Shayla

Shayla
Affiliated Doula

Services Provided:
Postpartum Doula

Shayla’s goal as a postpartum doula is to empower women and families in their lives after childbirth. She has been drawn to the caregiver role from an early age. She enjoyed babysitting and often volunteered in after-school programs for elementary students when she was in high school.

After high school, she attended Marian University for Early Childhood Education, but 2.5 years in she realized being a teacher was not where her heart was. She sought other avenues and ended up finding her place in childcare and nannying. Shayla’s inspiration for being a postpartum doula came after she had her daughter in 2014.  She was able to breastfeed her daughter for 15 months and she was able to gain a wealth of knowledge from her personal experience. The years following her family grew by another daughter and a son and along with her family growing so did her knowledge on infants, lactation, childbirth, and the postpartum period of pregnancy.

At this point, she had also been running in-home childcare since 2016 and gaining more experience and knowledge with the families she cared for. During her search on how she could help women with their breastfeeding journeys, she stumbled upon a career as a postpartum doula. She is more excited than ever to help families that are bringing home their new babies. She is also working on her CLE (Lactation Educator Certificate) as well as her Postpartum Doula certification this year. With 13+ years in the childcare field, she is more than comfortable helping parents with their newborns and any age beyond!

In Shayla’s free time you can find her reading a good book and enjoying the outdoors with her family. She also loves spending summers camping with friends and family.