Meredith A. | Doula in West Lafayette, IN

I am a birth doula trained through DONA International. I love working with birthing people, especially first time parents, and have had the pleasure of working with the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) Goodwill of Southern and Central Indiana doula program. Through this program, I got to work with birthing people from different backgrounds and experiences in Indiana at no cost to my clients. I am also a PhD student in the Anthropology Department at Purdue University. My dissertation work focuses on the anthropology of doula work, midwifery, and home birth. In fact, graduate school is what inspired me to become a doula! I wanted to both study birth and have practical, hands-on experience, as well as provide a useful service to birthing people during labor and childbirth. Due to this, I bring both an academic and personal perspective to my doula work.