My name is Erika Davis and I am a Tacoma-based birth & postpartum doula, childbirth educator and 200-hour certified yoga instructor serving Tacoma and the South Puget Sound. I'm a transplant from Brooklyn, NY where I completed my training with Ancient Song Doula Services, an organization focused on training women of color as doulas and making doulas available to parents who may not have considered them.
I have experience working with single parents-to-be, parents over 40, and partnered couples. I also have experience working within the queer community, within communities of color, for birthing people for whom English is their second language, and undocumented citizens. I am passionate about birth education for all, including those who may feel they are not adequately represented by traditional birthing services. I aim to establish and maintain safety throughout our work together, and I fully support people of color, LGBTQ families and individuals, single people, and couples during each stage of pregnancy. I also have knowledge and experience supporting culturally-specific birth practices of observant Jewish and Muslim families. My work was recently featured on NPR's Next Generation Radio.
I believe the birth and the birthing process should be parent-centered and an uplifting, sacred, and holy time. I often tell my clients that my job as their doula is not to teach them how to give birth, this is something all of us will instinctively know how to do, but to provide them with as much evidence-based information they need to feel confident in their decisions for the birth itself. My role as your doula is to be a guide and it is my honor to witness and hold space for the families I serve.
When I'm not doing birth work you can find me in the spring and summer months working in my front yard garden with my wife or at a local Tacoma yoga studio taking classes. I enjoy reading books about birth and yoga (even in my spare time), but love diving into fashion and home decor magazines as well. I'm obsessed with cooking, which makes the gardening come in handy, and we feel really lucky to open our home to friends and family one Friday night a month for Shabbat dinner.
My Credentials
2013 - Full Spectrum Doula Training, Ancient Song Doula Services, Brooklyn, NY
2016 - Childbirth Education Training, Bastyr, Seattle, WA
2016 - 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, 8 Limbs Yoga Center, Seattle, WA
2017 - Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training, 8 Limbs Yoga Center, Seattle, WA
2017 - Childbirth Mentor Program, Birthing From Within, Portland, OR
2017 - Postpartum Doula Training, Bastyr, Seattle, WA
2018 - Member -Evidence-based Birth Professional
2018 - Birthing From Within Member (ongoing online training program)
2019 - Layla B. "Reclaiming the Postpartum" 5-Day Training
Upcoming Training
2019 - Innate Traditions Postpartum Care (December 2019)
2020 - Lactation Education, Bastyr (March 2020)
I have experience working with single parents-to-be, parents over 40, and partnered couples. I also have experience working within the queer community, within communities of color, for birthing people for whom English is their second language, and undocumented citizens. I am passionate about birth education for all, including those who may feel they are not adequately represented by traditional birthing services. I aim to establish and maintain safety throughout our work together, and I fully support people of color, LGBTQ families and individuals, single people, and couples during each stage of pregnancy. I also have knowledge and experience supporting culturally-specific birth practices of observant Jewish and Muslim families. My work was recently featured on NPR's Next Generation Radio.
I believe the birth and the birthing process should be parent-centered and an uplifting, sacred, and holy time. I often tell my clients that my job as their doula is not to teach them how to give birth, this is something all of us will instinctively know how to do, but to provide them with as much evidence-based information they need to feel confident in their decisions for the birth itself. My role as your doula is to be a guide and it is my honor to witness and hold space for the families I serve.
When I'm not doing birth work you can find me in the spring and summer months working in my front yard garden with my wife or at a local Tacoma yoga studio taking classes. I enjoy reading books about birth and yoga (even in my spare time), but love diving into fashion and home decor magazines as well. I'm obsessed with cooking, which makes the gardening come in handy, and we feel really lucky to open our home to friends and family one Friday night a month for Shabbat dinner.
My Credentials
2013 - Full Spectrum Doula Training, Ancient Song Doula Services, Brooklyn, NY
2016 - Childbirth Education Training, Bastyr, Seattle, WA
2016 - 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, 8 Limbs Yoga Center, Seattle, WA
2017 - Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training, 8 Limbs Yoga Center, Seattle, WA
2017 - Childbirth Mentor Program, Birthing From Within, Portland, OR
2017 - Postpartum Doula Training, Bastyr, Seattle, WA
2018 - Member -Evidence-based Birth Professional
2018 - Birthing From Within Member (ongoing online training program)
2019 - Layla B. "Reclaiming the Postpartum" 5-Day Training
Upcoming Training
2019 - Innate Traditions Postpartum Care (December 2019)
2020 - Lactation Education, Bastyr (March 2020)