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Jun-Nicole Matsushita
Certified Labor Doula (CBI) 319*430*6736
Bamboo is a vigorous and versatile plant that symbolizes grace, endurance and compromise as it bends but does not easily break. Bamboo survives in the harshest conditions and endures nature’s challenges with resilience and flexibility. Standing tall and green year-round a bamboo forest sways in the wind reminding us of the strength, yielding and adaptability necessary during the powerful process of birth. ~~ Jun-Nicole is a kind and calm natured person, but she can make sure your voice and requests are taken seriously. -Michelle
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BAMBOO BIRTH SERVICES- DOULA "I will help you experience an empowering no-to-low intervention hospital birth"
About Me Jun-Nicole Matsushita, CLD (CBI), MA I am a Certified Labor Doula through Childbirth International serving Iowa City, Coralville, and surrounding areas. I live in Iowa City with my husband and two sons, both born at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics with the Certified Nurse Midwives. As a doula I use my training and background as an instructor and scholar in Health and Sport Studies to help women prepare for and experience their births as empowered and active participants. I am there to support your wishes and individual needs, to help you and your partner make informed decisions, and to facilitate your journey to parenthood in an environment of security and confidence. I firmly believe in the benefits of physical, mental, as well as emotional preparation for the labor and birth process. By practicing a variety of coping mechanisms, the birthing woman and her team can access different skills, knowledge, and tools as needed. It is my mission to serve the birth community as an informational resource through this website and through speaking opportunities and workshops. Please contact me if you would like to be listed on my resource page or are interested in inviting me to speak to your group, class, or event. I have spoken about birth options, birth plan writing, the benefits of doulas and continuous labor support, attachment parenting skills such as babywearing, and exercise during and after pregnancy. Ultimately, I help women experience empowering no-to-low intervention hospital births. In addition to my role as a doula, I am the founder of the not-for-profit tsunami relief organization, HUGS: Help Us Give Slings, a co-leader for the Iowa City Babywearers, and the Iowa City Doulas. Professional Memberships: International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) professional supporter, Childbirth International. Continuing Education: Cesarean Scar Care in the Postpartum Period, 2010; Journey to VBAC: What You Need to Know, 2009; Father's Role in Preventing Cesareans, 2009; ICAN Birth Class: Cesarean Prevention, 2009; Homebirth after Cesarean, 2009.
IN THE PRESS AND EVENTS: * Conscious Birth Summit, January 28, 2010, 3-9PM Iowa City Public Library, co-sponsor and speaker * The Nest, "Childbirth Choices," guest speaker, January 20, 2010 * New Pioneer Coop Workshop, "Doulas and Natural Childbirth," Jun-Nicole Matsushita and Monica Brasile, May 6, 2010 ** * Sycamore Mall: Ladies Night, December 2009 * Kirkwood Community College, Health Fair, November 2009 * "Birth Doula Supports Iowa Women," PubArticles, September, 2009 * Meet the Doulas event on August 10th, 2009 * Are You Ready? Birth Plan Workshop, May 16, 2009 * Midwives and Doulas: Companions for Natural Birth, Newpioneer Coop, April 2009 * "What Makes Me Laugh?" Iowa City Press Citizen, March 2009 * Conscious Birth Summit, 2008 * International Babywearing Conference, guest speaker: Traditional baby carriers, 2008 |
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I am there to support your wishes and to facilitate your journey to parenthood in an environment of security and confidence. phone: 319-430-6736 © Bamboo Birth Services 2009 ~ All Rights Reserved |
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