Her passion for teaching about birth led her to become a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and DONA International Approved Birth Doula Trainer.
She is a master teacher/facilitator with over 4000 hours of teaching experience and served as Director of Education for DONA International from 2015-2018. Drawing from a long career attending well over 350 births with 60 different midwives and as many obstetricians in 12 different Pacific Northwest hospitals, she has a keen sense of how best to work with hospital staff to help you receive the best care and ensure your desires are followed as closely as is safely possible.
Kyndal has wonderful working relationships with hospital staff and has extensive experience in out-of-hospital birth dating back to her first years as a doula in the Seattle area and working as Director of Outreach at Puget Sound Birth Center in Kirkland, Washington.
Kyndal is an avid photographer, telling the birth stories of her clients through the lens of her camera and her photography has been featured in such publications as Birth Ambassadors, The Essential Home Birth Guide and the Journal of Perinatal Education.
For as long as Kyndal has worked as a doula, she has volunteered her time and talent to non-profit organizations committed to improving health outcomes for mothers and babies.
In 2017, she was recognized with the Advanced Doula Designation from DONA International for major contributions to DONA International, to the doula profession, and in the maternal-child wellness field.
In 2018, she was inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators – for distinguished contributions to the field of childbirth education as a member of Lamaze International.
Her focus now extends to maternal mental health as the Chair of the Idaho State Chapter of Postpartum Support International.
Kyndal remains committed to working, not only in Idaho, but throughout the nation, in collaboration with colleagues all over the country to improve maternity services and keep birth normal.
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