Affiliated Since October 19, 2013
Khadijah is an AMANI certified Doula and Childbirth Educator, a birth assistant, and a student midwife. She has lived abroad for many years where she became a doula in 2012 and attended dozens of births and raised childbirth education awareness to hundreds of women. Khadijah is very passionate about advocating for women's rights, especially childbirth rights and raising awareness about the importance of postpartum care. One of her favorite sayings are "It take a village to raise a child, but a community of love and support to raise a mother."
She has attended many conferences and workshops and has had the pleasure of meeting popular birth icons like midwives, Ina May Gaskin and Gail Tully, and pediatrician and breastfeeding specialist, Dr. Jack Newman.
She is currently working on a couple of projects as a presenter for an online birth conference and an ambassador for the VBAC Summit alongside founder of Naturelle VBAC(UK).
She now resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her five children.
| Location: | Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
| Official AMANI Affiliate Number: | 62102 |
| Email Address: | Missbansfield@gmail.com |
| Phone Number: | (734) 757-7897 |
| AMANI Birth Certification Status: | Certified AMANI Teacher & Doula |
| Teaching Couples or Mothers Only: | Mamas only or Couples |
| Offering Private or Group Classes: | Private or Group |
| Languages Served: | English & Arabic |
Khadijah's Message to You
It is an honor to be a part of your experience as you make it through your journey to motherhood. I am passionate about helping women, babies, and families. It is so important to me that I am there for moms every step of the way for as long as they needs me. I believe in the woman's rite of passage to birth and ensuring that she feels nothing but honored, loved, safe, and empowered.