MEET OUR DOULAS
Who We Are ~ A team of Jesus loving, servant-hearted women here to guide you along the way.
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Contact your preferred doula directly! Scroll through to see each doula profile.
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Angie Danek
Founder of EHB, Traditional Midwife finishing CPM training, Birth & Bereavement Doula, and Licensed Massage Therapist
Angie has been passionate about birth since witnessing the birth of her sister Amy when she was just 5 years old. By the time she was 18 she had attended over 15 births. Angie comes from a long line of healers, her father and three uncles are chiropractors who all have unique specialties, her brother is a Doctor of Osteopathy, and she has aunts in the fields of herbalism, and other various natural healing arts. She is the oldest of 10 children, 7 of whom were born at home and all of whom were homeschooled.
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Angie attended California University of PA to complete her pre-requisites for attending Chiropractic school, when she met her husband-to-be, and changed the course of her life upon discovering that her passion for healing could be focused on a different direction. She graduated from Career Training Academy in 2001 with her degree in Massage Therapy and has since specialized in Pre-Natal/Pregnancy Massage, Aromatherapy, Myofascial release, Healing Stone Massage, Sports massage and more. In 2024, she became an Arvigo Abdominal Therapist and Spinning Babies Aware Practitioner in addition to being trained in Breech Release.
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When she gave birth to her oldest son, her experience with the birth center she chose was less than stellar. She did not know anything, at the time, about doulas, and had instead taken the Bradley Method of coaching with her husband. Her expectation of her midwives was that they would be supportive in the same way her mother’s homebirth midwives had been, but that was not the experience she had. After the traumatic birth of her son, she became determined to find a better way. She had a doula attend with her at the birth center for her next two deliveries. The experience was so dramatically different that she began to explore becoming a doula herself.
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She brought her knowledge of birth and birthing, massage and aromatherapy into her doula work and has been attending births in the Pittsburgh area since 2011. Through her years of having and raising her children, she experienced 7 miscarriages and secondary infertility, those experiences led her to a deeper understanding of autoimmune disease and the importance of healing the body on a deeper level. After several years of working toward healing her microbiome, she delivered her 4th child at home in 2017. She currently lives in Southwestern PA on her little urban homestead and is enjoying life and homeschooling her 4 children.
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In 2019 she completed the H.E.R.B.A.L training programs for Birthkeeper/Doula, Peer Lactation Counselor and Placenta Encapsulation. In 2020 she completed the Bereavement Doula courses through the Institute of Birth, Breath and Death and Stillbirthday to continue to be able to support couples dealing with pregnancy & infant loss. In 2022 she added Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) to her CPR certifications. She also enrolled in Ancient Arts Midwifery Institute to begin her journey serve families as a midwife.
Services:
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Pregnancy Massage/Acupressure
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Aromatherapy Services & Training
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Doula
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Placenta Encapsulation
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Peer Lactation Counselor
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Fermented Food Classes & Education
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Childbirth Education Classes
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Arvigo Abdominal Therapy (Maya Abdominal Massage)
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Advanced VBAC Doula Certification
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Breech Without Borders -Vaginal Breech Birth
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Neonatal Resuscitation Protocol (NRP)
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Spinning Babies Aware Practioner
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Breech Release Specialist
203-725-6464
Brittany Leach
Birth Doula, Peer Lactation Counselor
Brittany feels like God has been secretly preparing her heart to be a doula her whole life. While in college receiving her Bachelor's of Science in Speech Therapy from California University of PA, she worked for a local obstetrics group. This is where her love of all things prenatal and postnatal began. After college she worked for a well known family Chiropractor and fell in love with whole body holistic wellness. During this time she trained with and became certified by C.A.R.E. and furthered her education with Young living Essential Oils and Wellness company. Brittany became a mother in 2018 and again in 2020 to two handsome little boys. In 2019 she felt called to train to become a Doula and Peer Lactation Counselor after her own birth and breastfeeding journey. She is empathetic to the pregnancy, labor and birthing process as well as the critical postpartum period. She feels especially called to supporting women on their lactation journeys. Brittany looks forward to assisting and caring for women during such a miraculously transitional time in their lives.
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"By becoming a doula, I hope to bring back the theory that, it takes a village to raise healthy children and to have a healthy home. I also hope to rewrite the standard of care for our mothers, and go back to supporting and celebrate one another through this season of life."
Amanda Mattei
Birth & Bereavement Doula
Amanda recalls that her interest in Pregnancy/Labor/Delivery started back in 2005 when she was in High School. She thought she wanted to be a Labor & Delivery nurse, and even began to pursue that route, until she realized it was not for her. She graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Child Development and Family Relations. Though her interest in working for a hospital faded, and she couldn’t find her “place” in her college career, her passion and love for childbirth never ceased to exist. In 2019, she was pregnant with her first child. It was then that Amanda understood the importance of a Doula. She wanted to pursue a natural and authentic birth. She wanted to learn how to advocate for herself. She wanted to prove to herself that she was strong, powerful, and capable of all things. Because of her desires, she was guided into the direction of a Doula who would help her reach her birth goals. Fast forward to 2021, and she was pregnant with her second child. She thought she could handle this labor and delivery without a hitch, since this wasn’t her first rodeo. So, she decided to do this second labor and delivery without a Doula, only to find out that her labor and delivery was a lot more to handle with only the help of her husband. Her second birth displayed some complications, unlike her first. It was a complication that, having a Doula there, maybe would have had a different outcome. Thankfully she and her baby were and are OK but, she very quickly realized how things could have been different with a little extra support from a trained Doula. Lesson learned. As the years went on, and she was raising two babies, she always encouraged women to find a good advocate through a Doula, for their births. She would talk to her encouraging husband about her interest in pursuing the birth worker field, since she is a Stay at Home Mom, but the thought of leaving her babies for hours wasn’t something she was emotionally ready to do. Move to the beginning of 2023, and Angie Danek contacted her about taking on a client as a student Doula. At this time, her youngest child was nearly 2 years old and she felt ready to move forward into Doula work. She felt this was her calling from God, the nudge she needed to get into the birth working field, and to live the life she always dreamed about. Amanda has been attending births since 2022 (her first birth attendance was for her niece in May 2022). She is a certified Doula through Stillbirthday Birth & Bereavement Doula Training Program, and is also certified and trained in Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP). Amanda attends home, hospital, and birth center births.
724-972-2837
Paige Bryan
Nurse & Doula
Paige has been a birth worker over the past six years. She has worked as a labor and postpartum hospital nurse, a birth center nurse, and a doula by request to friends and family birthing in hospitals, birth centers, and home settings throughout her nursing career. She is thrilled to recently have transitioned into the full time doula role, and aspires to eventually become a midwife. She is passionate about supporting physiological birth, fostering women’s connection with God, and advocating for women to have more options in birth.
724-799-1326
Arianna Robel
Doula & Spinning Babies practitioner
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I’m a high school senior who has completed my doula certification through Childbirth International. As an apprentice with Empowered Holistic Birth, I’m
gaining hands-on experience and continuing to grow as a perinatal care provider.
I am also a Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional and maintain a
professional membership with the Evidence Based Birth® Academy to stay current with
evidence-based practices and to continue growing in my knowledge and skills.
With twenty nieces and nephews (and two more on the way!), I’ve loved supporting my sisters and
sisters-in-law through their pregnancies and postpartum journeys. These experiences have
deepened my passion for birth work and inspired me to become a knowledgeable advocate and
compassionate resource for growing families.
I’m so excited to walk alongside you during this special season and would be honored to be part of
your support team.
(412) 556-8905
Hannah Newbury
Doula, Student Midwife, Placenta Encapsulator
Hannah has been passionate about birth since her teens when she chose to begin independently studying. When first deciding to go to college she studied psychology, 2 years in she decided to go with her heart and change gears. The first change was marrying her high school sweetheart in 2015 and they welcomed there first child, a baby boy, after a long and traumatic birth in 2016. They then decided to be foster parents and through that welcome a baby girl to their family through adoption in 2018. 2019 was the year Hannah began apprenticing with a homebirth midwife and was in awe of how different birth could be. Soon after she enrolled in midwifery school and has continued to apprentice intermittently, while completing doula training through Cardinal Birth, placenta encapsulation through H.E.R.B.A.L. and getting certified in both neonatal resuscitation and CPR. In March of 2022 a baby girl was welcomed into the family in a very peaceful home birth
Hannah lives deep in the woods overlooking the Allegheny River where she homeschools her children and in her spare time sews for the small handmade shop she and her husband own.
724-992-3280
Morgan Nicholson
Postpartum Doula
Hi! My name is Morgan Nicholson. I live in Robinson, PA with my husband, Andrew and baby boy, Brooks.
I am a postpartum Doula, having completed certification and courses in Birth, Postpartum and bereavement through StillBirthday and also completed additional courses on breastfeeding, tongue and lip ties and safe sleeping habits through The Newborn Care Institute. I have over 10+ years of experience with families and children working as a nanny. I have worked with adoptive families, foster care children, special needs children, multiples and ages ranging from days old to 12 years old. I also am first aid and CPR certified.
Being a Postpartum Doula, I am passionate about helping new moms recover and nourish their bodies through rest and nutrition. I especially enjoy helping baby adjust to their new life outside the womb, and encourage ways for new parents and baby to bond as they start their new journey together. I became passionate about postpartum care after having my son via c-section and going through postpartum struggles myself like baby blues, latch issues & bonding difficulties. I also have witnessed a close family member struggle through a traumatic birth, and postpartum depression, which fuels my desire to aid new moms in care that will help them through the fragile postpartum season. I want to help mothers receive the proper care that they need after birth and in doing so, giving them the most enjoyable, low stress and restful experience postpartum.
Some of the other ways I help new parents is with meal preparation, light housework, running errands, appointments, and also caring for baby so new moms can rest and focus on their recovery. Feel free to reach out anytime! I would love to help you transition smoothly into motherhood!
Courtney Weaver
Birth & Bereavement Doula
Hi, I’m Courtney! I am a Christian mom to five little ones here on earth and two precious babies I look forward to meeting in heaven. My own motherhood journey has shaped my deep passion for supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
I became a certified birth doula through Childbirth International in 2023 and have since expanded my training to better support families with a variety of needs. I hold certifications in Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP), Basic Life Support, and Advanced VBAC support. I also serve as a Midwife Assistant in the home birth setting.
In addition to my certifications, I’ve completed specialized trainings in trauma-informed care, cultural support for Jewish families, Spinning Babies® techniques for optimal fetal positioning, and reproductive grief care through Sola Gratia Vita and Still Birthday. My background also includes a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies and training in Biblical Counseling, which helps me provide compassionate, faith-based support for those navigating birth trauma, loss, or emotionally complex birth experiences.
My path to birth work began after my seventh pregnancy, as I sought healing from my own challenging birth experiences. I went into all of my labors with very little information, feeling fearful, unheard, and unsupported by my care teams. After each birth, I battled postpartum depression, with my final pregnancy being especially difficult. At the time, I believed my only option was to be done with childbearing, not fully realizing how different my experiences could have been with compassionate, continuous support.
Though I can’t rewrite my own story, I believe God has used those experiences to lead me to this season of encouraging, equipping, and walking alongside other women as they grow their families. My heart is to offer the informational, emotional, physical, and spiritual support I longed for so that you can experience the strength, beauty, and sacredness of birth.
Whether this is your first baby or your tenth, whether your story has been marked by joy, loss, or uncertainty, I would be honored to walk with you. My goal is to help you feel seen, heard, and empowered as you navigate pregnancy, birth, and postpartum—because you deserve to be supported every step of the way. I look forward to meeting you and being part of your incredible birth journey.
courtneyweaver139@gmail.com ~ 724-581-8949
Emily Nunez ~ Doula
Emily has always had a deep sense of purpose in serving women and families. She knew it was her life's calling. In 2019, she lived in Tanzania for four months, interning as a social worker. It was there she learned of the devastation that maternal death and the lack of healthcare had on mothers and children across the world. When she returned to the states, she spent most of her time in college studying maternal health and learning that there was also immense devastation here in the United States. In her studies, she learned the positive impact doulas and the midwifery module of care had on mothers' wellbeing in pregnancy, labor and postpartum. After graduating with her degree in social work and international studies, she made the picot to pursue birthwork as her calling. She worked in newborn care for three years and completed her holistic doula training through H.E.R.B.A.L. in 2021. She took a pause as she moved to the Pittsburgh area with her husband and walked through the pregnancy and birth of their first child in 2023. She gave birth to her son at home and was forever changed. Her own homebirth and her postpartum experience further ignited her passion to serve women during such a vulnerable chapter of their lives. She believes that having reliable women in your village can make or break your experience as a mother and hopes to be the support women need to enter motherhood as well.
birthwithemi@gmail.com ~ (203)725-8200
