My excitement for birth was first piqued when I witnessed one of my goats giving birth on my family’s small hobby farm in Massachusetts when I was in high school. As the doe pressed her forehead against the side of the barn wall, I felt a sense of wonder with this mother, her birthing process and new life. I knew I wanted to stay by her side. Through the births of my own children, I came to realize the invaluable need for labor support and how an empowering or disempowering birth experience can greatly impact a person’s entire life.
In 2001, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature at Gordon College in Massachusetts. I went on to work as a veterinary technician. In 2005, I graduated from the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts in Santa Fe and became a licensed massage therapist, then moving to Colorado Springs in 2008.
~Leah Boains
Hand in Hand Birth Doula Care & Massage Therapy 