Mariam Lam – Birth Doula
Mariam’s mission is to provide others with the prenatal, labor, and birth support that everyone deserves. A powerful, confident, and comforting birth experience is something this world should strive to provide to all who need it. With Mariam by your side, you can be assured that you will feel cared for, supported, and confident as you embark on your remarkable journey.
As the founder of Designated Doula, Mariam Lam brings passion and devotion to a service that calls her to serve others. With over five years of experience and involvement in nonprofit organizations, Mariam has created Designated Doula to provide full-time support to the local community.
Her commitment to help others through the journey of pregnancy and childbirth began as a Birth Partners volunteer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While balancing parenthood, a full-time job as a research specialist at UNC, and volunteering as a doula, Mariam worked to earn her Birth Doula Certification through DONA International. This allowed her the opportunity to enter the world of professional doulas as a way to better serve others.
In addition to being a DONA Certified Birth Doula (CD(DONA)), Mariam is a Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE) through Lamaze International. She is also a member of the North Carolina Perinatal Association: A Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies.
Mariam resides in Durham, North Carolina. In her spare time, she enjoys being near friends and family, nature walks, crocheting, and cooking with her son.
Ann Marie McCarthy – Postpartum Doula
Ann Marie has a passion for loving, supporting, and nurturing newborns and new families. She finds it an honor to work with families giving them the guidance and care to succeed and thrive in and through the transition after birth. She sees this transition as the birthing of a new family. She honors and treats each with exceptional care, so they feel a quiet reassuring support and find benefits in overall health, well-being, feeding success, bonding, baby care and in overall confidence.
Ann Marie loves babies and is passionate and intuitive about care for newborns, infants, and their families. She is a trusted, experienced, professionally trained postpartum doula, and an experienced mother of 3. In addition, she has received certification for infant CPR, lactation counseling, and is a TummyTime!™ Method provider. She regularly pursues continued education in areas focusing on birthing experience, postpartum time period, newborn and infant health and well-being. Ann Marie has been dedicated to nurturing families with a loving, non-judgemental presence for over 15 years. As a postpartum doula trained in the needs of the mother, baby, and family, Ann Marie also gives special attention to the emotional aspects of recovery – adjustment – listening – to fears, concerns, worries, and anxieties. She works to see you grow with joy in your journey.
Ann Marie resides in Pittsboro, North Carolina with her husband. And in addition to loving all things baby, she enjoys friends & family time, long walks, beautiful hikes, kayaking at Jordan Lake, beaching at North Topsail, skiing out west, and traveling to visit friends and family.
Ka’Tiera Truett – Birth Doula
Ka’Tiera’s passion for helping others is recognized through her ability to empower women in any stage of life, especially as they are bringing new life into the world. Whether it be emotional support, informational support, physical support, guided meditation, relaxation techniques, or to simply occupy space so that they know they don’t have to go through birth alone, Ka’Tiera is excited to use her creative and kind energy to help guide women in their journeys to motherhood.
As a doula her main goal is to help people have better birth experiences. In addition to training with DONA International, Ka’Tiera is also a certified prenatal yoga teacher through awakening spirit yoga. She likes to use yoga to help support and support people during their pregnancies. Knowing how to breathe deeply, move freely, labor lovingly and have a vibrant pregnancy can make things all the more wonderful.
Ka’Tiera has witnessed the unique power and strength that birthing people have, as well as the wonderful influence of having compassionate, non-judgmental support during the beautifully vulnerable time of labor and birth.
Ka’Tiera is a mother of one and has given birth to three babies as a surrogate. She also has years of experience in newborn care and caring for children as a nanny and teacher.
Kelly Collins – Birth Doula
Kelly Collins first developed her passion for babies and young children when she was 14 years old serving as the neighborhood babysitter. Once she started her own family, her passion grew even more and she was called to birth work. In 2015, she took a leap of faith and began her journey to become a doula. With an Early Childhood Education background and 25 years of experience as a professional caregiver & family consultant, Kelly has the knowledge and expertise to assist families during any part of their parenting journey. She knows that the family is one of God’s greatest creations and serves her clients accordingly.
First trained as a postpartum doula and then labor doula, Kelly has taken several trainings and certifications over the years to provide a top tier care for her clients. She prides herself on continuing education to ensure she has an abundance of tools and methods to support her clients.
As a doula, Kelly’s main goal is to educate her clients and provide continuity of care during pregnancy through the postpartum period. Specializing in new parent support and healing-centered care, she provides evidence-based education and whole person care. Whether you are a new or veteran parent, your needs and desires will be top priority.
For 20 years, Kelly has called Raleigh home. When she is not assisting clients, she enjoys cooking & baking, writing, fitness activities, connecting with nature, and spending time with her husband, son, and Staffy.
“Service is the heart of my business and family means everything to me. Both yours and mine.” Kelly Collins