Ruby will attend any woman who needs a doula. Your philosophy is her philosophy. Ruby sits 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 completing her certification as a Childbirth Education Certification with CEAMNY to bring more information to her doula clients and the Madison community.

Services / Skills

Positioning, relaxation, Hypnobirthing, movement, birthball, initial breastfeeding support, referrals for chiropracty, acupuncture, CBE, lending library, prenatal and postpartum phone and email support, postpartum care, relaxation/visualization assistance, massage during labor, Spanish speaker.

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.

Births attended

As doula, 15.

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

-- April 21 2010