A doula practice centered around evidence

Evidence! I love it! But statistics don’t exist in a void. Instead, think of evidence as a beautiful foundation. As your doula part of my job will be helping you to build your perfect birth from the ground up. With a strong foundation, solid guidance from your clinician, as well as your own values and goals, your own individual best birth will start to take shape.

14 years of experience in the field of birth

I have been working as a birth and postpartum doula since 2008, helping hundreds of families have empowering labors and feel strong and happy (although no doubt still tired) in their postpartum periods. It’s been a joy to learn from, and with, each and every family over the past 14 years. I can’t wait to meet your family!

Doula care that welcomes everyone

When I opened Birth & Beginnings, I knew I wanted the care I provide to exist in, and help to build, strong community. I wanted my clients to feel safe, seen, and relaxed. LGBTQ families, people of all sizes and ages, BIPOC, big and small families, and families from all backgrounds and religions. This space is for you. Grab a seat, I’m making tea. You belong here.

The makings of a birth doula.

My career as a birth doula began with the birth of my closest friend’s first daughter. When my friend and her husband announced that they were expecting, I was thrilled for them! I was even more excited when she invited me to attend her delivery, and of course I happily agreed! it was so exciting!

When the call finally came one snowy night, that my friend was in labor, I grabbed my bag and headed off to my very first birth doula gig, without even knowing what a birth doula was.

I spent the next day or so doing whatever I could to help, making coffee, fetching towels, and walking the dog, all while watching my friend and her husband with such great awe. At the end of it all, a fresh baby was born, a mother and a father were born, and a birth doula was born too. Birth was amazing and I was hooked.

A birth doula for Colorado Springs.

Flash forward to the present and I find myself living in the beautiful city of Colorado Springs. I have been working with birthing families for nearly a decade and a half, and wow, what an honor it is. I’ve attended hundreds of births as a birth doula! I’ve held thousands of hands, lovingly massaged sore backs for hours, and watched as countless families greeted their new little ones. On the other side of birth, in those early postpartum days, I have held babies while parents napped, helped with breast and bottle feeding, given first baths and watched over first swaddling attempts. It’s been a tremendous joy.

I have also attended three births outside of my role as a birth doula, the births of my own babies! To one little girl and two sweet boys I am known as mama. All three of their births were so different. My first was a planned home birth that became a hospital birth and then I had two home births that went as planned. Each birth had its own lessons to teach me.

Outside of my birth doula practice, my days are spent hiking and exploring with my kids. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University, and I still love to dabble in ceramics, textile art and lifecasting. I love running, and I used to be pretty serious about it. Before I had kids I completed 5 full marathons and a whole lot of half marathons. Since having kids my running is more relaxed, but there is still no better way to finish a weekend than with a long slow trail run. Since the start of the pandemic my husband and I have been homeschooling with our kids, and loving it. This is still very much a learning process, and not just for the children! Speaking of my husband, an Archeology prof at UCCS, he’s worth mentioning not only because he’s wonderful, but also because I could not do this work without him. Behind every doula is someone who is willing to jump in at a moment notice and take over dinner prep and bedtime stories! In my case, it’s my husband. That’s us, the Wren family! Although you may not meet the members of my family in person, doula work is unavoidably family-centric. I think it’s only fair to share a little about mine, before I am invited into yours.

 

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"I have had the privilege of having Sesch attend two of my three children's births. My first delivery was without her presence, and I only wish I had known her before that experience. Sesch was literally a game changer. She kept the lights low, the interruptions to a minimum, and motivated me when I needed it most. She was a warm, caring and effective partner for two of the most important moments of my life" ~Sarah

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PHOTOS BY COLORADO SPRINGS BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER DANICA DONNELLY