Carrie
Kenner, BA, CBE, CD(DONA), DONA-approved Doula Trainer, has been helping
people have babies for over 25 years. As an 18-year-old first-time
mother in 1979, she desired a homebirth and searched for over three months
to find midwives to attend her at home. Her search for midwifery care
fueled her passion for supporting women in their right to have the births
they desire, for access to
information and support for normal birth, and in rediscovering the power of
women through birth. She began supporting her friends and sister in birth
in 1980 and teaching childbirth education in 1982.
In 2001, Carrie
started her own business as a childbirth educator and birth doula. Since
then, she has attended over 150 births, worked with over 500 families as
an educator, birth doula, pre-conception counselor, and postpartum support
provider, and trained and mentored over 200 doulas. She is a
DONA-approved Birth Doula Trainer and a certified Birthing From Within
mentor. She is on the faculty of Seattle Midwifery School, and Bastyr University
as a doula trainer. Carrie owns and operates Big Belly Services
in Seattle, WA, providing childbirth, lactation, and parenting education,
and doula services for big people who are expecting little people.
Carrie has three sons and six grandchildren.
Erin Quies, BA, CD(DONA),
has been fascinated by the sacred mysteries and powers of women since she
was a small child. She is especially drawn to the magic of pregnancy,
childbirth and the creation of families. With a deep connection to many
forms of healing and ritual, Erin has been facilitating sacred circles,
rites of passages, and healing through different forms of movement. Owner
of Buddha Baby, Erin provides birth and postpartum doula services as well as
Blessingways and other ceremonies to honor babies, mothers, and new families
throughout the San Juan Islands.
Erin