Hi, I’m Stephanie!
I began my doula journey in 2023, following a big career change that involved a lot of soul searching and ended with choosing to prioritize myself and my family. The birth of my daughter in 2022 taught me that it was possible to be fulfilled in so many ways I never knew were possible. My biggest goal when transitioning out of a corporate work mindset was to stay focused on my love of learning and helping people.
I have a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, where I also minored in Classics with a focus on Medical Anthropology. I have a love for science and understanding people and all of their diversities. While I was pregnant with my daughter I discovered my love of “parenting” books, specifically those written by well-educated (usually) women that use prose to share new evidence on options of how to understand what is best for ourselves as birthing people, and for our babies and families. I truly believe that doula work combines my love of learning, teaching, and helping into an often overlooked but so crucially important role.
Photography has always been a creative outlet of mine, made better by the birth of my daughter. Having such an adorable subject excited to explore the world makes it such a joy to capture her experiencing things. It’s a huge part of my inspiration for wanting to capture labor and birth moments for my clients.
In my work as a doula I seek out evidence based birth and laboring techniques and believe that however you want to give birth is the right way to do it, I’m just here to suggest and help guide when needed. I was lucky enough to have an amazing birth experience with my daughter, which was definitely in part to having an amazing doula that my husband and I both agree was once of the best (kind of last minute) decisions we could have made. I want to help others experience and capture a beautiful, comfortable, serene, and enjoyable birth I had. And that’s even with a 38 hour labor!
I love hiking and being outside, I have two rescue dogs, I love matching outfits with my daughter (while she still lets me), and motherhood has taught me the most about myself than I ever could have imagined.
I’m so excited to meet you and hear your story too.
~Stephanie Storie
Shire Doula Care – Owner
I am fully vaccinated and boosted with available recommended COVID vaccines.