ProDoula
CURRENT STATUS: pre-CD Labor & Postpartum & Infant Care Doula, Pre-Certified Infant Feeding Specialist
BUSINESS NAME/AFFILIATION: Services provided through Tanya Grabbe
SERVICES PROVIDED: Labor Doula and Belly Casting with more services coming soon (like Placenta Encapsulation)
About
AREAS SERVED: Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, Spring Hill, Columbia, and Murfreesboro
CONTACT INFO:
Email: tanyagrabbe@hotmail.com
Meet Your ProDoula
Background/Experience that you think is beneficial to Doula work: Every job that I’ve had in my life, from administrative assistant to preschool teacher has been a support role. I’ve supported executives with my clerical and organization skills, I’ve supported babies and preschoolers as they transition to spending time in the classroom, and I’ve supported the parents of those children as they navigate parenting young children for the first time. I have spent time as a seamstress, working from home, and making custom garments for clients. We spent time together creating their vision from fabric and notions, working to get the perfect style and fit. I am also a missionary to Rwanda, and our program supports pregnant moms or moms with babies under the age of 1. We provide prenatal and postpartum support and education and are actively reducing infant and maternal mortality rates. My love for women, specifically pregnant women and new moms, made becoming a Doula a natural choice and is a dream come true. Being a Doula allows me to love and support women throughout their pregnancy and postpartum with compassion and without judgment. Birth is a truly beautiful thing.
What led you to become a Doula?: I have loved being near pregnant women and new mothers beginning when I was just a little child of 3 or 4. I sat near them, asked lots of questions, held their hands, and couldn’t wait to have my own babies someday. Now that my children are a little older, I began asking myself what a career for me might look like. Several women friends suggested that I look at becoming a doula. A lightbulb was lit in my brain after that conversation, and I began researching what a doula did and how to become one. Every door opened as I began my training, and I am so honored to now be invited in to pregnancy and birth with clients in my area.
What are some positive comments made about you by other people?:
“Tanya is kind, beautiful and smart. She is loving and full of life.” “Tanya has a calming presence, and she makes people feel assured that they can trust her.” While practicing comfort measures…”The wonderful thing about slow dancing with Tanya is her calm and steady breathing. My own breathing slows down and I feel much more relaxed.”