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Diana is an experienced birth doula serving Western Wisconsin & Minnesota. She has over ten years of experience in local and national birth advocacy, with a focus on patient rights in birth, access to out-of-hospital midwifery, and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Her offices are located at TruLiving Birth Center in Menomonie WI, where she holds prenatal & postpartum visits, a monthly cesarean & VBAC support group, and more. She is the mother of 2 rambunctious boys, the youngest born at home in Wisconsin after a previous homebirth transfer and cesarean. She has attended over 150 births since 2018. Diana is originally an attorney, having practiced a combination of corporate and healthcare law for 9 years after graduating from Boston University School of Law in 2011. Although she is still licensed to practice and birth rights is her origin story, these days she considers herself a "recovering lawyer". When she is not doula-ing, she enjoys running, traveling to national parks, and amateur Northern Lights hunting.

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Shemika Whiteside, MSSW, LCSW is the Founder/Executive Director of Zora’s Cradle in Louisville, KY. Mrs. Whiteside received a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Louisville and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with a minor in Black Studies from the University of Illinois-Springfield. Mrs. Whiteside has worked in various mental health settings maintaining her unwavering focus on mothers and small children. As a perinatal psychotherapist, Mrs. Whiteside works with mothers and/or families who are struggling with perinatal mental illness during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Mrs. Whiteside is currently a social work doctoral student at The University of Louisville researching the impact of perinatal mood disorders, as evidence indicates that depression and other mood disorders in parents can have a harmful impact on children, including cognitive difficulties, insecure attachment, and behavioral problems.

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Tracy Donegan is a Registered Midwife, author, Founder of GentleBirth, and an advocate for positive birth experiences. Born in Dublin Tracy is a contributing writer for pregnancy & birth-related advice for several European publications. Tracy has a special interest in emotional well-being in pregnancy and the impact of mindfulness in pregnancy and parenting.

Tracy is a DONA International Approved Birth Doula Trainer and facilitates the training of professional birth partners internationally.

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