Natural Birth Labor Support
About me
My experience
I am a certified birth doula with DONA International and a natural childbirth educator. I am passionate about birth. I think the birthing process is one of the most amazing experiences that we have the privilege to know in life. After having incredible births with my three children, I never really lost my interest and passion for birth. The more about birth that I read and study and witness, the more excited I am to do everything I can to help other women and families have positive birth experiences.
I have supported first-time moms, mothers who want to “do it differently” than their first time around, and mothers having VBACs. I am honored to have served each of these wonderfully strong women.
I teach natural childbirth education classes. In these classes we learn about the range of experiences a woman can have in a normal pregnancy and birth, relaxation and various comfort measures for labor, tuning in to your body during labor, nutrition and exercise for pregnancy and birth, eliminating unnecessary pain, and more. If you are interested in classes as well, please contact me.
My children were born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain while our family was living and working there. In the summer of 2007, we moved to the NW suburbs of Chicago where we currently reside.
Lori Swain CD(DONA), AAHCC
Doula
Natural Childbirth Educator
NW suburbs of Chicago
I believe that birth is a natural, physiological, emotional, and spiritual process. The female body is designed to give birth. Women who are encouraged, supported, and informed can have incredible and empowering births.
Every woman is different, every birth is different, and every baby is different, however every woman and family deserves support, compassion, and flexibility during the journey of birth.
As a doula my role is to facilitate the natural process - giving the mother every opportunity to allow her birth to unfold. contact
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