About Me
Hi, I’m Brittany
Artist. Mama. Doula.
A ready ear to listen to your story, your hopes, your fears.
A 4 with a strong 5 wing, I tend to think outside the box and deep-dive into my passions.
My big passion - birth the way God designed.
My birthwork career began in Houston in 2017. We moved to Austin in 2021 where I continue to serve mothers through pregnancy and birth as a doula and childbirth educator. My husband Bobby and I get to raise our family right where city meets hills.
We love it here.
My love language is quality time, so when I’m with you I am 100% present and dedicated to you. I handle overwhelming situations with grace and flexibility, meaning I can keep a level head and guide you through unexpected circumstances without causing unnecessary tension. I love to look at birth as an incredibly complex puzzle, and I can help you see the bigger picture on the top of the puzzle box when you’re in the thick of it.
My Story
I walked into the hospital for my first birth excited, prepared, and confident - until my labor stalled and my birth plan failed me. I felt a total loss of control when I found myself in a such a haze of Pitocin-induced terror that I physically could not speak. I wore myself out in the only position I could bear and couldn’t explain to my husband or nurse how they could help me. That experience left me feeling empowered by what my body was capable of, but also fired up about pursuing a different birthing experience for myself and every other woman I know.
When I became pregnant again I was terrified of having another traumatic experience, so I snatched the reigns and studied physiological birth like it was my job, training to be my own doula. I regained trust in my instincts and my body through studying, exercises, and conversations with my birth team. Unfortunately my labor did stall again, and it took a lot of intervening to get it going. But once things got moving, I surrendered to my contractions and experienced a miraculous pain-free labor and birth! No drugs in my system, not a single push, I breathed out a perfect little baby as my doctor rushed into the room. A complete 180 from my first experience!
I then dreamed about a final birth, at home in my own bed as my children slept peacefully. But when it seemed my little rainbow boy was bound and determined to come too early for a home birth, I set my goal to give birth on my own terms, in my own way, with my own team. A homebirth experience in a hospital setting. It required unconventional tools, a ton of planning and conversation between myself, my doula, my husband, and my doctor. But by George, WE DID IT!
To quote January Harshe’s book Birth Without Fear,
"I don't care what kind of birth you have - a homebirth, scheduled cesarean, an epidural hospital birth or if you give birth alone in the woods next to a baby deer. I care that you had options, that you were supported in your choices and that you were respected."