Meet Ashley
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Ashley is a Certified Birth Doula, as well as a Certified Childbirth Educator and founder of Central Florida Birth Services, serving all or part of the following counties in Central Florida: Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia and Sumter. She has been serving pregnant women in different capacities since 2006, and thinks of herself as a life-long student of all things birth related. You can see her various training experiences below.
As a doula and an educator, Ashley enjoys helping families make informed choices concerning their pregnancy, birth, and newborn. She is committed to serving objectively, knowing that every birth is as different as every mother and child, and has experience doing so in varied birth settings. She is interested in helping families not only have healthy babies and mothers, but also have an enjoyable pregnancy and birth. |
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Ashley is happily married, has five bright-spirited children, and enjoys being a home-schooling mother. She has had a special interest in pregnancy and childbirth since she was very young.
To serve is at the very core of what “doula” means. Ashley's hope is that her individualized care and services, her training and experience will help to ensure the best possible childbirth experience for you.
To serve is at the very core of what “doula” means. Ashley's hope is that her individualized care and services, her training and experience will help to ensure the best possible childbirth experience for you.
My Active Certifications
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2019
2016
2013
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Other Training & Continuing Education...
2018
- Birth Assistant Training Workshop with NRP and CPR Certifications
2015
- ICEA Prenatal & Postpartum Fitness Educator Program
2010
- HypnoBirthing Practitioner Workshop and Certification Program (Certification No Longer Active)
2007
- DONA Approved Birth Doula Training Workshop and Certification Program
Why Ashley Became a Doula
"When I decided to become a doula, I was working for a pregnancy resource center for women facing unplanned pregnancies. I felt that no one, whether thirteen or forty-five, should have to give birth without the tender care of someone whose sole job it was to assist and support them.
After I had trained as a doula, began to attend births, and later gave birth myself, I found a wealth of information that I felt everyone should know, and a community of compassionate and selfless professionals. I also found that birthing women are often at both their strongest and most vulnerable in many ways.
Families are important! Our children are the future! I am so happy to assist in helping mothers and babies to have the best possible beginning. Being "Mama" to my children and "mothering the mother" is my heart's work."
