Our Services
About BWS Doulas
BWS Doulas was born out of decades of experience working with expecting families, collecting data and evidence-based practices, revisiting the ancient wisdom of birth, and refining our process and model. We've found there is a different way to navigate pregnancy, birth and postpartum in a way that doesn't feel overwhelming and confusing.
Our model feels light and supportive and, dare we say, powerful?
BWS Doulas, are expertly trained, and deeply experienced to fully support you as you navigate pregnancy, birth, postpartum and your journey into parenthood. Our compassionate, unconditionally supportive Doulas are committed to providing the most up-to-date, evidence-based information. They will both guide and enrich your experience, creating every opportunity for you to find your own power.
Whether you're a first-time mom and looking to learn all the things about pregnancy and birth, or if you're a seasoned vet and know enough to know you need some extra support postpartum or as you return-to-work, we have every base covered.
Check out our wide array of services below, designed to meet you exactly where you are in your journey.
Our Services
BWS Doulas are made up of a broad team of experienced and compassionate birth doulas, highly skilled and ready to support you during your pregnancy, birth and postpartum time. Our birth doula team has collectively attended over 2,000 births, with many being cross-trained as Certified Midwives, RNs and other maternal health specialties.
April Kline, Midwife and Body Worker practicing CranialSacral Therapy, combines 20+ years of formal massage therapy and midwifery skills to help pregnant people find more comfort during pregnancy, relieve tension, correct structural issues, and prepare for birth.
Take advantage of our on-demand virtual Well Prepared: Breastfeeding Prep Class, available to watch in the comfort of your home when you want! Co-taught by April Kline, Midwife and IBCLC Lactation Consultant and Dr. Jodi Cunningham, experienced in breastfeeding research and community program building, this is your go-to breastfeeding source to get started on the right foot er, boob?
Need support with planning for your return-to-work after parental leave, including pumping and work-life balance? Looking for someone to be in your corner once you return, serving as a sounding board and part of your village? This is for you. Dr. Jodi weaves her own back-to-work x3 journey plus her experience helping countless other women return-to-work after leave, to support you to thrive both at home and work.
All BWS Doulas clients get complimentary access to our online parenting community, The Perche, full of resources, peer connections and access to Jodi & April.
.png)
Well Prepared: Birth Prep Workshop is offered quarterly by Dr. Jodi Cunningham and April Kline, Certified Professional Midwife of over two decades. Learn about the birth process, comfort measures,, partner support skills and more in-person at The Well in Kettering. This workshop is offered quarterly. This workshop is great families choosing home birth, birth center or hospital births.
Evidence Based Birth® classes are taught by EBB Instructors, Dr. Jodi Cunningham and Debbie Newton, Certified Nurse Midwife. EBB® is great for those wishing to learn more about advocacy skills, navigating in the hospital, practicing comfort measures, understanding the evidence on interventions, and helping partners become valued birth team members. These classes are currently offered virtually or 1-1.
Capture those once-in-a-lifetime special moments of your labor, birth and postpartum time. Our Birth Photographer is also a BWS-trained Doula, which means she is specifically equipped to be supportive in the birth space. Work with our team to find the right package for you.
Connect to our robust individual lactation services, including 1-1 sessions to help you prepare for breastfeeding, immediate support at your place-of-birth, lactation appointments to support issues such as latch, supply or other problems, and access to our on-site lactation clinic, The Lactation Clinic at The Well that offers full-spectrum babyfeeding support as well as frenotomy with Greg Notestine, DDS.
Work with one of our loving and qualified Postpartum Doulas. Whether you need some support with daily tasks such as cleaning, infant care, or feeding support, we are here to help. We also offer overnight support, allowing you to get some rest, with your baby and caring doula near you, facilitating feeding, caring for the baby and you. Bonus: some of our birth doulas also offer postpartum support, serving as a trusted and familiar guide as you journey from pregnancy, into postpartum and parenthood.
April Kline, IBCLC Lactation Consultant and Body Worker offers lactation support for more complex feeding challenges as well as babyCalm sessions to help resolve nervous system dysregulation and inability to settle. Not sure if you need this level of support? We can help you decide- just let us know you need some guidance.
Looking for some private lactation support with the first latch at your place of birth? Our highly trained and experienced lactation counselors will be on-call to join you after you give birth for breastfeeding support at the hospital or your home. Schedule this service in advance so it's one less thing to worry about! This includes a lactation prep session before birth.
.png)
“Jodi was an incredible Doula and educator as we prepared for the birth of our first baby. Jodi got to know me and my husband while we took her Evidence Based Birth class via zoom and through several in-person meetings. She took the time to get to know us and helped me build out a birth plan based on my preferences—and she was able to help address all the questions I had about childbirth and provide useful guidance about options.
Thanks to Jodi I was able to release my fears about birth and I felt prepared, and even excited leading up to the birth of our daughter—and I was able to have the positive unmedicated hospital birth I had hoped for and welcome our first baby with confidence. Jodi helped me through labor and delivery and was a huge support to my husband as well so that he could act as an advocate for me. I truly can’t imagine doing it without her. I absolutely recommend Jodi’s doula services for anyone!”
Jennifer Foster