Coley Douglass is a certified professional midwife, licensed midwife, advanced doula and founder of My Earth Birth Midwifery. She has attended over 500 births, and supports a woman’s right to choose where and how she gives birth. Her belief is that women’s bodies were meant to give birth and in most cases can birth without intervention when they are comfortable and able to let their intuition guide them. Coley’s passion is in helping women feel the sense of accomplishment that comes with having a natural birth. She loves bonding with her fellow sisters throughout their journey to motherhood.

From a young age Coley knew she wanted to attend births as a profession. Growing up her family knew very well that at any social event, instead of playing with the kids her own age, Coley would be found making friends with new mothers and their babies. Coley later decided to become an obstetrician so she could bond with mothers on a regular basis. She had even said that whens he decided to have children of her own, she would stay at home and give birth by herself. At this point, she had never heard of home birth or midwives or that there were any like-minded women.

Coley attended University of California, Riverside as a Biology major and soon discovered her preference of Women’s Studies courses and the empowerment they bestowed. After two years of school, she was in a bookstore and was drawn to a book called, “Waterbirth”. Everything in the book was about home birth and water birth, midwives, herbs, nutrition and over-all health. This was the magical moment when Coley’s calling began to summon her. Soon after, she decided to leave school and start her journey as a midwives apprentice. A few years later she became a midwife and still feels it was the best decision she ever made.

Coley’s training includes a five year apprenticeship with several midwives, birth experience in the US and Mexico, lactation education at Loma Linda University, employment by and training with an herbalist who also educated her for two years in herbology, kinesiology, iridology and vitamins. Coley also worked as an emergency medical technician (EMT) for three years, is certified in neonatal resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and phlebotomy.

Coley has two daughter, Remedy and Winter, and a son, Indy. Remedy was born unassisted at home in the water after a 50 hour labor in 2010. Winter was born a bit quicker unassisted at home in the water in 2013 and Indy was born quickly on the bathroom floor in 2015 with her husband and daughters in attendance.

With her quiet, calming demeanor, Coley is a gentle soul who allows women to feel comfortable and at ease. Knowing that there is no one right way for every woman, Coley’s method is to inform, educate, and support the new mother as she makes the best decision for her won transition to motherhood.

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