Allison Miller is a birth and postpartum doula, a childbirth educator, a midwife’s assistant, and a student midwife in Birmingham, Alabama. After completing her Master’s in Public Health with a focus in Maternal and Child Health and International Health, she saw a disconnect between policy and the ability to actually help individual families. Allison, fueled by a passion for empowering people with information and choice, began her path as a doula after realizing that universally there was a lack of dignity and respect for birthing individuals in the labor room. She trained through DONA in 2009 and certified through Doula Trainings International (DTI) as a birth and postpartum doula in 2016. In 2017, she certified as a Childbirth Educator through DTI. In 2019 she became a birth assistant for local midwife and in January 2021 began her career as a student midwife at Midwifery College of Utah.
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I believe that to the overlooked, a doula is a witness. To the powerless, a doula is strength. To the voiceless, a doula is a shout. To the disenfranchised, a doula is hope. I am a shoulder, a hand, a cool glass of water, a warm rag, a sounding board in a quiet place. A keeper of time and space. Someone that helps navigate systems, processes and emotions. Someone that translates and educates. At some births I am all of these things. And at some births I am simply there to observe.
Allison is a birth and postpartum doula and a childbirth educator.
Email: Allison@bhmborn.com
Instagram: @bhmborn