Gainesville Doulas
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Holli Best
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Julia Crawford
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Angela Daniel
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Hailey Moses Striebich
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Amy Vaknin
Holli Best
Holli is a DONA trained doula, with a background from the University of Missouri in Family Life Transitions and Child Development. She is also a preschool teacher, mother and birth educator caring for families since 2005.
In 2005 she was trained and certified through DONA International. She spent a few years working at a birth center with midwives and doctors who were very intentional about holistic family care during parenting transitions. She is currently certified through Commonsense Childbirth in Orlando, FL.
Holli has a background in trauma and loss and has walked alongside women during miscarriage and adoption choices. Being a resource to offer choices, options and companion care. While this can be difficult to navigate, having a loss trained doula to walk alongside your family during such a difficult time can allow grief to happen in a protected space.
Services: Birth Classes, Postpartum Consultations, Sibling Prep Classes, Home Birth Support, Hospital Birth Support, In Home Postpartum Care, Over-Night Care, Nursing Support, Infant Education.
Contact: 352-246-1590
hollibest@gmail.com
Julia Crawford
Hey there! My name is Julia Rainer! I am a labor doula certified through DONA International. I am a mother of three beautiful girls. When describing myself I always tell people I am a lover of love! Before I knew what a doula was, I was already acting as one by holding space for women journeying through their birthing experience. When someone told me “ Julia, you should be a doula!” I hit the ground running 5 years ago and have been in love with helping women hold and sometimes create that sacred space of birth ever since. The name of my business is Create Space because where I am come from, sometimes we don’t have a peaceful place within ourselves to feel safe and secure to bring our babies into. It must then be created, and this is what I have a true passion for. I am a labor doula, but I also dabble in birth photography, sibling classes and up and coming Childbirth Education!
My email is empower.inspireforever@gmail.com
Facebook: Create Space
Instagram: @empower.inspire.forever
Angela Daniel
Angela Daniel is a wife and mother to two awesome boys. She has always had a love for birth and discovered doulas when she became pregnant with her first son. It was after the birth of her first child that was long and challenging that she felt drawn to working with families as they prepare for the journey of parenthood.
Angela is a dedicated birth and postpartum doula serving families in the Gainesville area. She holds a Master's of Science in Social Work from the University of Louisville and is a DONA certified doula, ICEA Certified Childbirth Instructor, and a Certified Lactation Counselor. Angela is actively involved in the birthing community and strives to stay up-to-date on the latest research and techniques surrounding labor and birth, as well as breastfeeding and baby care.
Services Provided:
Birth Doula Support, Postpartum Doula Support, In-home Lactation Support, Childbirth Education
Contact Information:
Phone: (352) 477-2139
Email: angela.fcbs@gmail.com
Website: www.FamilyCenteredBirthServices.com
Hailey Moses Streibich
Hailey Moses Striebich is a DONA International certified birth doula and the owner of Lighthouse Doula Services. When her first child was born, Hailey experienced a traumatic birth and postpartum experience. She went on to have a very different, redemptive birth experience with her second child, thanks in large part to the support of a doula (read more about her birth story here). This transformative experience inspired Hailey to become a doula herself, and she has been serving clients in Gainesville and surrounding areas since 2022.
Hailey is nurturing, compassionate, and intuitive, with a dash of humor and spice. She is a passionate advocate for birthing people and their families and provides non judgemental, loving support in the birth space. She believes in doula access for all birthing people who want one and is open, affirming, and inclusive. In her free time, you can find Hailey with her two vivacious little ones, Ike & Ruthie, romping through the swamps of North Florida.
Services Provided: Birth Doula Support, Postpartum Doula Support, Birth Photography
Contact Information:
Phone: (352) 538-5032
Email: doula@lighthousegnv.com
Website: www.lighthousegnv.com
Amy Vaknin
My name is Amy Vaknin. I am a mother of four, a counselor, an educator, a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a woman. My connection with my woman identity is strong, and as I go through life experiences, I realize just how much women need other women to support them through our life cycles.
I trained with DONA International in 2013 and have been practicing ever since then. I have a Masters/Specialist Degree School and Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida. What I love about birth work is it gives me the opportunity to practice counseling in real time with real life experience. There is nothing better than to witness a woman learn to manage her anxiety/fears through her laboring process and be able to access her own internal warrior within. This is the true gift of birth work and I am humbled by it. Every. Single. Time.
Services Provided: Birth Doula Support
Contact:
Phone: (407) 921-1474
Email: wisewarriordoula@gmail.com