Our Legacy 

Lori Beth Geils CPM sadly passed away Oct. 24 2021  our oldest daughter, will be sadly missed. Her impact has touched 1000's of families as a Doula, Midwife, International Certified Lactation
 Consultant 

A true legacy does not mean retirement,
​"A legacy is the difference you make by the actions you take." (c) 1984 Carol Wachniak 


Birth:
it's Life Style not a job!
Carol Wachniak, CEO Founder, Doula Family is a 40 year, mother and daughters legacy family business.

Since 1980, we've provided professionally: Childbirth Education, Birth, Postpartum Doula Service, Jr Doula Training, Certified Lactation Consultations, Placenta Encapsulation, Cranial Sacral, Massage Therapy, Midwifery Mentorship, Midwifery serves for Wisconsin, and Indiana, we have served over 4,000 clients.
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Starting this fall 2021 Doula Family will provide CEC Doula Training Program

Since 2008, Owner, LinkedIn's largest Birthing Community/ Doula's Birth/ Postpartum -Homebirth-Midwifery private group with over 6700 members.

Starting in January 1981, We hosted an Unwed Mothers Ministry in our home for years.

We are proud to say, all but two babies are still with their own birth mothers today. Those two babies have contact with their birth mothers were open adoptions,( in fact, one mother became her own daughters, God Mother, and babysitter, )and the other birth mother receives letters and photos from the adoptive parents.
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Host, Sponsored multiple local, state, national and international conferences:

Since 1980: including  
“Birth in the US Informed or Performed” International event 
Chicago IL  1984

Sponsor, Contributor, Fiji Islands International Midwifery Conference, Suva Fiji Islands 
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6th International Medical Conference Budapest Hungary. 
 Co-Founders 
​Educational Foundation for the Children of Fiji 501c3 

Began in 2004,  Project Bula 
www.fijifoundation.org   
In June 2016, with members of Midwifery Today Instructors,  provided Midwifery instruments supplies as well as continued educational programs for over 250 midwives, from Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, US, Canada, Samoa Islands 

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