Lauren is a certified birth doula, postpartum doula, and certified Body Ready Method® Pro. She grew up outside of St. Louis, Missouri, but is proud to call Nashville home after living here for a decade. Whether volunteering in the church nursery, on a mission trip, or babysitting for friends and neighbors, Lauren has always enjoyed caring for children, especially infants. She has always been interested in and fascinated by the miracle of childbirth, especially after hearing her mother’s own stories of using LaMaze to cope through her labors. From a young age, she consistently found herself working in roles where she was helping people. It took her some time to figure out that she could combine these passions into a career as a doula. 

Once she discovered there was a career path here to pursue, Lauren completed her doula training and certification through Harbor Birth Institute and began supporting families through her solo doula practice. Lauren joined Nashville Doula Services in May of 2022 and is extremely passionate about educating and empowering women and their partners to enter their labor and birth confidently, which leads to confidence in parenthood as well. She is a believer in informed consent and evidence based birth practices. But most of all, she believes women deserve to be supported throughout their pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum. Some of her related passions that she enjoys learning about include breastfeeding, health, wellness and nutrition.

When Lauren is not supporting families, she loves to spend time with friends and family, including her two nieces and three nephews. She loves to read and listen to podcasts - especially if they’re birth related! She enjoys gardening, fostering newborn kittens for Nashville Humane, doing yoga, cheering on the Preds, riding horses and drinking coffee on the porch swing. She always has time to look for more house plants to add to her growing collection and her friends affectionately refer to her as  “the plant doula”.