Meet Johanna
Certified Postpartum Doula
Newborn Care Specialist
Johanna is a dedicated Postpartum Doula with more than 15 years of experience supporting families as they adjust to life with a new baby. She provides compassionate, evidence-based care tailored to each family's unique needs, helping parents navigate the physical and emotional transition into parenthood with confidence.
In addition to her work as a postpartum doula, Johanna has extensive experience in newborn care and is a trained Lactation Counselor. She offers practical guidance on infant feeding, sleep, recovery, and early parenting while creating a calm, reassuring environment where families feel supported and empowered.
Johanna's approach is rooted in education, encouragement, and compassionate care. She believes in helping parents trust their instincts, build confidence in their abilities, and find joy in their new roles. Her goal is to leave every family with a strong foundation for the parenting journey ahead, built on resilience, trust, and connection.
Johanna was our postpartum doula for a period of six weeks after our second child’s birth. We are forever grateful for the way she cared for our son, and our family, in that time. Johanna is a consummate professional: she is prompt and crisp in her communication and has a wealth of knowledge about infant care, good sleep hygiene, lactation and more. She is flexible, accommodating and wonderful with kids: within two days, our four-year-old, who is usually shy with new people, was adding Johanna to drawings of our family and asking when she’d be back next! It was truly a joy to be able to learn from her and have Johanna in our home. Johanna cared for our son with such attentiveness and gave us the ability to be present with our older child during the biggest transition in his young life. Our infant son, born four weeks early, is growing and thriving; we give a huge slice of the credit to Johanna.
Working with Johanna was a privilege and an incredible experience. Johanna is an innately empathic caretaker. While she is extremely skilled in infant care, lactation, and as a postpartum doula, what makes her so wonderful cannot be learned, it’s who she is. Johanna has a unique ability with people; whether comforting a distressed infant or toddler, supporting a newly postpartum mother, or navigating family dynamics with visiting grandparents, she makes everyone feel more comfortable, competent, and supported. Johanna is trustworthy, dependable, professional, unobtrusive, takes initiative, and extremely hardworking. Johanna joined our family when I was one-week post-cesarean. Days and evenings, Johanna supported our newborn, two-and-a-half-year-old, my husband, and myself. She kept our family functioning. Johanna supported my life so that I could spend important time with my infant. Then, when I needed rest or to re-engage with other aspects of my life (my toddler, Dr. appts, etc.), I knew that my infant was safe and receiving the most loving care from Johanna. Similarly, my toddler loves Johanna to this day. Johanna is clear that she takes the parent’s lead and cares for your infant how you want her to. As a second-time Mom, I felt much more capable than with my first, and yet I still learned so much from Johanna. Simply allowing Johanna to take your lead would be a mistake with all the expertise she brings. Johanna was an incredible resource when our infant was sick, when I had breastfeeding struggles that differed from with my first son, and she helped me navigate many postpartum challenges.
As your postpartum doula, we are committed to making your transition into parenthood as smooth as possible. Together, we will create a supportive environment where you can thrive and enjoy precious moments with your new bundle of joy. Please fill out the contact form for a complimentary phone consultation.