Meet our Team of Overnight Postpartum Doulas
Jane E. Drichta CPM, CNCS (she/her)
Co-Owner, Overnight Postpartum Doula and Certified Newborn Sleep Specialist
As a postpartum doula, Jane can help you identify and implement early parenting skills based on YOUR values. Nobody knows your baby like you do, even if you don’t quite feel that way yet. As a midwife, Jane is accustomed to providing physiological and psychological support to new family, including early breastfeeding, postpartum recovery, hints for recovery after a surgical birth, SIDS prevention, and caring for premature or medically fragile infants. Jane concentrates on overnight care, spending what are literally and emotionally often the darkest hours encouraging and problem solving. A family that is well rested and supported with hands on help, relevant information, and love can move forward into early parenting with confidence and joy.
Kate Dewey CD/CDT(BAI) (she/her)
Co-owner, Overnight Postpartum Doula, Lactation Educator
Kate Dewey is a Lactation Educator and Postpartum Doula who has been working with newborns in the Seattle area since 2004. Kate has raised 5 babies of her own and each kiddo taught her more and more about the ever-changing needs of newborns and new parents. Kate brings her background in childbirth & new parent eduction to each shift, guiding new parents with real-time education about their baby and the baby's needs. Her extensive experience with postpartum support means there is very little she hasn't seen and her compassion for the new-parent experience is deep. Kate also pulls from her other roles as birth doula, doula trainer and grief & loss doula trainings. Her goal for the morning after a shift is that all parents have gotten more sleep than they planned on and they feel more confident about how well they are responding to their baby's needs!
Corinna Sullivan (she/her)
Postpartum Overnight Doula
Originally from Mississippi, Corinna has lived in Seattle for 15 years. After working as a biologist and college instructor, Corinna shifted to full time caregiving for her three children. What began as a gift of time to her friends during their new parenting journey shifted to a career as a postpartum doula.
Corinna offers calm and intuitive newborn care and is ready to support caregivers during tender and transformational times. She has experience postpartum anxiety and depression and is able to connect with parents gently. Corinna also gets a special joy working with twins. Corinna breast-and bottle fed her own children and supports all parent-chosen feeding options. As a queer woman, she especially values inclusive feeding choices for queer, non-binary, and trans families
Corinna offers calm and intuitive newborn care and is ready to support caregivers during tender and transformational times. She has experience postpartum anxiety and depression and is able to connect with parents gently. Corinna also gets a special joy working with twins. Corinna breast-and bottle fed her own children and supports all parent-chosen feeding options. As a queer woman, she especially values inclusive feeding choices for queer, non-binary, and trans families
Jasmyne Bryant (she/they/jas)
Postpartum & Sleep doula
Postpartum & Sleep doula
Jasmyne radiates lighthearted joy and thoughtful care in every aspect of her life. Jasmyne has always had a desire to care for the community around her. Like many intuitive caregivers, Jasmyne has always been caring for young children in her life. Early on she discovered the power of nourishing bonds and openhearted support in building resilience and self determination. Informed by her lived experience and work in human services, Jasmyne became passionate about racial, reproducative, and LGBTQ+ justice. Quickly, Jasmyne discovered the importance of doula care in improving birth and postpartum outcomes for marginalized communities as well as a way of preserving Black and Indigenous knowledges around parenting. Knowing this is the right path for her, Jasmyne is constantly pursuing continued education to better care for her clients including specialized training in sleep consultation. Jasmyne lives her purpose by supporting people through intense and tender transitions. Jasmyne meets people where they are at and takes a warm, empathetic, evidence based approach to doula care. When Jasmyne is not working as a doula she is focusing on the transformative power of art and study. Jasmyne is always growing and imagining new ways to foster more caring futures.
Melanie Schweitzer-Guymon (she/her)
Full Spectrum Doula
Full Spectrum Doula
Melanie (She/Her) was raised in New York to a Jewish family, and feels incredibly privileged to be supporting families in Seattle, during such an important, magical and sometimes challenging time. As a parent to 4 very unique humans, she knows the powerful and often humbling experience of learning how to readjust to life with a new baby, and all the intense emotions that often come with being a new parent. She offers trauma informed, inclusive birth and postpartum care and it is Melanie's goal to support people getting the care that helps them feel safe and seen, essential to the health and wellness of both baby and family. Melanie offers an empathetic presence, fortified by lived experience and constant education, including Full Spectrum training with Birth Advocacy Doula Training, and a passion for serving families in the prenatal and postpartum period.
Maria has been a nurse for 15 years, working alongside postpartum parents for the last almost 6 years as a lactation consultant at two different hospitals. She now works as a school nurse and misses working with parents and babies. She is a mother of 3 girls who are now in middle school and 2 in elementary school. They have a lot of fun together. In her spare time, she loves to garden, do house projects, paddleboard, run, travel, and enjoy the sun and nature.
Maria is also fluent in Spanish!
Maria is also fluent in Spanish!
Alice Arden (he/him/his)
Full Spectrum Doula and Educator
Alice is a doula and parent educator with a special interest in intentional living and growing secure relationships. Alice believes strongly in the power of connection and brings that into his work by using a relational and trauma informed care approach. He understands that every family is unique with their own intricate histories and interpersonal dynamics. He has a passion for psychology and the ways that the brain and nervous system impact one's perception of life. Wellness is not only about physical heath, but comes from the integration of body, mind, and community. Alice has a deep appreciation for this work and is honored to walk alongside families during this transitional time.
Jamie Villarreal (she/her)
Postpartum Doula and Newborn Care Specialist
Born and raised in Chicago, Jamie has been a caregiver most of her life. She had a brief stint in social media marketing but knew it was not the right fit. After 10+ years as a nanny, Jamie became a certified Newborn Care Specialist and Postpartum Doula and realized this is the work she was meant to do. Jamie always does her best to meet families where they are each day, as every day and each baby is different. Her goal is to empower parents, support them during this special time in their lives and leave them feeling confident in their new roles. She brings a calming presence, a wealth of knowledge and experience, and is always ready to jump in. Jamie's focus is on overnight care and encouraging restful and restorative sleep for families. In her spare time, you can usually find her curled up with a book, hanging out with her dog and enjoying her new city.
Hayley McKie (she/they)
Full Spectrum Doula
Full Spectrum Doula
Everyone deserves to feel cared for during the transitional and impactful moments in their life! I am a certified full-spectrum doula, supporting families through pre-conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, abortion, loss, adoption, and surrogacy. My goal is to be a reassuring, calm, down-to-earth presence, helping ease your transition into a new family. As a queer person, I came to birth work to advocate for birthing people of all genders and family structures. My belief is that YOU are the expert in yourself - my role as a doula is to support you physically, and emotionally, and in advocating for your wants and needs. I also love providing support to partners and anyone else who finds themself "born" into a new role, making sure the whole family feels nurtured!
Marisol Ruiz-Dominguez (she/her)
Postpartum Doula
Postpartum Doula
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