Our Team
Our top-rated team of doulas provide unbiased, evidence based, physical and emotional support to each and every one one of our families. Our dream for you is to walk into your birth feeling supported and prepared, knowing you will always have someone caring for and focused on you and your family.
Amber Knowles Owner of Your Chicago Doula
Amber provides family centered care to all birthing people. She believes in your innate strength and ability to birth, and in the importance of being given options that help you feel safe, while encouraging you to meet your own goals.
Amber feels extremely gratified by working to bring birth autonomy and advocacy to our community by wrapping her clients in unwavering support in their pregnancy and postpartum journeys.
Birth Support Fee: $2,250
Aubrey T.
Aubrey is incredibly passionate about providing evidence-based education. She believes the best birth plan is the one that feels right for you, whether you are having your baby at home, in a birth center, or at home. As a birth doula and lactation counselor, her goal is for you to walk away from your birth experience feeling empowered and confident in your ability to feed your baby.
Birth Support Fee: $2000
Jillian W.
Jillian loves being able to help reassure and center the families she works with. She aims to be the calm presence that helps you find your voice in the birth space to help you achieve the birth you desire. Jillian believes in the importance of a cohesive birth team and wants all of her families to feel strong and heard in the birth space.
Birth Support Fee: $2000
Elly H.
Elly aims to connect with, educate, and uplift families in their pregnancy and birth. She often likes to describe her role as a doula as an educator, team coordinator, birth coach, and hospital liaison all in one. She brings warmth, compassion, and evidence-based care to every family she serves.
Birth Support Fee: $2000
Kaylee S.
Kaylee combines evidence based information with a holistic approach to pregnancy and birth. She brings kindness and knowledge to the birth space to help families achieve their unique goals. She also makes it a point for her families to know their rights in the birthing space. She approaches each client with an open heart and unbiased perspective.
Birth Support Fee: $2000
Sarah P.
Sarah’s approach is rooted in attunement—noticing what’s needed moment to moment while helping maintain a calm, grounded atmosphere. Her priorities are helping clients identify their own preferences and creating a safe space for their voices to be heard as they make informed decisions.
Birth Support Fee: $2000
Our Support Model
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Text, phone, and email contact available as soon as you hire your doula. You can count on us to provide unbiased informational support regardless of your birth goals, family style, parenting style, and medical/treatment preferences.
We bolster non-judgemental, informed consent in your pregnancy care and birth space.
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Prenatal 1: Virtually, shortly after choosing your doula to help prepare your mind and body for birth. (90 min)
Prenatal 2: In your home, around 36 weeks of pregnancy to discuss the final weeks of pregnancy, your birth preferences, and what to expect as your labor starts and progresses. (90 min)
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Unlimited virtual support in early labor as you focus on rest, nourishment, and hydration.
In person support as labor progresses, when you need more physical and emotional support, ideas for coping, and advocacy.
Immediate postpartum support to help you navigate the golden hour, your care, your baby’s care, and baby’s first feeding.
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Your doula can answer questions about baby and your mental/physical recovery and offer vetted resources to providers for care that falls outside of our scope of practice.
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A chance to reconnect, reflect on birth experiences, and provide any resources that may be helpful to your unique journey.
Our doulas support birth at home, birth centers, and hospitals all over the Chicagoland area for folks living in the Northwest Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Southwest Suburbs, Hyde Park, the North Shore, near south side and North East Indiana.
We also offer sliding scale services to families in need- if you are unsure if we can meet your price, just ask!