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MEET THE DOULA
Hey there, I’m Molly.
I got into birthwork through the most wonderful and unexpected way: my life came undone.
I was planning all of the things. I was getting my life in order. I was going to get my PhD in Sociology. Then, my memaw died. My maternal grandmother, the matriarch of our family, moved through life’s last transition just as I was finding my way into Reproductive Justice oriented work and research. She actually passed on just a few days after I learned what a doula even was. Fascinated, but unconcerned, with this profession I read about as I was researching the Black maternal mortality rate in Texas, I closed the tab “why is a doula important” and drove home to Houston, TX.
When I was with my family, in grief and in joy, I realized how similar birth and death can be—they are the most integral parts of being human, both are powerful, both can be filled with love/sorrow/grief/laughter/joy/wonder. As I supported my own grieving process as well as my family’s, I fell in love with doula work.
Since then, I trained and certified with Doula Trainings International in 2019, am a certifying postpartum doula with Austin Baby Guru, a trained Full-spectrum doula and Childbirth Educator with Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings, and a training Childbirth Mentor/Educator with Birthing From Within! If you couldn’t tell, I’m for sure a forever-learner. In 2019, I founded Healing Birthwork, was mentored by the owners of Austin Doula Care right off the bat, and began volunteering with Giving Austin Labor Support. I am now the Data and Evaluations Coordinator for GALS.
Through extensive studies and training, I have dedicated my whole career to understanding and loving what makes humans, human. A cat mom, sister, daughter, friend, partner, and reproductive justice (a term coined by Loretta Ross of SisterSong) advocate, I hope to make room in this world for all radical and transformative love—one birth at a time.