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Teresa Maskery Doula

The DOULA partnership that birth dreams are made of

We are SO EXCITED to announce that starting February 2022, York Region’s most passionate doula, Kim Nielsen will be joining My Baby Bump! She will be supporting  our birth clients while Teresa will continue with Prenatal education and postpartum support. With 7 children and 17 years of experience between them, there is no better they are truly the Doula Dream Team!

To celebrate, we have combined our 2 most popular services into 1 limited time package.

Labour Doula Services + Group Prenatal Classes $1550 (+HST)

What We Do

My Baby Bump exists to educate, support, and empower families through every stage of pregnancy, delivery, and early parenting. Our goal is to improve your whole ‘baby bump’ experience by helping you better understand your choices so you can make informed decisions along your journey!

Prenatal Classes

We have dynamic classes available to help you map out and navigate your journey to parenthood.

Labour Doula Services

Labour assistance with emotional and physical support  throughout the entire labour experience.

Postpartum Doula Services

Emotional and practical support in the days and weeks following delivery.

Meet Teresa

For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to be a mother. That dream came true in 1998 with the birth of my first daughter. In 2000 I gave birth to my 2nd daughter very unexpectedly on the kitchen floor with my husband filling in as my midwife. No Joke! It was slightly chaotic but it made me realize that my body was designed for birth. In 2003 we decided to try the organized home birth with a midwife present and it was this birth—the birth of my first son—that sparked a passion for labour and delivery and began to shape a vision for my current line of work as a Doula. In 2004, I gave birth to my youngest son. Although I was excited to experience another homebirth, he had other plans and needed to be delivered by way of C-Section. Birth can be unpredictable sometimes. It wasn’t long after knowing I was finished having babies that I realized just how much I respected the birth process. I made the decision to train as a childbirth educator and labour/postpartum doula because I saw there was a need, a need for people to understand and experience labour and delivery rather than simply find a way to deal with the pain. My desire is to travel with you on your journey through pregnancy, delivery and early parenting so you can enjoy and thrive in each step along the way.

Meet Kim

Kim is a passionate and intuitive birth and postpartum doula, wife and mom of three beautiful children. Her journey to becoming a doula was sparked when she was pregnant with her first child and became fascinated by all things pregnancy and birth. Since then, she has personally experienced a wide range of birth scenarios; home birth transfer to hospital, non-emergent cesarean, breech baby, unsuccessful trial of labour ending in an emergency cesarean and a successful VBAC2. These experiences solidified for her the immense value of supplementing primary maternal care with the emotional, educational and physical support of a doula.     

With a background in psychology she believes strongly in supporting the mental health of pregnant and postpartum people and that her role as a doula is pivotal. She respects the decisions of the birthing person and new parents and always provides support in a loving, non-judgmental way. She uses her knowledge and experience to help empower her clients and foster informed consent.

Having had a planned VBAC2 (vaginal birth after two cesareans), Kim is especially passionate about supporting birthing people in their decision to choose a vaginal birth after cesarean and navigating all of the decisions, planning and emotional support that it requires.

Kim has completed her birth and postpartum doula training through CAPPA and completed the Birth Doula Program Apprenticeship at Markham Stouffville hospital.

Training, Education and Experience

  • BA Hons. Psychology, York University
  • Certified CAPPA Labour Doula
  • Trauma Informed
  • VBAC, VBAC2
  • Acupressure and Massage for Birth
  • Hypnobirthing
  • Robozo and Spinning Babies
  • BLS Trained (Adult, Child and Infant CPR)

 

 

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We very much appreciate your support during such an important time in our lives.  Your calming voice, suggestions to progress labour and overall presence helped us have a great experience.  We couldn’t have done this without you!  Thank You.

Where do I begin? I want to thank you so much for the prenatal classes you gave [us].  Our son was born weighing 9.9 lbs in the comfort of our home.  Labour and delivery went really well…. only because of you.  As everything was progressing, I kept thinking back to our sessions.  Everything was as you had described.  I stayed focused and motivated because I felt like I knew what to expect.  I have recommended you to everyone I know.  You were amazing!

My husband and I felt more confident for our birth.  He learned how he could help me during labour to keep me comfortable (as best you can in labour) and to help encourage me through it.  There is not much room for improvement.  We encourage all our friends to meet with you before a baby arrives.  Thank you Teresa!

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