Amanda Dowd, Head of Birth Doula Services

So, hello! I’m Amanda, and if you’re reading this as a potential or current client, I am so thrilled to be supporting you. I will probably shed a few tears at your birth (I usually do!) and I will always have chocolate on me if you need a little pick-me-up post delivery. I promise to hold space for all of your fears, hopes, and dreams, and I promise to honor you and your family exactly as you are. I promise to educate, empower, and uplift you, and I promise to support your choices without judgement.

Welcome to Terra Cotta Perinatal. Kat and I are so excited you’re here.

Katherine MorrisJuly 20, 2021birth doula, Birth Support, birth trauma, pregnancy, labor, delivery, childbirth, trauma informed care

trauma sucks. don't sell your house.

Example: Let’s say A is a female-identifying salesman with a passion for art history and a best friend, and one day, her best friend dies suddenly. Now, not only did A go from being someone with a best friend to being someone without a best friend, but now she’s a female identifying salesman with a passion for art history without a best friend who has come to see death in a very specific and intimate way. So when A gets a new job and has to move cities, you think she takes her job and her hobbies with her, but leaves behind her relationship with death? No way. Whether she knows it or not, this relationship packed its things and hopped on the moving truck in a box labeled “trauma.” But don’t worry, it stuck itself in the back near the keepsakes and holiday decorations.

Katherine MorrisSeptember 25, 2019trauma, moving, processing, moving box, boxes, grief, aces, casa, doula, birth doula, labor doula, birth trauma, sexual trauma, physical trauma, emotional trauma, milestones, transitions