Your birth matters. The circumstances surrounding how you meet your baby matter. Having a voice in how that unfolds matters. Your experience matters. - Unknown
MEET THE DOULAS
Mariah Falin, CD, PPD, PES
co-founder of Birth Matters NW |
Gina Cantatore, LMT, CBD
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Photos by www.valerieblakephotography.com
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We value the importance of continuing education in our community!
Combined continuing education...
- 2013 - DONA International approved Birth Doula Training
- 2014 February – Birth into Breastfeeding: A Breastfeeding Webinar with Jennifer Tow and Special Guests Patrick Houser and Gena Kirby (online)
- 2014 March - TENS and Rebozo Training with Carrie Kenner of Big Belly Services (Seattle, WA)
- 2014 October – NW Doula Conference attendee (Renton, WA)
- 2015 February – PALS Advance Doula Training with Heidi Koss: Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorder (Seattle, WA)
- 2015 March – Breastfeeding for Doulas – Simkin Center for Allied Birth Professionals | Kirkland, WA
- 2015 July – PALS (Puget Sound Labor Support) Doulas Board member
- 2015 June – PALS Advance Doula Training with Sharon Muza: Working with VBAC clients | Seattle, WA
- 2015 October – NW Doula Conference (Organizing Committee and attendee) | Seattle, WA
- 2015 November – Healing Birth Trauma online conference attendee
- 2016 January – Swedish Doula Program Participant | Seattle, WA
- 2016 February – Pre and Perinatal Psychology of Bonding – Barb Decker
- 2016 Feb-April -Penny Simkin’s Home and Birth Center Childbirth Education Series (Center for Birth) – Class Assistant
- 2016 March – REACHE Conference (Regional Association of Childbirth Educators of Puget Sound): What does today’s research say? Helping expectant familes understand evidence based care with Sharon Muza, Rebecca Dekker, and Christine Morton.,
- 2016 March – When a Baby Dies (Supporting Families through Grief and Loss) – Gigi Wickwire
- 2016 April - Spinning Babies w/Gail Tully (Seattle, WA)
- 2016 July - DONA International Conference (Bellevue, WA)
- 2016 September - APPPAH Regional Conference - Pathways to Prenatal Wholeness: Integrating Healthcare Disciplines in a 21st Century Dialogue with Stephen Bezruchka, MD, Vincent Felitti, MD, Joel M. Evans, MD, Wendy McCarty, PhD, RN, Gerhard Schroth, MD, Phyllis Klaus, LMFT, LMSW, Jennie Joseph, LP, CPM et.al. (Kenmore, WA)
- 2016 October - 9th Northwest Doula Conference (Seattle, WA)
- 2017 February - Tongue Tie and Chiropractic - Catherine Fenner, IBCLC and Dr. Chelsea Moe, PC
- 2016 March - Spinning Babies w/Gail Tully (Seattle, WA)
- 2016 March – REACHE Conference (Regional Association of Childbirth Educators of Puget Sound):
- 2017 April - Breastsleeping with Dr. James McKenna (Kenmore, WA)
- 2017 April - Spinning Babies w/Tammy Ryan (Redmond & Edmonds, WA)
- 2017 October - 10th Annual Northwest Doula Conference - Jen McLellan (Plus Size Birth)/Ashlee Wells (4th Trimester Bodies Project) (Seattle, WA)
- 2017 September/October DONA Postpartum Training (Seattle, WA)
- 2018 March - Spinning Babies w/Rachel Shapiro (Tacoma & Edmonds, WA)
- 2018 May - Biologixx Bloodborne Pathogen Training/WA State Food Handlers Permit (Seattle, WA)
- 2018 May - Trauma Informed Care
- 2018 June Penny Simkin Day of Learning with Penny Simkin, CD (Look (Back) Before You Leap (Forward) Dr. Neel Shah, MD (Designing Systems to Improve Care for Every Mother, Everywhere), Dr. Andrew Kotaska, MD (,Informed Consent & Refusal: an Ethical and Pragmatic Guide|Intact cord resuscitation: more than hemoglobin), Dr. Melissa Cheyney, CPM (The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) Statistics Project: “Troubling” the Technocracy) Katie Rohs, CD (Gender, Language, Pregnancy, and Birth: A Panel Discussion) Kathy McGrath, CD (Seattle, WA)
- 2018 June - PALS Conducting Effective Postpartum Meetings Panel (Seattle, WA)
- 2018 October - Northwest Doula Conference
- 2019 October - Northwest Doula Conference
© Birth Matters NW Birth and Postpartum Services 2018
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Serving the following areas: Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, Issaquah, Kirkland, Shoreline, Bothell, Woodinville, Brier, Kenmore, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Mill Creek, Everett, Mukilteo, Monroe, Snohomish, Ballard, Magnolia, Fremont, Wallingford, Green Lake, Northgate, Ravenna, Madison Park, Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, Lake Forest Park, Marysville, Lake Stevens. Snohomish County, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, WA Swedish Hospitals, University Hospital, Evergreen, Providence, Sprout Birth Center, Center for Birth, Cascade Birthing Center, Puget Sound Birth Centers, Eastside Birth Center and all home births.
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Birth Matters NW: Birth & Postpartum Services
Compassionate Care. Supported Families. Birth Matters NW 19410 WA 99 Ste A #241 Lynnwood, WA 98036 t: | 425-835-3872 e: | birthmattersnw@gmail.com |
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