Before you read
Scheduled cesarean birth. Positive experience, no complications.
Ordaine Gallowen
she/her
Birth and postpartum doula supporting families in the Philadelphia area with warmth, wisdom, and unwavering presence.
Philadelphia, PA · Serving within 25 miles
About me
I became a doula after my own birth experience left me wanting more — more support, more information, more of a voice in my own care. That feeling never left me, and now I channel it into supporting other families.
My approach is simple: I meet you where you are. Whether you're planning an unmedicated home birth or scheduling a cesarean, whether this is your first baby or your fourth, I'm here to help you feel informed, supported, and empowered.
I believe every birth is sacred — even the messy, unexpected, nothing-like-the-plan ones. Especially those, actually.
When I'm not catching babies (okay, the midwives catch them — I catch everything else), you'll find me in my garden, making too much soup, or convincing my teenagers that I'm still cool.
Testimonials
Before you read
Unplanned hospital transfer, emergency cesarean. This birth did not go as planned. The family and baby are well.
Postpartum support that saved me
Jennifer, August 2024
I didn't think I needed postpartum support. I was wrong. Two weeks after my son was born, I was drowning. Breastfeeding wasn't working, I hadn't slept more than 2 hours at a stretch, and I felt like a complete failure. Ordaine came over the next day. She held my baby while I showered for the first time in days. She watched me try to nurse and immediately saw the tongue tie everyone else had missed. She made me lunch. She told me I was doing great — and somehow, coming from her, I believed it. She came back twice a week for a month. Each visit, I felt a little more like myself. I don't know how I would have survived those early weeks without her.
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