Katherine
I fell in love with birth and birthing mamas after attending a close friend's first birth. Shortly after I discovered the doula profession. Since then I have trained extensively with Pam England, author of Birthing From Within and completed advanced level doula and mentor training through Birthing From Within as well as various other professional doula and childbirth education organizations. I co-founded Inanna Doula Care in 2007 and have been attending births, teaching classes and loving it all since. I am happy to be the Birthing From Within instructor at OHSU, the only Portland hospital thus far that offers this alternative. I also enjoy connecting with my community as a volunteer with Nursing Mother's Council and ICAN.
I have two amazing young children, Reilly and Roland ages six and four. The birth of my children, my first by cesarian, the second one VBAC, or vaginal birth after cesarian, has transformed me as a woman, mother and doula. In only two births I experienced a wide array of birth settings, care providers, emotions and outcomes that have only strengthened my work as a doula. I look forward to sharing my experience and love of birth with you. Contact Katherine
Katrina
Katrina Bubas, a local herbalist in Portland, Oregon, is the founder of The Village Apothecary - a local resource specializing in herbal support for women. Katrina studied master herbalism at the Australasian College of Health Sciences, is a Level II Reiki practitioner, is currently studying indigenous botanicals and ecosystems with the Arctos School of Herbal and Botanical Medicine, and is the mother of the world's coolest kid (except yours, of course).
All of her products are handmade in small batches, right here in Portland, Oregon, and are Local, Organic, Ethically Wild Crafted, Home Grown, with Reduced, Compostable, Reusable, Recyclable Packaging, and delivered in a Veggie-Oil Fueled Vehicle. Contact Katrina