About Us
The Doula Team
Claudia
Claudia feels blessed to be a wife and a mom of four precious children. She loves to learn new things and has a passion for people and making friends. When she was a nurse in Mexico working in the labor and delivery area she always imagined having the time to support those precious women in their childbirth experience. Now Claudia is a birth doula in training and wants to help women by educating and supporting them with love and compassion as they live out their prenatal journey.
Adrienne
Adrienne has a bachelors of science in Nutrition, Fitness, and Public Health from Purdue University, and is working as a Nutritionist at the Tippecanoe County WIC program. She is actively pursuing her goal of becoming an IBCLC and has always been passionate about community engagement, particularly with women, infants, and children. She believes her background as a mother, nutritionist, and lactation consultant will contribute to the diverse needs of families in the Lafayette community, and sees joining the doula team as another exciting avenue to provide support to women.
Rania
Coming from a diverse culture, Rania can be understanding of other people’s traditions, backgrounds, and beliefs. She is passionate about learning and educating herself. Rania is patient, encouraging, stays calm under pressure, and cares for others. Traveling, meeting new people, and living abroad helped her become more open minded, tolerant and understanding of other people’s values and traditions. She likes to be knowledgeable on childbirth, prenatal and postpartum care so that she can answer questions and provide guidance when needed anytime.
Makayla
Meredith
Meredith is a practicing birth doula and medical anthropologist in the PhD program at Purdue University. She is also a devoted dog mom, plant fanatic, and is learning how to quilt. Her doula and anthropology work are focused around the unique spaces in which people give birth, whether that is in the hospital or at home. She is especially interested in communications between different provider types, such as between home birth and hospital providers, and the experiences of birthing people throughout their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Quila
Quila is a Brooklyn, NY native living in Lafayette. She is a wife and mother of 3 girls. Quila has completed her birth doula training through DONA International and working on her certification. Her Masters in Human Services and Service Coordinator position with First Steps works well with the life of a doula. Quila became interested in becoming a birth doula because of the motivation of peers and parents that seek her advice and support. Her ultimate goal is to create and maintain a safe, tranquil space for families.
Genevieve
Genevieve became interested in becoming a postpartum doula after discovering there isn’t adequate support for families during the postpartum period. It is her hope that she can help normalize the practice of supporting the postpartum family and make it easier for people to ask for help and get the care they need for themselves or their child(ren) in a timely manner without feeling judged or inadequate.
Salome
Salome is a MaternityWise Institute certified labor and postpartum doula who is passionate about supporting families during exciting, busy, demanding, and transitional seasons, so that they can thrive and more fully enjoy the God-given gift of family – which is the bedrock of society! When engaged in the doula life, Salome has come to appreciate a holistic, physiologic, and personalized approach. Having grown up as a missionary kid in Mexico, she has a love for the riches to be gleaned from cultures and appreciates every opportunity to keep her Spanish up!
Monireh
Monireh has served on the organization’s board for the 2023-2024 term. She enjoys being creative and has a passion for helping others. She works with international people and has a heart for diversity. Monireh is always there to lend a listening ear, share helpful tips and resources, and celebrate the joys and milestones of parenthood with these families. With Monireh’s help, we are working towards offering birth-related support to international families who would otherwise lack such continuous assistance.
Emily
Emily lives with her husband and two sons in Lafayette. She is passionate about being part of the “village” that ensures every family has the support they need to thrive. She is currently training as a postpartum and bereavement doula and hopes to provide support and trauma-informed education to foster families in the future as well.
Lindsay
Lindsay lives in West Lafayette with her husband and four boys. She became a certified childbirth educator after having a difficult birth experience. When learning about the racial disparities in maternal health in Indiana, she was motivated to start the nonprofit, focusing on providing opportunities for diverse birth workers to provide support for diverse communities in the Greater Lafayette area. She has trained with CAPPA to become a birth doula as well.
The Board
Tuscany
Tuscany is originally from Ladoga, Indiana. She now lives in Lafayette with her husband and three cats. Tuscany is Transformed Birth Services’ secretary.
Toni
Toni is originally from El Paso, Texas but has lived in 8 different cities for work! She’s now in West Lafayette with her husband, two daughters and their cat, Coconuts. Her passion about birth wellness comes from her own birthing experiences; you can hear her story here: https://birthful.com/
Lea – Board Member
Lea is a graduate of Purdue University School of Nursing and has 13 years of labor and delivery experience. She believes all birthing people deserve access to safe care and is excited to help bridge the gap in our community.
Lea is a mom of 3 who loves hanging with her family, naturopathic medicine, music, cooking, collecting cats, tending to her chickens, and doing home improvement projects with her wife.
Jordan
Jordan has been an RN since 2011 and has spent the past 6 years as a labor and delivery nurse before becoming the educator of Maternal Child Health at IU Arnett. She has a passion for educating nurses so that they can deliver the best care to growing families as well as provide education and support for a successful transition home. Jordan and her wife, Lea, have 3 children and an array of pets. Jordan enjoys cooking and baking for her family, gardening and house plants, DIY home improvement projects, making art, crafting with her kids, and playing endless fetch with her golden retriever, Bo.
Carol – Board Member
Carol is the founder of College Bound Determination where she partners with parents to strengthen their child’s advantage in college and life. She has a heart for the racial disparities displayed in maternal health and is working towards bridging those gaps.
Kemi – Board Member
Kemi has a doctorate of pharmacy degree from Creighton University, as well as a bachelor of science degree in Health Sciences with a minor in Health Psychology from Indiana University Indianapolis. She currently works as a community pharmacist. She is happily married to an Army Veteran and they live together in Lafayette with their mini Goldendoodle. In her free time she enjoys traveling, listening to music and spending time with family. Kemi is honored to have the opportunity to use her educational background and professional experience as well as continue to learn in order to help improve health outcomes as they relate to child birth and postpartum experiences in our Greater Lafayette community.
Ashley – Treasurer
Ashley works at Purdue University as the Associate Director of Culinary Operations. Ashley loves reading and watching science fiction and fantasy. She is studying business administration and is great with math and numbers. Ashley is Transformed Birth Services’ treasurer.
Jackie
Jackie is the Family and Youth Services Director at Bauer Family Resources. She has also received a Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) from Postpartum Support International.
Our Incredible Accountant
Accountant: Katrina Jenkins Accounting
Katrina has worked diligently behind the scenes, making sure that we have everything we need to run smoothly. Be sure to check her out for your accounting needs!
In The Community
Previous Event
Maternal and Infant Health Disparities Awareness Event – April 5th, 2024
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Member since 2023
Reviews
Childbirth Education
Birth Doula
Postpartum Doula
“I am a first time expecting mother and was referred to Lindsay by my midwife. Lindsay promptly responded to my inquiry for scheduling childbirth classes and was extremely flexible around my husband and I’s busy schedule! I was previously rather nervous and unknowledgeable of Labor, Pain, Comfort Measures, Postpartum and Newborn Care, however, after taking class 1 and class 3 I am now feeling informed, empowered, and excited for my daughters arrival! I can’t say enough positive things about Lindsay and will forever cherish having her out to my home to teach my husband, my mother, and I! I highly recommend Transformed Birth Services because I now have a beautifully transformed understanding of childbirth! – Megan
“She was amazing, always there when I needed her, her support made me decide to have her in my future pregnancies.” – Safia
“I received the best support I feel possible. My doula was there every step of the way when I needed. She helped me stay informed of my choices and explained risks and benefits of everything happening and said. I wish I had come across them sooner in previous pregnancies. Definitely filling a need in our community.” – Desiree
“Transformed Birth Services was there when I needed the most help with my children. I enjoyed my time with the postpartum doulas a lot. They educated me with a compassionate wisdom that I so appreciated. They also actively strived to be inclusive of various family structures, which was also so important to us.” – Anonymous