Barb is a retured Dual-Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula, active Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, Texas Dept. of Health Breastfeeding Educator, Potty Training Consultant, and Positive Discipline Parent Educator with a strong background in Early Childhood Education.

As a veteran doula and creator of the award-winning Your Best Birth Class™, Barb strives to educate, inform and inspire each of her clients so they are able to find strength and inspiration in their birth and parenting journey.

Barb has worked with thousands of families in her time as a doula, childbirth & early childhood educator.

Courses / Qualifications

Early Childhood

• Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator

• Certified Potty Training Consultant

• The Infant & Toddler

• Child Development, 3-5 years

• Child Guidance & Curriculum Resources

Birth & Postpartum

• Voted Best Doula in Fort Worth, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2021

• Voted Best Childbirth Educator in Fort Worth, 2019, 2020, 2021

• Dual-certified Birth & Postpartum Doula

• Dual-certified Childbirth Educator

• Texas Dept. of Health Trained Breastfeeding Educator

• Acupressure & Energy Flow Awareness for Birth

• TENS in Labor Workshop

• Maternity Care Practices & Their Impact on the Microbiome (w/Penny Simkin)

• Placental Birth (w/Dr. Rachel Reed)

• Breastfeeding Intensive for Birth Professionals

• Neonatal Transitional Physiology, Delayed Cord Clamping Demystified (w/Karen Strange)

• Spinning Babies Trained (w/Gail Tully)

• Trauma Informed Birth & Postpartum Support

• Implicit Bias & Systemic Racism in Birth

• Induction of Labor: Hormonal Costs & Consequences for Mothers & Babies

• Life with Baby Postpartum Training

• Trauma Informed Fundamentals

• Birth Disparity Training (w/Sabia Wade)

• Breastfeeding with Ease: the Impact of Infant Reflex Emergence & Integration

• Trauma Informed Care as the Norm

• Supporting Families Through NICU Trauma

• Stirrups are Restraints: 5 Simple Steps to Overcome Barriers to Upright Pushing (w/The Birth Nurse)