Louise Monteith
CD(DONA), CLD, CCCE
Child Birth Educator

Louise is a native South Carolinian with a BA degree from the University of South Carolina. In 1999 she married Charles Monteith and moved to Atlanta. When she became pregnant with their first child in 2001, her journey as a “birth junkie” began. That birth was attended by a doula, and when her son was 4 months old, Louise began her own doula training and shortly thereafter, began attending births as labor support. In early 2004, she received her birth doula certification from DONA and CAPPA.

Educating women about childbirth is something that Louise has done informally and as a doula for years, and in 2006, she fulfilled her dream of becoming certified to teach formal childbirth education classes. She chose CAPPA as her certifying organization because it is not method-focused. She believes it is important for her students to choose their own path through the childbirth journey and her classes will give them the tools they need to make informed decisions that they will be facing.

Louise and her husband returned to SC in 2004 and have added 2 more children to their family since that first, transforming birth. Louise has a wide range of experience as a doula, mother and woman. She brings this experience to her childbirth education classes and looks forward to educating the world…one mother at a time!