meet the team

Emily is a full-spectrum doula who provides birth and postpartum support for the Born With Love Doulas team. She received professional training through Cardinal Birth Midwifery in 2018 as well as Active Birth Institute in 2023. Emily is also a trained Lamaze childbirth educator, completed Blossoming Bellies Pelvic Bodywork and Use of the Rebozo Workshop for Birth Professionals and holds current Basic Life Support certification. 

Emily became passionately driven towards birth work after experiencing the difference of having a doula’s support during the birth of her third child. She believes all birthing people have an innate knowing of how to birth; but discovering that power is challenging with access to an overwhelming amount of internet information and personal opinions from well meaning loved ones. Her goal is to help clients obtain evidence based knowledge on the physiological process of birth as the greatest tool leading up to their big day. She also recognizes the importance of creating a mind body connection for soon-to-be new parents and how cultivating this inner bond to oneself ignites a confidence that carries from birth into parenthood. Emily is deeply honored to have a role in every unique birth journey and especially loves getting to provide a continuity of care to postpartum families. 

Aside from her professional experience as a postpartum doula Emily has been a care provider of infants since 2006. She is also a mother of four babies born in 2011, 2014, 2018 and 2020. Emily has a natural ability to provide a calming presence while offering emotional support to new parents (and pups!) as they get to know their new family member. She believes children are the most important people on Earth. She is grateful for the opportunity to provide physical support in caring for a newborn as doing so reduces stress levels for the household making way for a peaceful start to the new life!

When Emily is not out doula-ing she can be found adventuring with her children, practicing yoga and feeling the ground beneath her feet. 

Gabriella has always been passionate about pregnancy and births, in 2010 she experienced the birth of her first baby while living in a different country and had the invaluable opportunity to be immersed in a birth culture different from her own. C-section rates are extremely high in the various countries Gabriella has had experience with. She had to learn quickly how to advocate for herself to ensure her wish for a natural birth became a reality, even after receiving pressure to change her birth plan. At that point she decided to study more, what started as self learning, became a dream job. In 2021 she completed her training with DONA international. Her goal as a Doula is to support parents emotionally and physically to provide the best pregnancy experience on their unforgettable birth journey. Gabriella's priority is to support the parent's personal choices and birth preferences.  She also speaks Portuguese, Hebrew and Spanish. 

Currently, Gabriella lives in Marlton, NJ with her husband, their two daughters, and their rescue dog Charlie

Edoukou is a certified birth + postpartum community doula, childbirth educator, and a peer breastfeeding counselor who has been serving the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey areas since 2022. She received her doula training and certification from Doula Trainings International and also received perinatal doula training from Uzazi Village through the Community Doulas of South Jersey. She has always been passionate about making sure people feel supported and cared for in various capacities. She aims to provide holistic and comprehensive doula care that acknowledges the physical, mental, social, and spiritual factors that can impact birth and postpartum experiences. With her humorous and bubbly spirit, she has supported many families through the childbirth process and has helped others navigate through the common challenges of the postpartum period. In her free time, she plays rugby for the Philadelphia Rugby Football Club or watches true crime documentaries with her cat, Parsnip!

  Chris is a Birth and Postpartum doula. She has a passion for all things birth and babies. After bringing 4 children of her own into adulthood, her desire now is to support new parents as they journey into parenthood. Chris's background includes 20 years as the Director of Family Ministry at a local church and 10 years as a sign language interpreter. Outside of the birth world she enjoys being an empty nester with her husband of 27 years, spending time with her adult children and raising her chickens and goats.