Lafayette Area Doula Information and Education Services member (LADIES), Monticello/White County Breastfeeding Coalition member, Indiana Midwives Association member, and I am involved in the Indiana Midwives Taskforce.

CD (DONA)

Wendy M Hinz, CD (DONA)

• Doula
• Child Birth Educator

My interest in birth, doulas and midwifery started with the birth of my first child in 1990 and reading Ina May’s “Spiritual Midwifery”. When a friend invited me to be with her during her labor in 1991, my passion for birth knowledge grew and I started reading everything that was about birth and pregnancy. I became pregnant with my son in 2000, I chose to have a hospital birth with a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) but I delivered my son within 20 minutes of arriving at the hospital with an OB/GYN attending that I never saw before. December 2003, I was expecting my third child, this time I wanted a home water birth. I found a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) within an hour from my home and from then on we have been friends and she my mentor and guidance. My husband and I took her childbirth classes and I felt then the passion arising again in me to continue my journey. She encouraged me to pursue my certification to become a doula and I took the training in May 2004. September 2004, I found out I was expecting my fourth child and that put my doula services on hold until 2006, but March 2006 I found out I was expecting my 5th and last baby. The last three births have really made me grow as a professional and as a mother. I continue to further my education as a professional and expanding my knowledge about doulas, pregnancy and birth support through talking with my peers, reading books, attending workshops, classes, and conferences.