Welcome!

My name is Shavonne Stevens, a member of the Seneca Nation(Wolf Clan), residing in Irving, NY. I’m a certified Full Spectrum Indigenous Doula and Lactation Counselor. Love What I Doula is dedicated to serving Indigenous communities, honoring traditional birthing ways while incorporating a high level of support and care to new parents and families. I strive to create a safe and inclusive space for Indigenous families to navigate their transition into parenthood and beyond.

Let’s figure this birth and baby thing out together! Here's the thing. This can be incredible. It really can. There are a thousand different ways this could look - and so many of them can be right.  Let's flip the narrative that hospital births are doomed. Or that Home Birth isn’t safe. Let's rewrite postpartum. Let's uncover everything you need to know about breastfeeding. Do you want to unlock your potential?

Let's work together, me and you, I’ll teach you what you need to know.

No you bests. No you shoulds. Just education for you, the new parents. Then go write your own beautiful birth story.

Credentials

• Life Cycles Birth Doula Training (2021)

• Life Cycles Postpartum Doula Training (2021)

• Newborn/Infant CPR (2022)

• IPPA Placenta Encapsulation (2022)

• Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor (2022)

• Postpartum Healing Lodge Full Spectrum Indigenous Doula Training (2022)

• Joined Genesee County Community Doulas (2023)

• Spinning Babies (2023)

• DONA Cesarean Preparedness (2024)

• Indigenous Postpartum Doula (2024)

• DONA Birth Doula Training with Erie Niagara AHEC (2024)