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Audrey Logan
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Hello and welcome! I am so glad that you are here! Hiring a doula is deeply personal and is all about finding someone who you align with and feel comfortable around. My passion for birthwork is centered around helping families feel empowered in their choices so they can walk into the birth room feeling confident. I do this by providing thorough prenatal education and helping families to create and refine a birth plan that fits their needs and best supports their and their baby’s health and well-being. I believe that everyone is entitled to have a magical birth experience where they feel nurtured and supported while they do what may feel impossible and bring new life into this world. I am also passionate about educating families about their rights during childbirth and how having that knowledge empowers them to advocate for the birth of their dreams. I understand that not everyone in this country has access to the same kind of care and I strive to help families of color and families in the LGBTQIA+ community feel safe and empowered. I live in Johnstown with my amazing boyfriend of almost 5 years and our 2 cats. I’m a lover of plants and you can usually find me curled up with a good book. I am so grateful to be a part of this community and I look forward to supporting your journey!
My Story
A common theme I heard while growing up is that it is normal for women to be abused and that we should just expect it. That abuse might come from parents, stepparents, other adults, and authority figures. All of the women in my family were abused by their parents and stepparents as well as their partners. As I grew up, I started to reject the idea that women are weak and that we deserve abuse. Having an extremely abusive stepfather for several years taught me firsthand what it feels like to be totally powerless. It also taught me that I’m not ok with being that powerless and that I am here to break some pretty serious ancestral patterns. I decided that I would do everything within my power to never put my self in a position to be powerless. I have found the most wonderful person to spend the rest of my life with who never makes me feel powerless and I have also taken the time to explore different avenues to find my passion.
When I began to explore doulas and birth work, I was immediately interested. I was swept away by the idea of watching the miracle of birth and seeing lots of sweet babies, but when I began to take a deeper look at what it means to give birth in America I was reminded of the theme I learned growing up. I learned that we have one of the very worst maternal health care systems in all of the developed world. I learned that one in three women who give birth in the U.S. has birth trauma. I learned that black women and babies are 3-4x more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts. I also began to realize how indoctrinated into expecting a disempowering and dissatisfying birth experience we all are. We grow up watching movies and tv shows that depict women lying on their back and screaming while in immense amounts of pain trying to birth their babies. Birth is depicted as a pathological issue and thankfully we have male obstetricians to save us or we would all most likely die. While access to modern obstetrics can absolutely be necessary and life changing, its focus on fixing birth can also lead to poor outcomes and dissatisfied and disempowered birthing people. All of this information fueled a fire in me to help ensure that women and birthing people feel empowered and supported during their pregnancies and births. When we give birth in our power, birth can be sacred and life changing for everyone involved. It can be extremely healing, and it can set an empowered tone for the new life being brought into the world. I truly believe that when birthing people take charge of their birth experience and have an empowered birth (no matter what that looks like for them) birth can be revolutionary and can have a meaningful and impactful influence on our world as a whole.
When I began to explore doulas and birth work, I was immediately interested. I was swept away by the idea of watching the miracle of birth and seeing lots of sweet babies, but when I began to take a deeper look at what it means to give birth in America I was reminded of the theme I learned growing up. I learned that we have one of the very worst maternal health care systems in all of the developed world. I learned that one in three women who give birth in the U.S. has birth trauma. I learned that black women and babies are 3-4x more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts. I also began to realize how indoctrinated into expecting a disempowering and dissatisfying birth experience we all are. We grow up watching movies and tv shows that depict women lying on their back and screaming while in immense amounts of pain trying to birth their babies. Birth is depicted as a pathological issue and thankfully we have male obstetricians to save us or we would all most likely die. While access to modern obstetrics can absolutely be necessary and life changing, its focus on fixing birth can also lead to poor outcomes and dissatisfied and disempowered birthing people. All of this information fueled a fire in me to help ensure that women and birthing people feel empowered and supported during their pregnancies and births. When we give birth in our power, birth can be sacred and life changing for everyone involved. It can be extremely healing, and it can set an empowered tone for the new life being brought into the world. I truly believe that when birthing people take charge of their birth experience and have an empowered birth (no matter what that looks like for them) birth can be revolutionary and can have a meaningful and impactful influence on our world as a whole.
