stayed hydrated, suggested position changes (most of which I turned down, standing and leaning over the bed seemed to work best for me). She never insisted that I do what she recommended, she always allowed me to make the decisions about what felt best. Her verbal encouragement and cool washcloths to my neck were a lifesaver during my intense 4 hour labor. When it came time to push, I started in a position where I wasn't making much progress, so Tiffany suggested that I move to my side. I REALLY didn't want to, but I'm glad that I listened to her because as soon as I moved, baby Delilah decided to arrive much more quickly! There really is something to be said about having a support person there who has a large "bag of tricks" and is able to recognize what the physical signs are telling you about how the labor is progressing. I don't hesitate at all in recommending Tiffany!" ~CA
