Doulas at GROW

When you hire a doula, you are on your way to a positive, empowering birth and postpartum. We’d love to support you!

Birth Doula Services

Having skilled and compassionate labor support whose sole job is to care for you and your family is an invaluable asset to any birth, whether you are planning to receive pain medication at some point in your labor or plan to labor without an epidural. A doula provides advocacy and emotional, physical, and informational support to help you have the best birth possible.

Benefits of a Doula

Why work with a GROW Birth Doula?

  • Shorter labors with fewer complications.

  • Reduced need for interventions including pitocin as a labor-augmenting method, vacuum and forceps assisted births.

  • A lower likelihood of cesarean birth.

  • A higher likelihood of an unmedicated birth if desired.

  • A greater sense of satisfaction of the birth as a whole.

Postpartum Doula Services

Replace overwhelm with confidence by inviting a GROW Postpartum daytime or overnight doula into your home to support you in the first few days and weeks with your baby.

What does a GROW postpartum doula offer?

  • Support with the “firsts” (first bath, first nail trim, first bottle…)

  • Education and support for your postpartum recovery.

  • Teaching soothing techniques and sleep basics.

  • Light housework and meal planning/food prep.

  • Helping you get rest by staying with baby while you sleep.

  • Support with feeding your baby.

  • Reassurance from the worry and stress that comes along with being a new parent.

Meet Our GROW Affiliated Doulas

GROW Doulas are highly trained, qualified independent professionals who take a compassionate approach to maternal health and wellbeing.

Susan Cline Lucey

Meg Bronz

Carolyn Hricko

Brandy Oswald-Byrne

  • Yoga Teacher, Pregnancy Circle Facilitator, Birth Doula, Cloth Diaper & EC Class Educator

    Brandy is a certified yoga instructor and birth doula, as well as one of our pregnancy circle facilitators and the educator behind our cloth diapering and elimination communication classes. She has been practicing yoga for 15 years and teaching for over a decade. She specializes in strength-based yoga flow classes. When you're doing yoga with Brandy it doesn't matter what you do as long as you do what feels good, have fun, and go out into the world and be nice to other people. 

    In addition to her role as a GROW yoga instructor, Brandy is deeply passionate about her work as a GROW birth doula and educator for families interested in cloth diapering and elimination communication. After giving birth to her son in the spring of 2023, she fully understood the immense importance of having the emotional support and advocacy of a doula and feels it is something that every birthing person should have access to. She is also fiercely passionate about low-waste, sustainable living and loves showing parents how easy and unmessy cloth diapering and infant pottying can be!

    Brandy is also a certified fertility awareness educator and the founder of Sauvage Wellness where she teaches women around the world how to use fertility awareness methods of cycle tracking as natural birth control, to get pregnant when ready, and to have better periods. 

    Being a part of the GROW community from pregnant person to teacher, doula, and educator has been a life-changing experience for Brandy. To be a part of such a wonderful community fills Brandy with joy each and every day.

Heather Gallagher

  • Birth and Postpartum Doula

    Heather’s mission is to empower you during your postpartum time. She helps to create space for you to process, celebrate and own your unique experiences as they unfold. Heather is a nurturing advocate for families, helping to support you as you heal from your birth experience and create the rest and space you need to care for yourself and your little one. She is the mother of two children.

Demi-Joy Carr

  • Doula

    Demi-Joy Carr, originally from New York City and now residing in Vermont, is a dedicated birth and postpartum doula. With over a decade of experience as a nanny, specializing in infant care, her journey into doula work was inspired by her own childbirth experience in 2019. This personal experience ignited her passion for supporting parents through birth and postpartum, with a focus on gentleness, empathy, and individualized care.

    Demi has received extensive training, including birth doula certification from Birthday Presence, postpartum doula expertise from Carriage House Birth, and a transformative two year long mentorship with Manhattan Birth. She also provides lactation guidance and leads support groups for new parents. Her goal is to empower families to create their ideal birth and postpartum experiences, offering unwavering support and personalized care every step of the way.

    When she's not working, Demi enjoys spending time at home with her family, being outdoors whenever possible, and homeschooling her boys. She loves that doula work allows her to pursue her passion while still being home most of the time, raising her children.

Dawn Goode

  • Birth Doula

    Dawn is a Massage Therapist specializing in Pre/postnatal care and a GROW Birth Doula. She is the owner of Sunrise Massages and has been providing care within the community for over 10 years. It has been a passion of hers to provide care and support families through pregnancy, labor and beyond.

    Dawn received her Bachelors of Science degree in Wellness and Alternative Medicine in 2013 from Johnson State College. Since then she has received her Massage certification from Pyramid Holistic and Wellness Center,  certification in Prenatal/Postnatal Massage from the Institute of Somatic Therapy, Training in Pre and Postnatal Yoga through Prenatal Methods and proudly holds a certification as a Birth Doula from DONA International.

    You can find Dawn in Jericho with her partner, 2 children and family dog exploring the wooden trails and finding new adventures within the community.

Holidae Rochman

  • Yoga Teacher, Pregnancy Circle Facilitator, Childbirth Educator, Doula, Operations & Marketing Manager

    Holidae is a passionate Yoga Teacher, Pregnancy Circle Facilitator, Childbirth Educator, Doula, and also behind the scenes as GROW's Operations & Marketing. Her journey with GROW began as a student during her pregnancy, where she quickly fell in love with the community and the support it brought to her experience. This sparked her drive to help others navigate their own transformative pregnancy and postpartum journeys with confidence and connection.

    Yoga has been Holidae's constant lifeline since high school, shaping her life and guiding her through adventures from Spain to Boston to Burlington. In 2020, she deepened her practice with a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Sangha Studio in Burlington, Vermont. Holidae leads both prenatal/postpartum yoga and strength classes, with an empowering approach that believes women are at their strongest when navigating the life-changing experiences of pregnancy and motherhood. She creates a space where students can tap into their inner strength, connect with their bodies, and foster meaningful connections with themselves, their babies, and the incredible GROW community.

    In 2024, Holidae expanded her expertise by becoming a certified Childbirth Educator and joined GROW's Childbirth Education team. By 2025, after the birth of her second son, she embraced her role as Operations & Marketing Manager and deepened her involvement in the birth world by becoming a birth and postpartum doula—helping families every step of the way.

    When she's not at GROW, you can find Holidae biking, running, and skiing the mountains with her family, or cultivating her flower farm in Waterbury, VT. She lives in Waterbury with her husband, their two adventurous baby boys, and their playful 10-year-old puppy, Nelson.

Rachael Gelineau

  • Overnight Postpartum Doula, Sleep Specialist

    There’s nothing more valuable to a new parent than a good night’s sleep, which can be hard to come by in those first weeks after baby’s arrival. You and your baby are in great hands in the overnight care of Rachael. She’s been supporting families for the past decade with sleep, feeding, advice, and reassurance through the hardest time of parenting (when the sun is down).

Anna King

  • Overnight Postpartum Doula, Sleep Specialist

    Anna is a newborn and toddler sleep consultant whose journey began as a birth and postpartum doula in Los Angeles. While supporting families overnight, she saw how many parents struggled with sleep as their babies grew. From newborn sleep shaping to toddler regressions Anna became passionate about guiding families through these changes with confidence.

    She earned her certification through the Institute of Pediatric Sleep and Parenting (IPSP) and expanded her practice to support families virtually. Anna is also a certified birth and postpartum doula (DONA), lactation educator, and Holistic Newborn Care Specialist. In addition to sleep consulting, she offers overnight support and in-person sleep training, blending evidence-based strategies with gentle, intuitive guidance.

    Originally from New England, Anna returned home to Vermont to expand her family and quickly found a sense of community at GROW. She is dedicated to changing the stigma around sleep training and empowering parents to create healthy, happy sleep habits that last.

Doula Support FAQs

  • GROW doulas are experienced in a wide range of birth and postpartum scenarios including normal, high-risk, twins, cesarean birth, and postpartum anxiety and depression. GROW Doulas are well-respected in the birth community of midwives, doctors and nurses as a supportive voice and a wealth of knowledge to help families during this powerful time of birth and postpartum.

    Reach out to set up a free consultation!

  • Your doula will be a calming, confident presence and support during the weeks leading up to your birth, during your labor, and in the transitional time postpartum. They will help you navigate the information coming your way in your labor so that you can make informed decisions about your care.

    During your pregnancy, your doula will be a resource to you for questions, conversation, and education, as well as for specific referrals for care including acupuncture, physical therapy, chiropractic, massage, etc. They can assist with writing your birth wishes and planning out everything you envision for your birth. For those with young children, your doula can work with you to prepare the big brother or sister for meeting the baby.

    During labor, your doula will:

    • Help you find more comfortable positions while you are in labor and specific movements to help your labor progress.

    • Apply comfort measures such as counter-pressure on your back and hips, and teach your partner how to take on these support roles if they wish.

    • Carry you through the intensity of contractions with breathing techniques and emotional support. We've got you!

    • Be an extra pair of hands to help with all the little yet important things that come up such as giving your partner a break if needed, bringing cool cloths and ice chips, refilling waters, etc.

    • Be a calming force with massage, reassuring words, and support.

    • Continuously look for ways to connect you and your partner if you have one.

    • Be an advocate for your birth wishes and work with you throughout your labor to ensure that you are respected, informed, and in control of decision-making.

  • here’s nothing more valuable to a new parent than a good night’s sleep, which can be hard to come by in those first weeks after baby’s arrival. You and your baby are in great hands in the overnight care of a GROW postpartum doula.

    Overnight care includes:

    Feeding baby, or bringing baby to you for breast/chest feeding; lactation or pumping support; diaper changes; soothing baby during night wakings; quiet baby-related house chores while baby is sleeping (dishes, folding laundry, tidying baby things, etc.); help establish healthy sleep habits for baby.

  • Birth doulas: Ranging from $1000-$2200 depending on the doula’s experience level.

    Daytime postpartum doulas: $45/hour, initial bundle 12 hours.

    Overnight postpartum doulas: 8 hour overnight shifts $360 with additional hours available at $50/hour.

  • Hiring a GROW Doula means you are being matched with compassionate, experienced professional support for you and your partner as you journey through this time of pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

    Once you are matched with a GROW doula, you will set up an interview time with them to see if they feel like the right fit for your birth. Your private doula will have their own contract fees ranging depending on the doula, and carry their own liability insurance. Specific terms of the contract will be set up with the doula you hire according to their own LLC. Please note, your doula is not an employee of GROW and GROW holds no liability for the doula. Rather, we are recommending local independent doulas who we trust.

    In submitting your request, please include with information about your due date and anything specific that will help us match you with the right doula. A free consultation will be set up as a next step. Click the buttons on this page to set up a free consultation, or email hello@growfamilyvt.com.

Infant Sleep Support

SLEEP CONSULTANT

Happy, healthy sleep is an important milestone for all babies, and comes easier to some families than others. GROW partners with Rachael Gelinaeu of Champlain Doula to facilitate support for families who need more tools to help navigate sleep challenges. As a certified pediatric sleep consultant, Rachael knows there is no “one size fits all” method and uses gentle, evidence-based techniques to find a sleep solution that fits for your entire family. Her philosophy centers around getting to know your baby, their rhythm and their communication so you can understand their needs and help them sleep.

Browse Rachael’s services below.

Newborn Sleep Basics

  • The perfect survival guide for new and expecting parents to help you understand newborn sleep, how you can navigate it, and how to guide your baby for future sleep success. You will receive my Newborn Sleep Basics course materials and we will meet in person or virtually to discuss them and any questions you might have. This is a wonderful option for while you are expecting, or at any point in the fourth trimester.

  • $100 | For infants up to 12 months, or during pregnancy

    Package Includes:

    • Newborn sleep class PDF.

    • A 60 minute consultation to review class materials and answer questions.

    For an additional $100 fee:

    • Follow up text and email support for two weeks of your choosing birth-12 weeks.

Virtual Sleep Support

  • This two week package is designed to help your family with sleep challenges. We start with a comprehensive intake questionnaire and intake call so I have the information I need to prepare a customized sleep plan for your child. We will meet to go over their plan and make sure you are feeling confident and prepared to support your child. I will be there to support you every step of the way with two weeks of coaching, followed by a wrap up session.

  • $400 | For children 12 weeks to 5 years

    Package includes:

    ○ A sleep assessment to identify what challenges your little one is facing around sleep.

    ○ An individualized sleep plan built to meet your child’s unique needs.

    ○ A 60 minute consultation to review the plan and answer any questions you may have.

    ○ Two weeks of unlimited text and email support, and scheduled phone support.

    ○ A thirty minute wrap up call to answer and remaining questions and celebrate your successes.

Sleep Support and Overnight Postpartum

  • The best of both worlds. Begin your sleep coaching with three nights of overnight postpartum support to catch up on much needed rest so you are ready to help your child achieve the same. After the initial three nights of support services are provided virtually.

  • $1200 | For infants & older

    This service includes three postpartum overnights followed by my full Virtual Sleep Coaching package.

Ask Me Anything Call

  • A scheduled one hour call to dial in support around a specific sleep issue. Includes wrap up email and time for questions. Does not include a sleep plan or follow up support. Great for children who generally sleep well but need extra support in one area.

  • $100 | For children 12 weeks or older