our doulas

Meet our Portland Area Postpartum Doulas & Newborn Care Specialists

We're more than postpartum doulas.

We're Newborn Care Specialists. We're Infant Sleep Specialists, and we're postpartum doulas. This combination allows a higher level of infant care mixed with nurturing support for your family, and most importantly, professional sleep support from day one.

All of our Doulas and Newborn Care Specialists are 100% committed to the work they do.

Our doulas are NOT hobbyists - we take our work seriously, have advanced training, and care deeply about what we do. Supporting families during the childbearing year is our business, but it’s also our passion. All of our doulas are experts.

We personalize our support.

Tiffany, our founder, speaks with each family interested in working with us, learning about them as individuals, hearing their anticipated needs, and gaining insight into the uniqueness of each family.

She will help match you with doulas, and coordinate schedules so you don't have to. Ensuring the highest quality of personalized care is one of our values.

Tiffany

Founder (she/her)
Sleep Trainer
Newborn Care Specialist
Postpartum Doula

More About Tiffany

As a new mom, I quickly learned the value of having support. . . mostly because the support I had was limited. I'm a midwesterner AND southern Californian, so I 100% "get" what it's like to parent without the support and to have wade through many different parenting perspectives to fit my own family. I have a soft spot for everyone who has moved here and grown their family without support- I see you, and I've been right where you are!

My experiences during birth and postpartum drove my desire to support families. I started this career as both a birth doula and a postpartum doula. This training, and years of experience as a birth doula in invaluable when supporting families.

I am always honored to be invited into a family's home to hold the space for them, and to be a guide that enables an empowered and positive parenting experience.

Intuition, patience, and an open mind are the foundation of my support for you. My goal is to build a relationship of open communication and trust.

My current focus, as the founder of Birthing Stone, is supporting all of our families in finding the perfect match of services and doulas. I also love offering our in-person sleep coaching to help families get the important sleep they need.

High-level, ongoing education and training are important to me and our team.

I have completed two birth doula certifications, an intensive internship through Mother Tree Birth, and attended much ongoing education training.

I am also trained and experienced in postpartum care and facilitated the postpartum doula training at Birthingway College of Midwifery for several years. I am a former Faculty for the labor doula division of CAPPA- an international organization for training doulas and childbirth educators. I'm also a trained Newborn Care Specialist through Newborn Care Solutions, and one of the first people trained as a sleep coach by New York-based, Mommywise.

I’m a mom of two rambunctious, loving, and smiling (not so) little boys. We love watching movies - ALL the movies, and think the world is a better place with Parks and Rec to watch.

Leja

Sleep Coach
Newborn Care Specialist
Postpartum Doula
Travel Nanny
(she/her)

More About Leja

My doula journey started in 2015 at Birthingway College of Midwifery in Portland, Oregon. Embracing birth doula work and life, I quickly moved on to attain my certification as a Postpartum Doula. As my doula career began to sprout I discovered my passion for supporting & educating families during the early months of parenthood. This affection for the fourth trimester, along with my prior experience as a birth doula has helped me to bring a full understanding of the continuity of pregnancy.In 2019, to better assist parents in all aspects of newborn care, I added to my knowledge base training as a Newborn Care Specialist. Overnight sleep support for parents & sleep shaping for babies turned into a significant interest of mine.

In 2022 I trained through the Center for Pediatric Sleep Management & became a Certified Sleep Trainer. Assisting & supporting babies as they learn to master falling asleep independently is my passion, along with educating, supporting & guiding parents as their baby learns these skills. This allows the entire family to get that restorative rest needed to thrive day to day!

Ways my friends describe me are, relatable, loyal, self-aware, grounded, nurturing, trustworthy, strong, and positive smart-ass. I love music & a good laugh!

When I'm not supporting families, I'm enjoying being a mama to my one & only kind-hearted & outgoing teen. We love finding new places to hike and explore with our dog. Summer days will usually find us playing in our favorite swimming hole, picking berries, or on a road trip.

Thank you for taking the time to learn a bit about me. I’m excited to learn about your family, support your goals & get you off to a solid start on your parenting journey.

Julia-Rose

Sleep Coach
Newborn Care Specialist
Postpartum Doula
(She/Her)

More About Julia-Rose

When I took my first live-in nanny position in 2003, I found I had a gift for seamlessly supporting parents with raising their babies. Over the last 20 years, I’ve gained hands-on experience working closely with hundreds of families and continued to advance my knowledge with specialized courses on infant feeding, caring for multiples, and postpartum mood disorders to complement my foundational doula training.

I found that every family had concerns or questions surrounding sleep. They were desperately asking their friends, parents, pediatricians, and me, as their postpartum doula – “Will I ever sleep again? Is my baby’s sleep normal? How can I lengthen my infant’s naps? How did you get him to sleep in the bassinet?”

The topic of sleep was all-consuming for these new parents! I knew I needed to provide these families with more than my anecdotal evidence, so I took my education to the next level and trained as a Newborn Care Specialist and Pediatric Sleep Consultant.

My focus centers on educating families on normal newborn behavior, helping parents understand their unique baby, and creating personalized programs and practices that gently encourage independent sleep. I acknowledge and respect that not all families want exactly the same thing regarding sleep, so I aim to meet parents where they are and guide them every step of the way to their own definition of success.

I truly love what I do. Supporting families through such a transformative time fills my cup and I think it shows. My other loves are tending to my large garden, good conversation over tea, adventures in nature with my husband, and watching our goats cud in the sunshine.

Rhiannon

Sleep Trainer
Newborn Care Specialist
Postpartum Doula
Travels

More About Rhiannon

Rhiannon (she/her) is an experienced and reliable postpartum doula, Newborn Care Specialist, and Mommywise Certified Sleep Coach.

She brings over 20 years of nanny and caregiving experience to the families she supports- with experience traveling with families, working with high-profile families, and supporting families through loss.

She loves working with all families to help them transition into life with a newborn, and get more sleep as their baby ages.

She brings confidence, a bright and positive personality, and lots of laughter to each family she works with.

When she is not caring for others, Rhiannon enjoys traveling, visiting museums, photography, horseback riding, trivia, and volunteering.

Anna

Infant Sleep
Newborn Care Specialist
Postpartum Doula

More About Anna

Anna (she/her) brings families nearly 20 years of caregiving experience. After years of nannying, she saw her calling to formalize and expand her knowledge by training as both a Postpartum Doula and Newborn Care Specialist.

Her experience includes working with premies, twins, and medically fragile babies, as well as being experienced with gentle sleep shaping.

As part of our team, we know that families will find Anna to be caring, kind, and knowledgeable.

Tracy

Sleep Coach
Newborn Care Specialist
Postpartum Doula
Traveling Coach

More About Tracy

Tracy’s (she/her), passion for supporting families began at a very young age. After working as a professional nanny for over ten years, Tracy discovered that her true calling was helping families as they transitioned to life with a new baby.

Tracy understands that parenthood comes with many unique challenges and new emotions that can be difficult to navigate. She is dedicated to providing comprehensive, unbiased, and compassionate care to each of the families that she serves, ensuring that they feel supported and confident as they embark on this exciting new journey.

Tracy's primary focus with us is as a traveling sleep trainer. She trained alongside our founder, Tiffany, through Mommywise, and has been bringing sleep to families throughout the country.

Families who are lucky enough to work with Tracy quickly find that they benefit from far more than just Tracy's sleep coaching. Families repeatedly feel that brings wisdom beyond her years and that she truly is a friend.

MEET JESSICA

Infant Sleep Coach
Newborn Care Specialist
Postpartum Doula
Infant Sleep Specialist

Jessica comes to Birthing Stone as a Postpartum Doula, Newborn Care Specialist and Mommywise Certified Sleep Coach.

She's a "natural" with babies and has long served families in a variety of capacities prior to her pieces of training as a doula and NCS, but her true passion is sleep coaching.

She travels the country supporting families, and is always up for an adventure- whether it be a few days sleep coaching or a week of live-in support for families with newborns.

Take a look at our doula team profiles to get a feel for each doula team and let us know who you think will be a good fit. Not sure? Don't worry, we help you find the right duo for you.