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Our goal is to enhance the overall experience for every woman we are given the privilege to serve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613751486334e63641559307/4cd58980-8a25-4e28-99a1-dc630d998206/Nightingale+Doula+Promo-1+%284%29.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nightingaledoulas.com/about daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613751486334e63641559307/329b9501-0aa3-4a43-89ac-ed2e003fcbd8/DSC_0585.jpg About - Meet Karen Karen Hebron, Doula Founding member of Nightingale Doula Services. Karen meandered into nursing school not knowing what she wanted to do after she completed her training. While witnessing the birth of one of her nieces, a passion was ignited within her to provide compassionate care to women and families throughout the joys and trials of childbirth. In 2013 she became a Registered Nurse and started right away in labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn care. She loves attending, supporting, and assisting all births from scheduled c-sections to unmedicated vaginal births both in and out of the hospital. She believes each birth is as beautiful and unique as the birthing mother. Karen has taken opportunities over the last 8 years to further her skills through doula training, lactation conferences, and other educational opportunities. She has enjoyed teaching childbirth education the last several years as well. Karen lives close to Indianola with her husband and children. When she’s not doing something birth-related, you can find her homeschooling her children and exploring nature. She’s excited to officially take on a doula role after years of voluntarily stepping into this role when her clients requested the support and her nursing responsibilities allowed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613751486334e63641559307/c881dec8-8fbb-4736-a0a4-0815a9de4e02/DSC_0588.jpg About - Meet Michelle Michelle Wiedmann, Doula Founding member of Nightingale Doula Services. Michelle has dreamt of the day when she was able use her knowledge and experience while being on call for families during the days leading up to the labor and birth of their baby as well as provide education, hold space during labor and birth, follow-up in the immediate days postpartum and assist with the needs of a new, growing family. Michelle has been a registered nurse working in labor, delivery, postpartum mom and baby care since 2008. She has worked along-side physicians, midwives, doulas and families in both in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings. Michelle believes that every family should be given informed consent and encouraged to make decisions that best fit their situation. In the years Michelle has worked as a birth worker, she has sought out extra training as a labor and birth doula, has taken grief doula classes, she is a childbirth educator, lactation counselor and infant massage instructor. Michelle has experience working as a firefighter and EMT-B on a fire department, teaching Basic Life Support as well as a nurse on a cardiac floor. Michelle lives in Des Moines with her husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs, and countless chickens. She enjoys everything birthy and is excited to work as a doula to support and hold that space for mamas during life-changing moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613751486334e63641559307/82e5ca46-cf40-4b92-a3fd-50bbd648cbe8/bio+image+sarah.jpeg About - Meet Sarah Back-up Doula Sarah’s love of birth goes back to her days of nursing school where she spent her preceptorship on a Labor and Delivery floor at a small hospital. Out of school, Sarah explored other areas of nursing, but after her own pregnancy and the birth of her first son, she felt set on fire with a passion for educating, empowering, and supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. Sarah has been a registered nurse since 2009 and she has had the joy of working in the birthing community since 2018 at Broadlawns Family Birthing Center, as a birth assistant for community midwives, and with nutrition support within her business at Whole Momma Nutrition. Sarah’s passion for educating, empowering, and supporting Mothers stems from her own life experiences. She has had the opportunity to further her education to include a Bachelors in Nursing, Nutrition Therapist Master, Certified Lactation Specialist, Professional Doula, and a Restorative Wellness Practitioner. She has had the honor of supporting many women through the miracle of birth. 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I would highly recommend them and would not think twice about hiring them again if we have another child. My husband who initially did not see the need of an added expense of a doula now says that he would highly recommend a doula and specifically the Nightingale Doulas to anyone having a baby. Karen and Michelle did an excellent job of educating us, helping us prepare our birth plan, respecting and supporting our wishes and then implementing/advocating for our birth plan and making sure our team was fully aware of and honoring our wishes. Karen played an influential role in our birth experience by helping us pivot when needed and reach our goal of an unmedicated birth with my husband catching our baby. Michelle and Karen have also provided a ton of support postpartum. Throughout the whole process, they were always the first people we contacted with any questions, concerns, or updates. We seriously can’t recommend them enough! — Brooke S. Photo: Bella Butters Photo