Presence over process
I trained and certified through a recognized doula program, but I lead with fit rather than credentials, because that is genuinely how people choose a doula - nobody hires the most qualified one, they hire the one they want in the room at three in the morning.
I support the partner as much as the parent giving birth - that is genuinely half the job. When a partner can hand off the logistics, they can actually be present: eat, rest, and stay in the room instead of running it.
I am not attached to any particular outcome. Hospital or home, medicated or unmedicated, a calm vaginal birth or an unplanned cesarean - my job is the same: steady, physical, personal support, whatever the shape of the day turns out to be.
