Certified Birth Doulas
Birth doulas provide support throughout your birthing journey—offering guidance during pregnancy via personalized prenatal visits and comforting you through labor and delivery with soothing touch, encouraging words, and steadfast advocacy for your choices. In the precious moments after birth, they continue to nurture - offering reassurance, assistance with feeding, and gentle care as you transition into parenthood.
Laurie Vaughn
Current President
Doula Services, Childbirth Education, Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), Doula Mentorship Program
Laurie is a wife and mother of five lovely daughters. She has worked with women and children for many years in all different scenarios, including teaching, counseling, and advocacy. Before entering into full time birth work, she lived in South Asia for four years teaching women's health and vocational development to at risk women in cities and villages of India. She has been involved in childbirth work since 2015 and is a certified Birth Doula and Childbirth Educator through The Global Organization of Midwives. She believes in helping parents learn about evidence based care and shared decision making so they can be directly involved in their own unique birth experience. Laurie has an undying passion to love and support women and their families during the sacred journey of bringing a child into the world.
Tara Mitts
Current Vice President
Doula Services, Postpartum Meal Delivery
After hiring a doula for my second pregnancy, I experienced birth in a whole new way—one that empowered and supported me in ways I never expected. That experience inspired me to become a doula myself, so I could offer the same level of care and encouragement to other birthing mothers. And in 2020, I earned my certification from MaternityWise.
As a Young Living Brand Partner, I have learned how to effectively incorporate essential oils into pregnancy and birth for added comfort and well-being. I love being able to share my knowledge of a more holistic lifestyle with all if it’s something you desire.
Recognizing the importance of nourishment in postpartum recovery, my chef husband and I created a carefully designed postpartum meal delivery menu. We believe that healing foods play a crucial role in replenishing the body, supporting lactation, and aiding in overall recovery after birth.
It is an absolute honor to walk alongside each family who invites me into their birth journey, providing support, guidance, and care during such a transformative time.
Jamia Brownlee
Current Treasurer
Doula Services, Placenta Encapsulation
Jamia is a Christian Holistic Doula. She became a Certified Birth Doula through A Woman Who Serves (AWWS) doula training program as it aligned with her faith and core values as a Christian believer and to learn how she can serve women from a biblical perspective. She also certified with the National Black Doula Association (NBDA) to learn how to serve the Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) community and help them overcome the challenges they face within the medical industry. Jamia is a compassionate doula and loves to serve. Her passion for birth work came from her own personal experience that stemmed from two traumatic birth experiences that both ended in cesareans. Ten years later, after doing a lot of research, learning how to trust her body and with the help and knowledge of her own doula she had a successful vaginal birth after two cesareans (vba2c)! Jamia offers a variety of services from placenta encapsulation, vaginal steaming, birth pool rental and more! Jamia is a wife and homeschool mama of five! In her free time she loves to fellowship, bake and garden.
Lin Cook
Current Historian
Doula Services, Lactation Consultant, Bradley Childbirth Educator, Infant Massage, Postpartum Care
Lin has been a labor doula since 1991 and a postpartum doula since 1988, making her the first doula in South Carolina. She believes in the natural process and how birth can empower a woman in other aspects of life. As Lin also teaches Bradley Childbirth Classes, she believes education is key to making informed choices. While she has the most experience working with couples who give birth naturally, she has worked with all types of situations including medicated births and scheduled C-sections. "All women need support, especially in a hospital setting."
In addition to the services mentioned, Lin also offers Infant Massage classes. In 2010 she became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She spearheaded the effort to pass the 2006 Breastfeeding in Public law and is actively involved in the South Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition. Lin offers in-home lactation visits. "Being a doula is the most honored job I have ever held." - Lin
Sabine Baker
(language skills: German)
Doula Services, Labor Doula, Childbirth Educator, Lactation Counselor, Yoga Teacher, Postpartum Doula
Meet Sabine: Your Holistic Birth Companion
Sabine is a certified labor doula through CAPPA, a Hypnobabies-trained doula, and a certified yoga instructor with additional postpartum training. She brings a deeply integrative approach to birth work, combining her expertise as a Labor Doula, Childbirth Educator, Lactation Counselor, and Yoga Teacher to support families through every phase of the perinatal journey.
Currently enrolled in the Body Ready Method (BRM) to become a BRM Pro, Sabine is expanding her skills to help birthing bodies prepare more effectively for labor and recovery through evidence-based movement and bodywork. Her commitment to continuing education reflects her belief that birth support should evolve with the latest research and holistic practices.
With experience in over 160 births across home, birth center, and hospital settings—including work as a midwife assistant—Sabine offers grounded, personalized care tailored to each family's unique needs. She views childbirth as a sacred and transformative event, and she honors each birthing person’s right to shape their experience with autonomy, intention, and informed choice. Whether the birth is medicated or unmedicated, Sabine’s priority is to ensure that her clients feel heard, respected, and empowered.
Yoga-Infused Childbirth Education
Sabine offers personalized childbirth education in your home or at a local yoga studio, blending evidence-based birth prep with yoga and mindfulness. These sessions help parents feel physically and emotionally ready for labor, birth, and postpartum.
Bilingual Support for German Speakers
Sabine offers bilingual services for local German-speaking families in the Charleston area, as well as virtual support for native German speakers worldwide. Her goal is to ease communication and provide culturally sensitive care that feels familiar and comforting.
A Life Rooted in Connection
Sabine is married, a proud mother of two grown children, and a joyful grandmother to three little ones. She shares her home with a few beloved fur babies and lives an active, spiritually rich life filled with yoga, nature walks, and meaningful conversations with friends.
Chinique Brown
Doula Services, Postpartum Care
Hey there, radiant parents-to-be! I’m Chinique Brown, Clinician III with a master’s in psychology and a vibrant Full-Spectrum Doula. I bring high-energy, evidence-based care and wholehearted support through pregnancy, AND the transformative postpartum period.
Certified Full-Spectrum Birth Doula whose heart races with the incredible energy of labor and birth, supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and the powerful transition into postpartum. As a Clinician III, I develop and deliver individualized crisis plans along with crisis intervention, bringing advanced clinical insight into doula care. When labor begins, I stand beside you as your
trusted advocate, offering calm guidance, evidence-based comfort techniques, and empowering advocacy that boost confidence, reduce interventions, and strengthen your birth experience. Once your baby arrives, I will continue as your Postpartum Doula, supporting the “fourth trimester” with hands-on newborn care, breastfeeding and pumping support, emotional check-ins, light
household assistance, and mood monitoring—helping families adapt, bond, and heal in a vulnerable yet transformative time. My certifications—Certified Peer Support Specialist, Harm Reduction Specialist, Certified Doula, Certified Full Spectrum & Postpartum Doula—alongside my Lactation Counselor and Educator training in progress, equip me to meet you with non-judgmental, trauma-informed, and culturally affirming care. Whether you're birthing in a hospital, birth center, or at home, I blend my clinical training with doula devotion, believing every family—including BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and historically marginalized communities—deserves to feel empowered, respected, and profoundly supported at every stage. Let’s walk this journey together: from the first breath of labor to the gentle rhythm of postpartum life, I’m here to hold space, advocate fiercely, and celebrate you.
Becca Fleming
Doula Services
Becca Fleming is a Birth Doula certified through DONA, and completed a mentorship under Lin Cook. Becca was afraid of birth until facing those fears when she got married, experienced two early losses, and then became pregnant with her daughter. She learned to trust God through the process of labor and birth, researching to figure out her own Plan A. Now, after a hard but transformative birth experience, she is passionate about supporting other moms mentally and emotionally through their own hard but transformative births, encouraging and resourcing her clients through every step of the way. Becca wants each mom to feel confident and informed in each choice she is making. When not at a birth, she loves playing with her daughter Millie and new son Zolly, doing a few graphic design projects, and serving her church.
Sarah Glenn
Doula Services, Lactation Consultant, Childbirth Education, Postpartum Care, Yoga Instructor, Newborn Care
Sarah, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Certified Childbirth Educator (CBE), CAPPA Certified Doula & Postpartum Doula, Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), Newborn Care Specialist (NCS), Perinatal Mental Health Counselor (PMH-C), is the owner of Lactation Station & More. She has been providing care for moms and babies for over 30 years. She left her Pennsylvania practice to her daughter and moved to Summerville, SC a while back. While she still cares for PA's families virtually and sometimes in person, most of her care is in SC. Her passion has been to help families learn to trust their instincts when caring for babies inside and out. Always continuing her education, Sarah recently became certified as a perinatal mental health counselor to support moms struggling with the mental side of becoming a mother. She is married and has 7 children (almost all grown), 9+ grand babies, and many fur babies. In her spare time, she enjoys yoga, reading, nature, meeting people, and exploring.
Sydney Harvey
Doula Services, Postpartum Care, Childbirth Education, Placenta Encapsulation, Breastfeeding Support, La Leche League Leader, Myofunctional Therapy
I believe a mother needs to be supported, protected and cared for herself so that she is free to enter into her new role as a mother. Her strength, innate wisdom and feeling of empowerment witnessed during childbirth will remain with her into her journey of motherhood. As a certified doula, I strive to help parents create realistic expectations about their unique birth experience; make sure they are educated; feeling confident, grounded and excited about the birth process.
My passion for birth work began through my own pregnancy and the beautiful births of my two children. I love being able to utilize my gift of intuition and compassion into the birthing atmosphere. I incorporate teachings of yoga and ancient wisdom of Ayurveda into my full doula support. Helping women love their birth and realize they have the strength within themselves is the greatest gift. I am happy to support families in a hospital, birth center or home birth.
Cathleen Holt
Doula Services, Certified Childbirth Educator, Postpartum Specialties
Cathleen has attended over 300 births including natural, epidural, water, VBAC, twins, cesarean, induction & virtual. Qualifications & Training include: President of the Professional Doulas of Charleston 2016-2020, American Academy of Husband Coached Childbirth, The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth, ToLabor Doula Training, Rebozo Techniques Gena Kirby Method, Prenatal Yoga, Spinning Babies Techniques, Sacred Bellybind Wrap Artist, Birth Story Listening (Birthing From Within), Sacred Postpartum Specialties, StillBirthday Birth & Bereavement Doula and Hypno-Doula.
Jenny Schultz
Doula Services
Jenny is a Certified Birth Doula with DONA International. She is a mother of two. She provides comprehensive pregnancy, labor, and immediate postpartum support to expecting mothers in the Charleston, SC area. Her role is also to act as an advocate for the birthing woman and her family. She is dedicated to providing unique and personalized doula services, aiming to create a special and memorable birthing journey for her clients. Contact her to find out more!
Cindi Schweitzer
Doula Services, Childbirth Education
Cindi (MCPCD) (Madriella Professional Certified Doula) has always taken pride in her nurturing personality. She completed certifications for birth and postpartum doula services through Madriella. Education is very important to her. Cindi works to support birthing families with evidence-based information. She thinks that informed decisions result in a fulfilling birth. Additionally, Cindi has training from TheVBAClink and Rebozo (uses for pregnancy & labor). As a mother of three she not only draws from her education, but also from her own personal experiences. Regardless of the birth each family chooses, Cindi hopes that every family she serves feels encouraged, embraced and educated. She provides support to families choosing natural or medicated childbirth in hospital, at home as wells as planned cesarean sections. As a doula, Cindi can provide that extra encouraging support every mom needs.
Miriam Stiel
(language skills: German)
Doula Services
Miriam is a certified Birth Doula with Child Birth International (CBI). Originally from Germany, she and her husband moved to beautiful Charleston in 2013. Her personal birth experience set her on the path to become a Doula herself. Her focus is to support clients to create an environment for a gentle, calm and peaceful childbirth. She will create a safe atmosphere where clients feel confident, peaceful and prepared for the birth of their baby in the location of their choice. This is a life changing time and her wish is for clients to feel heard, supported and empowered. She is also happy to support German speaking mothers to create a gentle experience of child birth in a foreign environment.