Qualifications

*CBE training with ALACE

* Active member of the LaLeche League Canada

*Been a practicing doula since 2002

*Certified ALACE doula

*Extensive reading and hands-on experience

*VBAC experience ( Kimberly's passion)

*Extensive knowledge and connections with holistic practices from aromatherapy, reflexology, accupressure and acupuncture, herbal and homeopathic
(I am taking a comprehensive pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, post pregnancy and women's health herbal course.)

* Worshipping  Christian Mother of son (born August, 2002), and gorgeous daughter, born with Cystic Fibrosis (March 13, 2005).

I believe that with every life experience, there is a learning process. With every birth, I am in awe at the differences, and the new knowledge offered with each new bundle of joy brought into this world in Gods' hands. I am constantly reading and extending my knowledge of childbirth, breastfeeding and holistic practices.

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Book List

A Child is Born - Nilsoon

A complete Book of Pregnancy and Baby's First Year - Mayo Clinic

A New Life - Queenman

Aromatherapy and Complementary Therapies - Life Basics

Aromatherapy and Massage for Baby and Mother - England

Baby Names - Wells

Body Reflexology - Carter

Born - Nelsson

Breastfeeding: A Mother's Gift - Wiggins

Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul - varied authors

Children's Prescription Drugs - Medical

Chiropractic First - Rondberg

Doula Programs - Perez-Thelen

Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding - Newman

Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices - Lumbert

Giving Birth - Taylor

Guide to Natural Living - Evens

Healing Wise Childbearing Years - Weed

Healthy Beginnings - OB-GYN

Heart and Hands - Davis

Herbal Remedies and Homeopathy - Life Basics

Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth and the First Year - Castro

Immunization, History, Ethics and Law - Diodati

Labour Day Shared Experiences from the Delivery Room - Giglio

Medicinal Herbal - Ody

Midwifery and Herbs - Shaffer

Mothercare - Tarcher

Name that Baby, Biblical Names - Bradshaw

Natural Healing for the Pregnant Woman - Burch and Sachs

Natural Parenting - Walker

Plant Power, Herbs - Dewery

Prescription for Dietary Wellness - Balch

Rediscovering Birth - Kitzinger

So That's How I Was Born? - Brooks

So That's What They Are For?? Breastfeeding - Tamaro

Special Women The Role of a Labor Assistant - Perez

The Birth Book - Sears

The Breastfeeding Book - Sears

The Canadian Guide to Homeopathic Self Medications - Picard

The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth - Kitzinger

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs - Volak

The Pregnancy Book - Sears

The VBAC Companion - Korte

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (2 copies) - LLL

Vitex - The Woman's Herb - Hobb

What to Expect, The Toddler Years - Eisenberg, Murkoff and Hathaway

What to Expect When you are Expecting - Eisenberg, Murkoff and Hathaway

Your Baby and Child - Leach