SONJA KOLSTAD
Birth & Postpartum Doula, Car Seat Tech
Sonja began her journey of supporting families through birth and postpartum, after the birth of her second child. She felt lucky to have had the privilege of having wonderful support people (Doctors, Midwives and a Doula), throughout both of her pregnancies. After talking with friends she realized that most moms were not as lucky as she had been. They felt scared about birth, and that thought was alien to her. Didn’t every mom deserve to feel empowered? Didn’t every mom deserve the right to know her many options? Didn’t every mom deserve the right to access in-home breastfeeding support, if needed? Time and again Sonja got the feeling that help was not available due to lack of care providers, funding and time. She felt that she could help. Sonja began studying to become a Postpartum Doula in 2009. In 2010 she founded Tender Touches Doula Services. Sonja strongly believes that women are designed to birth babies, and breastfeed without numerous medical interventions - but that there truly is a time and place for everything. With a solid base of knowledge to draw from, she believes that the birthing woman is a force to be reckoned with. Sonja's continuing education has found her training on "The Farm" as a Midwifery Assistant, spending extensive time completing breastfeeding courses, shimmying her way through a Rebozo training with Gena Kirby, wrestling with car seats as a certified CPST and more. Today she's working towards her 200 hour yoga teacher training certification. She lives in Airdrie with the love of her life, Jay, and their three young children.
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Training: CD(DONA), PCD(DONA), HCHD, CRST, ProDoula Certified Birth Doula Continuing Education: Eighteen Hour Course on Breastfeeding for the Healthcare Professional ~ 2011 Facilitating Infant Latch Conference ~ 2011 Breastfeeding the Late Preterm Infant ~ 2012 Breastfeeding and the Brain: Place Based Brain Development ~ 2012 DONA International Conference ~ 2013 Midwifery Assistant Workshop with Ina May Gaskin, at The Farm, in Tennessee ~ 2013 Continuing Education on SIDS Risk Reduction CE Program Curriculum for Nurses ~ 2014 Gena Kirby Rebozo Workshop ~ 2014 CPSAC Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST) ~ 2015 Birth & Beyond Conference on the Road - A Day With Jack Newman ~ 2015 ProDoula Advanced Business Training ~ 2015 Spinning Babies Workshop ~ 2015 ProDoula Virtually Present Workshop ~ 2016 Flock Yeah Workshop ~ 2017 Penny Simkin's When Survivors Give Birth ~ 2017 Heart Math (2 Day Course) ~ 2017 The Cultured Doula Program ~ 2017, 2018 MotherWit CORE Birth Doula Training ~ 2018 Mandorla Yoga Institute Yoga Teacher Training 200 ~ 2018 (Pending) |
Although I know I could do it without her, I simply wouldn't want to! Sonja was an amazing, knowledgeable and patient support! ~ Colby S ~ |
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