About Dalia
I love birth work because the journey of pregnancy, labor, birth and parenting has the power to TRANSFORM you!!!
I came to supporting families with new babies with out really intending to. In fact I started out wanting to be a neuroscientist. The first step away from my academic aspirations was the birth of my oldest child in January of 1992. After a long labor (over 30 hours), I pushed out my son and lifted him onto my belly. It was the most amazing experience of my life and I felt like I had just conquered Mount Everest (my apologies to real mountain climbers). I had done all I could during pregnancy to avoid using medication during labor; reading, taking a nine week out-of-hospital childbirth class, practicing my relaxation exercises and carefully choosing my care provider, because I had read about the risks of medication for my baby, for myself, and for my labor. What nobody had ever told me was that an un-medicated birth was such an empowering and amazing experience for the birth giver. I felt strong and amazing and surprised.
The next step away from my academic career was helping my high school friend at the birth of her first child two years later. My friend's baby was pulled from her epidural-numbed body using a vacuum extractor. As her baby was born, she let out a primal scream that shook me to my core. After the birth she thanked all the attendants and doctors for saving her and her baby. She was elated and satisfied with her birth experience. I, however, went home and cried. I was devastated by the contrast between her birth experience and mine. She had felt vulnerable and in need of saving. I had felt capable of doing anything. Only then did I realize how unusual my experience had been, and how valuable it was to my growth as a parent and as a person.
Another two years passed before I started studying to become a childbirth educator and a breastfeeding counselor. But the motivation to help others maximize their potential for an empowering birth experience started with those two events.
Every childbirth class and every birth teaches me more about the strength in every individual, the power of the human body, and the beauty of the relationships forged and strengthened during this amazing experience. Through long, short, slow, fast, VBAC, C-section, medicated, unmedicated and induced: Every birth is unique and beautiful.
My passion is to enable each person to find their inner strength, and to enable their loved ones to support them fully.
Read details about my doula services here.
I have been teaching childbirth classes and supporting breastfeeding families since 1998. I started teaching childbirth classes in a hospital in Minneapolis, MN, and since moving to Birmingham in 1999, I have been teaching privately. I added a Lamaze Certification in 2009.
In November of 2008, when my "baby" was eight, I was able to start attending births as a doula.
I started leading support groups for new parents at The Oasis Women's Counseling Center in 2001 and have been teaching parenting workshops since 2003.
I completed a breastfeeding support training in 2003 and added a CLC (Certified Lactation Counselor) certification in January of 2012.
In 2013 I became a DONA approved Birth Doula Trainer and have been teaching 2-3 birth doula workshops every year since then.
I am the proud mother of four delightful children and the ecstatic wife of one wonderful husband.
My Services:
Childbirth Education, Birth Doula support, Breastfeeding Classes, Breastfeeding Consults (pre and postpartum), Doula Training Workshops, Parenting Workshops.
For more information about my doula services and schedule see my doula page.
My Training:
Childbirth Educator training; one year course with the Israel Childbirth Education Center (ICEC) in 1996-1997. I became a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator in June of 2009.
Breastfeeding training; correspondence course with Breastfeeding Support Consultants (BSC) becoming a Certified Lactation Specialist in September of 2003. Certified Lactation Counselor training with Healthy Children's Center for Breastfeeding, becoming certified as a CLC January 2012.
Doula Training; DONA certified birth doula as of October 2010.
Doula Trainer training: DONA approved Birth Doula trainer since March 2013.
Spinning Babies training completed in November of 2016
And of course conferences and workshops and reading.... I am forever learning.
Read testimonials and the details of my doula services package here.
Contact Information:
BirthPower@bellsouth.net
205-410-0479
I came to supporting families with new babies with out really intending to. In fact I started out wanting to be a neuroscientist. The first step away from my academic aspirations was the birth of my oldest child in January of 1992. After a long labor (over 30 hours), I pushed out my son and lifted him onto my belly. It was the most amazing experience of my life and I felt like I had just conquered Mount Everest (my apologies to real mountain climbers). I had done all I could during pregnancy to avoid using medication during labor; reading, taking a nine week out-of-hospital childbirth class, practicing my relaxation exercises and carefully choosing my care provider, because I had read about the risks of medication for my baby, for myself, and for my labor. What nobody had ever told me was that an un-medicated birth was such an empowering and amazing experience for the birth giver. I felt strong and amazing and surprised.
The next step away from my academic career was helping my high school friend at the birth of her first child two years later. My friend's baby was pulled from her epidural-numbed body using a vacuum extractor. As her baby was born, she let out a primal scream that shook me to my core. After the birth she thanked all the attendants and doctors for saving her and her baby. She was elated and satisfied with her birth experience. I, however, went home and cried. I was devastated by the contrast between her birth experience and mine. She had felt vulnerable and in need of saving. I had felt capable of doing anything. Only then did I realize how unusual my experience had been, and how valuable it was to my growth as a parent and as a person.
Another two years passed before I started studying to become a childbirth educator and a breastfeeding counselor. But the motivation to help others maximize their potential for an empowering birth experience started with those two events.
Every childbirth class and every birth teaches me more about the strength in every individual, the power of the human body, and the beauty of the relationships forged and strengthened during this amazing experience. Through long, short, slow, fast, VBAC, C-section, medicated, unmedicated and induced: Every birth is unique and beautiful.
My passion is to enable each person to find their inner strength, and to enable their loved ones to support them fully.
Read details about my doula services here.
I have been teaching childbirth classes and supporting breastfeeding families since 1998. I started teaching childbirth classes in a hospital in Minneapolis, MN, and since moving to Birmingham in 1999, I have been teaching privately. I added a Lamaze Certification in 2009.
In November of 2008, when my "baby" was eight, I was able to start attending births as a doula.
I started leading support groups for new parents at The Oasis Women's Counseling Center in 2001 and have been teaching parenting workshops since 2003.
I completed a breastfeeding support training in 2003 and added a CLC (Certified Lactation Counselor) certification in January of 2012.
In 2013 I became a DONA approved Birth Doula Trainer and have been teaching 2-3 birth doula workshops every year since then.
I am the proud mother of four delightful children and the ecstatic wife of one wonderful husband.
My Services:
Childbirth Education, Birth Doula support, Breastfeeding Classes, Breastfeeding Consults (pre and postpartum), Doula Training Workshops, Parenting Workshops.
For more information about my doula services and schedule see my doula page.
My Training:
Childbirth Educator training; one year course with the Israel Childbirth Education Center (ICEC) in 1996-1997. I became a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator in June of 2009.
Breastfeeding training; correspondence course with Breastfeeding Support Consultants (BSC) becoming a Certified Lactation Specialist in September of 2003. Certified Lactation Counselor training with Healthy Children's Center for Breastfeeding, becoming certified as a CLC January 2012.
Doula Training; DONA certified birth doula as of October 2010.
Doula Trainer training: DONA approved Birth Doula trainer since March 2013.
Spinning Babies training completed in November of 2016
And of course conferences and workshops and reading.... I am forever learning.
Read testimonials and the details of my doula services package here.
Contact Information:
BirthPower@bellsouth.net
205-410-0479
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