What is a Doula?

The Greek word doula means woman caregiver. Today we use the word to describe a trained and experience labor companion who provides the woman and he partner with continuous emotional support, physical comfort  and assistance in obtaining information before, during and after childbirth.

A birth doula understands the physiology of birth and the emotional needs of a woman in labor, assists the woman and her partner in preparing for and carrying out their plans for the birth. A doula facilitates communication between the laboring woman, her partner and clinical provider. She perceives her role as one who nurtures and protects the woman’s memory of her birth experience.

Kim Williams is a  DONA certified birth doula and lives in Mounds View, MN with her husband David and together they have raised 5 wonderful children. She and her husband, Dave, are grandparents to 2 beautiful granddaughters and 3 grandsons.

When she’s not attending births, she loves to spend time with her family, sew, enjoy the outdoors sitting by a fire, and traveling.

Kim Williams CD(DONA), CLEC, CBE,NBE, is a DONA Certified Birth Doula, Hypnobirthing doula, Certified Lactation Educator Counselor, Placenta Encapsulator. Kim is a trained Childbirth Educator, Spinning Babies,  Loss doula and Trained New Parent Educator.  She is also a member of DONA, The Childbirth Collective, American Association of Birth Centers, and a doula graduate intern at MN Birth Center Minneapolis & St.Paul MN, a doula graduate of Health Foundations Birth Center, St.Paul MN, former doula at Unity Hospital, Fridley MN, formerly a volunteer birth doula at Woodwinds Hospital. I am also listed on the Minnesota Department of Health Doula Registry.