About
Building Stronger Birth Support Together
A Doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to birthing people before, during, and shortly after childbirth to help them achieve the healthiest and most satisfying experience possible.
Our Mission
The mission of Gateway Doula Group is to offer access to community doula care and reduce barriers for families and doulas alike to this care. Our member doulas represent a variety of backgrounds, languages spoken, cultures, and communities to provide the most comprehensive, culturally specific and empowering services possible to our clients.
We believe that equitable access to doula services is both a matter of health justice and a practical solution to reducing the maternal health crisis.
Gateway Doula Group is committed to dismantling these inequities by making professional doula support accessible through sustainable funding, strong partnerships, and community-centered care that honors the dignity and agency of all pregnant people we serve
Our Vision
Gateway Doula Project envisions a world in which all pregnant people have equal access to compassionate, nonjudgmental support during labor and birth. We hope to create a culture that empowers all people to make healthy and informed reproductive decisions most suitable to their circumstance.
Our Values
🤝 Collaboration
🌎 Community
❤️ Compassion
📚 Evidence-Based Care
🌱 Growth
🫶 Inclusion
Why It Matters
Numerous studies* have shown that those in labor who receive continuous support from a doula are more likely to have spontaneous vaginal births, and less likely to have pain medication, epidurals, negative feelings about childbirth, vacuum or forceps-assisted births, and C-sections. In addition, their labors were shorter by about 40 minutes and their babies were less likely to have low Apgar scores at birth.
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146 SE Holgate Blvd. Portland, OR
+1 (503) 542-2733
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