Kristi Reed

Kristi Reed is a Certified Birth Doula based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Kristi is also trained as a Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, and student midwife. She is the owner of Your Birth Doulas, an organization specializing in birth doula support, postpartum support, lactation support, placenta encapsulation, and comprehensive childbirth education & parenting Classes. Kristi manages a team of seasoned doulas, who all support clients in Lancaster County and surrounding areas. Your Birth does not follow a one-size-fits-all model of doula care. Kristi has carefully curated a team of doulas that each have a particular passion within the birth and early parenting world. Kristi herself works with each and every client in a personalized way, to ensure that the doula she matches each client with is one that the client will feel connected to.

Education

  • Certified Birth & Postpartum Doula, ProDoula

Certifications & Organizations

  • Certified Childbirth Educator
  • Certified Placenta Encapsulator
  • Traditional Community Midwife
  • CPR & NRP Certified
  • Spinning Babies Resolving Shoulder Dystocia
  • Breach Without Borders Trained
  • Certification for Understanding Blood-Borne Pathogens for Placenta Encapsulation

Favorite Piece of Advice

Women can learn to trust their bodies, to trust their ability to give birth and mother their children. Learn how to take the fear out of birth, and lean on your own education and intuition first.

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