About Doula Olivia
Born and raised in Santa Cruz, CA – moved to Portland, OR in 2011
Worked in theater for years as a stage manager (still a big theater nerd)
Certified through Birthingway College of Midwifery in 2017
Joined the doula team at Providence St. Vincent’s Medical Center in 2019 and was on staff until the ending of the program in 2020
Philosphy: Your birth should go your way. I don’t believe there is any one way to have a baby and I won’t try to convince you that your labor needs to be anything other than what you want it to be. You do you.
Some favorites of mine: black licorice candy, stick shift cars, period costume dramas, the San Fransisco Giants, scotch, smiley babies, and big pots of tea.
** All these smiley pictures of me were taken by Ashlie Behm Photography