Welcome to Inanna Doula Care
Inanna Doula Care is a Birthing From Within-based model of doula care. We are uniquely the first doula service of this kind, caring for expecting and new parents in the Portland and surrounding areas.
Our doula services are Birthing From Within-inspired which means firstly that we have completed our mentor and doula training with Pam England, author of Birthing From Within. One of the key components of the Birthing From Within philosophy is that we approach labor and birth as a journey, an incredible rite of passage where birthing mothers, when given the space and support, can birth in awareness and feel empowered regardless of how their labor and birth journey unfolds.
Our doulas have a passion for helping moms and partners remain in a birthing mindset, not attached to an ideal, but alive in each breath as labor and birth opens their hearts and minds and brings new life into the world. It is an honor to be a part of this process with you and we hope you will consider Inanna Doula Care in your search for a professional labor and birth doula.
Birthing From Within Model of Care
- Non-judgmental:
- Birthing From Within mentors and birth doulas have no attachment to outcome or to the choices about labor and birth that our clients make. Our main goal is to make sure you have the information and resources you need to make informed decisions. We are available to work with you prenatally through birth art and other processes to help you gather the inner resources needed to make those choices and decisions with deep awareness.
- Next Best Thing:
- The journey of labor and birth often brings unexpected surprises. We help you stay solution focused instead of outcome focused. When you are solution focused you are always moving forward and trying the next best thing. In this way, you can feel empowered that even if your labor or birth is not happening in the way you thought or hoped it would, you have the skills to stay in the present moment and to move on to the next best thing.
- Mindfulness:
- When you are able to stay focused in each moment and be present with your birth however it is unfolding, you can stay connected to your birth, your partner, and to your baby. The BFW pain coping techniques taught in our childbirth preparation classes help to foster this awareness in our parents.
Pain Coping
Birthing From Within pain coping practices are designed to cultivate mindfulness; a mom who remains in mindfulness throughout her labor and birth will cope easier with her pain. We teach several proven pain-coping practices in our Birthing From Within Childbirth Classes. Learn more about this through our Birthing From Within Classes page.
