About Us
Paige Feliciano
Doula, LLL Leader, CLC, Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
Hey, I’m Paige! I am a Certified Birth Doula, La Leche League Leader, Lactation Consultant, and a Placenta Arts Specialist Program. I am also in the process of earning a nursing degree. With the end goal of being a Certified Nurse Midwife. My drive for the birth and lactation world grew out of seeing birth firsthand as a young tween with my mother. I was able to be part of her birthing experience with my siblings and watch her breastfeed them exclusively from their first year to 15 months. And this passion grew as I got to help friends and family with their journeys. In my own journey, I have had 5 children and each has been a different experience as far as provider and location. I have birthed with Doctors, and Midwives and in hospitals and birth centers. All had good things, but there were also challenges, especially in the hospital. My lactation journey has been different with each child as well. Each child I nursed between 1 year to 2+ years. We’ve worked through oral ties, reflux, inability to latch, times of exclusively pumping, as well as low supply and oversupply, and a few bouts of mastitis.
So what does that mean for me as a Birth Doula? Well, I love being my client’s advocate and making sure that they don’t get pushed through a medical system that sees them as a number and not a person. I work to help my clients retain their autonomy and voice in the birthing space. I love educating birthing parents on their options and their rights to their bodies and birth. The
experience of my first two children being in a hospital and one in a military hospital gave me the fire to fight for my body’s rights and my baby’s rights. My last three births with midwives showed
me how birth could look in a mother-centric view of birth. And watching many births has shown me the good and bad of our medical system and how to see through veiled threats. I have a
passion for empowering not only the birthing person but also their partner. Giving them the tools and encouragement to know that birth is not a challenge to overcome but a beautiful transition into a new stage in life.
As a provider of Lactation support, I strive to help my clients get to the breastfeeding/chestfeeding, pumping, combo feeding journey they desire. Breastfeeding is a learned skill just like anything else and a baby didn’t know beforehand and if it’s a first-time baby neither did the lactating parent. I enjoy educating parents about real expectations and what is reality versus what is portrayed in the media and society. Your journey with your baby is beautiful and amazing and uniquely yours. However that looks for you, I am here to help you and honor your choices.
I live in Winchester with my husband of 19 years and our 5 kids, 1 dog, 3 birds, 1 bearded dragon, 2 goats, 2 pigs and many chickens. I am a homeschooling mom and part-time homesteader of sorts. I love to read, be outdoors, garden, canning, and being surrounded by my family just to name a few. So in my off time you will find me off somewhere with a book or
watching scary movies or gut-busting comedies with my husband and kids or canning or playing in nature or dabbling in herbalism. I love birth and the opportunity to help birthing people receive quality care and birth the way they desire. It is my greatest honor to be a part of a birth or lactation journey and I am grateful for each experience.
Trainings and Certifications
Certified Birth Doula, CBI
La Leche League Leader
Certified BLS Provider
Placenta Arts Specialist
Certified Lactation Consultant