A peaceful beginning starts with a small close-knit group of certified and experienced birth and postpartum doulas in Asheville NC and WNC. The five of us
have come together with the intent to provide professional and
comprehensive doula services to women and families as part of your
birth, postpartum and breastfeeding team. Read all about us on the About Us page.
We also work together to provide DONA approved doula trainings and FREE Labor and Birth Forums in Asheville for the WNC public. Cheryl Orengo, one member of our group, is a DONA approved doula trainer and the DONA NC State Rep. Take a look at the doula training page. Working together we are able to offer a greater continuity of care, a broad spectrum of services and a stronger support network for familes in the Asheville NC area. As certified doulas we adhere to DONA's strict code of ethics and standards of practice.
Peaceful Beginning doulas are experienced and available to provide support for births with multiples, in high risk situations, with medicated and unmedicated births, with VBAC births, cesarean births, home births and water births. We also provide postpartum-in home doula care right after birth and up to 3 months after. We work to insure successful breastfeeding, joyful parenthood while helping to prevent exhaustion and postpartum depression.
Give a new mom and her partner (or a family adding another baby) the gift of a doula. Go to our Birth and/or Postpartum Doula page, read about our services and then give a gift of doula services!
The word "doula" comes from ancient Greek meaning "to serve women" and now, in our modern culture, it refers to a woman trained and experienced in childbirth and/or postpartum to provide physical, emotional, and informational support to a woman and her labor partner before, during, and after childbirth. A birth doula’s continuous presence, encouragement and reassurance, along with knowledge of comfort measures can speed labor and decrease pain & stress, for the laboring mother. Birth doulas also help the partner take a "front seat" in labor support. A postpartum doula helps mother and family adjust to a new baby by providing breastfeeding support, infant care and teaching and house support in the home beginning the day after coming home from the hospital. Peaceful Beginning doulas are passionate about birth, babies and families.
PEACE - It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise,
trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things
and still be calm in your heart. (unknown)
Cheryl Orengo
Kelley Thomas-Hill
Tracie Coyle
Rowan Lischerelli
LeAnne Marrs
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