Our Doula Team

Meet the moms on a mission to promote better birth and postpartum experiences!

Ashley Petit

Co-founder

Ashley is a mom of four, DONA Certified Birth Doula, Certified Lactation counselor (CLC) and an experienced Health Educator with a Master’s Degree in Health Education and an undergraduate Degree in Health and Wellness. She is also a 200hr certified yoga teacher, specializing in Prenatal and kids yoga. The majority of Ashley’s graduate studies were focused on researching women’s beliefs of breastfeeding preconception. Ashley is passionate about global health and spent two years serving as a Maternal and Child Health Educator with the Peace Corps in Nicaragua. While overseas, she became proficient in Spanish, educated Midwives on balanced nutrition and safe birthing practices, taught reproductive health in the local high school, ran women’s groups in the community and acted as a birth worker for dozens of women. Ashley is a Tobacco Treatment Specialist and health coach. in addition to her involvement in the community, Ashley is raising a family of her own and continuing to seek her true passion of helping women in her community birth the way they choose.   

Alexandria Trimble

Co-founder

Alex is a Birth and Postpartum Doula, Placenta Specialist and certified hypnobirthing childbirth Educator. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science and a Master’s Degree in Community and School Health. She is passionate about women’s reproductive health, autonomy in labor and birth and gentle parenting. Alex supports a variety of birthing mothers and strongly believes mothers with any sort of medical intervention (or lack thereof) can benefit from support during labor and birth. She especially loves supporting mothers through vbac journeys, and preparing every family she works with for a fulfilling postpartum. Once she had her own children she gained a more realistic view of the unique needs of women from pre-conception to postpartum. Alex is certified by CBI as a Birth Doula and trained by the IPPA in Placenta Encapsulation and Postpartum services. She is also trained in neonatal resuscitation. When she is not immersing herself in all things birth, you can find her out in the garden with her chickens or cozied up in her home in Marilla with her husband and three young children.

Ali Alfano

Doula, Perinatal Health Coach

Ali is a Certified Birth Doula, Bereavement Doula, lactation Counselor and a member of DONA. She also has additional training in Breastfeeding Education and Acupressure for Birth, and is CPR Certified. She is a mom of five and has birthed twice in local hospitals and three times at her home, including an impromptu water birth. She has over 13 years of experience breastfeeding and also supplemented with bottles. Having a loss followed by a rainbow baby inspired her to pursue her certification as a Bereavement Doula. Her varied birth experiences taught her the importance of informed choice in pregnancy and childbirth. She believes our bodies and our babies know how to birth. And that being prepared and having the right support team during labor can make all the difference in anyone’s birth experience, no matter how they choose to birth. Ali lives in the country with her husband and children where they raise a large flock of chickens, ducks, and geese. In her downtime she enjoys everything true crime, being in nature, good food, and learning about herbs for wellness.