ABOUT HOPE | BIRTH  | & BEYOND

We’re your SouthEast Idaho radical birthing resource specializing in hope, bereavement, support, birth, postpartum, and your journey.

 We are Hope Birth & Beyond!

 

Hope Birth & Beyond Private Contact Association & Membership was founded out of a deep passion for supporting mothers and families in the community. The aim was to bring them together and help them find personal support in navigating the beauty of birth and trusting their bodies. Although some may find this approach revolutionary, it has proven to be effective in empowering women.

 

As a child, Hope dreamt of becoming a teacher and a radical leader who could help women reclaim their power. She never realized that her journey would lead her to become a midwife, doula, childbirth educator, and more. Hope is a Graduate of Indie Birth Midwifery School, Class of 2021, an Internationally Certified Birth, Postpartum, and Bereavement Doula, Radical Birth keeper, N.R.P. provider, L.L.L. Leader, Spinning babies, B.E.S.T. certified, and holds a current Certificate to pass medication in Idaho.

 

Hope began her journey as a mother, breastfeeding counselor, La Lache league leader, photographer, and doula. She followed the apprenticeship model of care and later graduated from midwifery school. Hope holds additional education in Childhood Nutrition, BS in Midwifery, An A.A. in Photography, Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Medical Research and Trial Studies, Cosmetology, Genes, and the Human Condition -Behavior to Biotechnology, Essential Oils, and The Beauty of Normal Physiology in Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth by Ina May Gaskin. She is also the trustee of Hope Birth & Beyond Private Membership Association. 

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Kjirsti is a student doula with DONA International. She is a wife and mother of three. She was called to this work after having two homebirths of her own. Kjirsti is passionate about all things birth and babies. She is elated to support and nurture women and their families through pregnancy, labor, and birth. We are so happy to have her on our South East Idaho Team!

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Heather is a DONA-trained birth doula. She has additional training in bereavement and abortion support. She holds two associate degrees, is currently a biology major at Indiana University Southeast, and has applied for a master's program in Midwifery.

She is an avid member of the Louisville Doula Project. Heather also attends monthly birth worker training to serve her community better. Heather has known since middle school that birth work was the work for her. Her passion for aiding, advocating for, and comforting others during labor was intensified by her own birthing experience.

 

 

 

 

Tia is a Student Doula with Childbirth International. She has always been passionate about all things
birth and motherhood. Her heart is to educate, support, and help each family achieve their goals during
labor, birth, and postpartum. She has additional experience with breastfeeding and essential oils.
Tia plans on continuing her education and getting her childbirth educator and breastfeeding counselor
certifications upon completion of her doula certification.