ProDoula
CURRENT STATUS: Certified Childbirth Educator
BUSINESS NAME/AFFILIATION: Christa Joy Birth Doula
SERVICES PROVIDED: Labor Doula Services and Childbirth Education Classes
About
AREAS SERVED: NJ
CONTACT INFO:
Email: Christajoy670@yahoo.com
Phone: (908) 489-4566
Website: https://www.christajoybirthdoula.com
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/ChristaJoyKirtlandBirthDoula/
Professional Lifetime Certification
Meet Your ProDoula
Background/Experience that you think is beneficial to Doula work: Before becoming a birth professional, I earned my masters in counseling and worked with young adults in the university setting with anxiety, depression, addiction, ADHD, grief, adjustment disorders, and more. My experience in counseling has made me an attentive listener, good at reading the room and anticipating the needs of the people around me. I bring a calm, reassuring presence to the birth space and I know how to hold space well for the unpredictable nature of birth.
What led you to become a Doula?: When my husband and I got pregnant with our son, we asked my sister, a certified childbirth educator, to do our birth classes. She lived in Brazil, so we met weekly on Facetime the weeks leading up to Luke’s birth. The more I learned about childbirth, the more I wanted to learn. I was fascinated by the idea of a natural unmedicated birth experience. The more I learned about natural pain management techniques, I realized how similar the techniques were to relaxation techniques I used to use with clients struggling with various mental illness. I knew I had firsthand seen results come from them in the counseling world, it only made sense to me how effective it would be in childbirth. It was then I started to become more interested in becoming a birth doula. I had an incredible first time birth experience in the hospital setting with my son. I look back at that day and remember feeling so personally empowered and in awe of the human birth pregnancy and birth process- and after that I was hooked! My son was born in June and by February I was enrolling in doula training. I took my doula training course in February of 2017 and in December of 2018 I became a certified birth doula with DONA International. In 2024, I became certified childbirth educator with ProDoula.
What are some positive comments made about you by other people?:
Previous birth clients have written testimonials describing me as knowledgable, encouraging, gentle, patient, kind, caring, focused on the needs of the mother and passionate about birth work.