Ruby is a full time birth professional. She is a proud member of Beautiful Birth Doula Services. Ruby will attend any woman who needs a doula. Your philosophy is her philosophy. Ruby has sat on the DONA certification committee and received her DONA training through the Chapman family center in Santa Monica, CA. She also works as a menstrual educator with Reddy’s Pads (www.reddyspads.com) and teaches women and girls about their hormonal cycles. She started her doula work in Manhattan with RealBirth under the tutelage of Erica Lyon, (author of the Big Book of Birth) and is now based in Madison. She is a believer in the power of women’s bodies and the importance of a supportive birth team. Ruby brings movement, massage, presence and healing foods (soup for the birth, casserole for the postpartum visit) to the births she attends. She is a certified childbirth educator through CEAMNY and currently teaches at GHC and the Madison Birth Center.

Services / Skills

Hypnobirthing, childbirth education, guidance with movement and optimal positioning, relaxation, message and breathing techniques, guided visualization, massage during labor, use of birth ball, referrals for chiropractic, acupuncture, lending library, prenatal and postpartum phone and email support, postpartum care and household support, lactation support, childcare, and cooking services. Spanish speaker. Placenta preparation.

Education

DONA Birth doula training through Chapman Family Center in Santa Monica, CA, 2005. Childbirth Education Association of Metropolitan New York, 2008-2010. Small Miracles Orientation Summer 2008. DONA National Conference, 2009. Hypnobirthing certification and Certified placenta preparation, September 2010.

Births attended

As doula, 42.

Please contact her by phone or email at 415-290-1866 or rubyvanderzee@yahoo.com.

-- July 20, 2011