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ABOUT US Nicole VanWoudenberg ~ is happily married to Martin since 1995 and the mother of 4 amazing children ages 4, 8, 10, and 12. Her first two babies were born in the hospital with a physician attending. During her third pregnancy her family doctor told her he wasn't delivering babies anymore and that her care would be shifted to an obstetrician half way through. This was something she didn't want - she preferred continuity of care. That's when Nicole was introduced to the wonderful profession of midwifery. That baby was also born in the hospital, but under the care of a midwife and was an empowering experience. With her fourth pregnancy, and after attending a number of births, Nicole knew what she wanted this time. She and her husband planned for and had a home water birth for their last baby. It was truly an amazing and life changing experience, and spurred her on to becoming more of a professional in the birth world. She's been a DONA certified birth doula since 2002, attending more than 30 births. During that time she did a lot of private prenatal teaching and found that prenatal education was crucial to a birthing family's experience. Seeking to become certified, Nicole completed the Lamaze Childbirth Education Program in 2006, and is now an LCCE. As well, she has obtained her breastfeeding counseling certificate through Douglas College and is available for breastfeeding education. She believes that education is key to a birthing family's experience and is excited to provide this service to the population of the Fraser Valley. Other interests include spending time with Martin and kids, playing and teaching piano (also as church accompanist), directing the church choir, attending Bible studies, scrapbooking, reading and in home exercise like Tae-Bo or Turbo Jam. Anne Demers ~ is a certified birth doula, breastfeeding counselor and certified childbirth educator and has been working in the Lower Mainland for 6 years. She is also the mother of two adorable girls ages 8 and 10. Her passion for pregnancy and childbirth started with 6 years of infertility prior to having her girls. At that time she read and became familiar with many aspects of pregnancy. And the more she learned, the more she wanted to learn more! When she became pregnant for the first time, she was ecstatic of course, but soon after had a miscarriage. So then she read and researched everything she could about that topic. Not long after she became pregnant with her oldest daughter and read everything all over again about pregnancy and labour. As her pregnancy progressed she read all about the postpartum period, breastfeeding and newborns….can you see the pattern here? She became a birth junkie, as they say in the business, and decided she would like to make this area of health care her profession. After the birth of her second daughter, she enrolled in Douglas College and began to train as a doula, then breastfeeding counselor and finally as a childbirth educator. As a result of these courses, she has been successfully tested and qualified to be certified with DONA international and with Lamaze International. Anne also enjoys spending time with her girls, friends and family on her family's farm, and horseback riding is an additional passion. _______________________________
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