Education & Credentials
A.S. in Business Data Processing Elgin Community College 1984
Certified Computer Operator Elgin Community College 1984
Labor Assistant Training ALACE 1995
Certified Breastfeeding Counselor Lake County Health Dept. 1995
Certified Phlebotomy Tech College of Lake County 1995
Certified Nurse Assistant College of Lake County 1997
Certified Childbirth Educator American Red Cross 2003
Certified Family Herbalist School of Natural Healing 2004
Certified Labor Assistant ALACE 2004
Doula Training – Basic DONA 2004
Certified “Birthing Better” Educator Common Knowledge Trust 2005
Certified Vitalist / Nutritional Herbology School of Natural Healing 2006
Certified Herbalist School of Natural Healing 2007
Certified Birth Doula DONA International 2007
Certified Master Herbalist School of Natural Healing 2007
Placenta Encapsulation Specialist Placenta Benefits 2009
Cert. Placenta Encapsulation Specialist Placenta Benefits 2010
Other Classes, Seminars & Training
Natural Healing - General Health
Natural Remedies for Winter Woes workshop Mar 1995
Herb Walk Oct 1995
CPR Certification Aug 1996
Herbal First Aid workshop Aug 1997
Dr. Mom course – Family Health Mar 2003
Tree Identification - 105 trees Fall 2003
Anatomy & Physiology – General Spring 2006
Advanced Herb Use - taught by Matthew Wood June 2007
Bio 126 – Local Flora Spring 2008
Birth
MANA Conference (Midwives Alliance of North America) Oct 1994
Midwifery Study Group Nov 1994 – 9/95
Midwifery Apprenticeship 1995 – 1996
Shoulder Dystocia workshop Nov 1994
Beginning Midwifery Skills workshop Dec 1994
Postpartum Hemorrhage workshop Dec 1994
Prolonged Labor workshop Jan 1995
Understanding Lab Work – Phlebotomy workshop Feb 1995
Midwifery Skills workshop Mar 1995
Neonatal Resuscitation workshop Jul 1995
Midwifery Skills workshop Jul 1996
Advanced Doula Training thru BirthLove Mar 2002 – 7/06
Prenatal Issues & Birth Complications Nov 2006
Neonatal Resuscitation Certification Nov 2006
Turning a Posterior Baby Aug 2007
Neonatal Resuscitation Certification Sept 2008
Waterbirth Credentialing workshop Nov 2008
Placenta Encapsulation Training Feb - April 2009
NEIDA Conferences (NorthEastern Illinois Doula Association)
Nov 2003 Managing Postpartum Depression
Doula Ethics
Supporting Breastfeeding
Belly Dancing for Prenatal, Birth,
and Postpartum Exercise
Mar 2004 The Doula and the Epidural
Traumatic Birth
Hospital Based and Home Birth Midwives
Birthing through Fear
Mar 2005 Yoga – Prenatal & Postpartum
The Benefits of Bodywork
Nutrition for Pregnancy & Postpartum
Barry Sears Zone Diet
Dr. Brewer’s Blue Ribbon Baby Diet
Body Ecology Diet
Apr 2006 Labor Doula or Monitrice: Differences & Similarities
Positions for Labor & Pushing: An Interactive Demonstration
Doula Ethics
Postpartum Doula Care
Personal Boundaries & Self-Care:
How to Doula Without Burning Out
Feb 2008 Managing Back Labor & Posterior Presentation
Online Discussion Groups
Bfg-Herbs Discussion – herb use during lactation
C-birth – unassisted childbirth
Chicago Doulas – support for Chicago area doulas
Childbirth Reading Room – discussion on childbirth books
Helping Hands Connection – group for midwifery students
ILFamForMW - Illinois Families for Midwifery
ICAN-online – International Cesarean Awareness Network
WaterBirthinWomen - discussion about water birth
WI Doulas - support for Wisconsin doulas
WIBirthOptions – promoting evidence-based maternity care in Wisconsin
I’m currently (Jan, 2014) enrolled in the Advanced Women’s Health Program through the Heart of Herbs.