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CBD (CBI), CREATOR OF KEEPING YOUR POWER®, EVIDENCE BASED BIRTH®INSTRUCTOR, AND SPINNING BABIES® CERTIFIED PARENT EDUCATOR
Traci has been serving women and families in the River Region for over 20 years. She is passionate about birth and is committed to educating, supporting, and serving in any way she can to help a family meet their birthing goals.
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Traci's commitment to the River Region communities is evidenced by her drive to provide current, personal, and evidence based information, as well as individualized support to families. Alabama currently had a cesarean rate of 34%, but the Healthy People 2020 target is 23%. With these discouraging numbers, Traci has continued to educate herself to advocate for her clients and has committed to helping educate families to lower primary and repeat cesareans. She serves as a mentor and coach to her fellow doulas, and an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor and a Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator. As a Senior Doula and Educator with advanced experience, Traci is offering high risk services such as VBAC, sexual abuse, birth trauma, and higher risk pregnancy issues as well as low risk births and homebirths.
In 2019, Traci created The Advanced Doula workshop and trademarked a concept called Keeping Your Power® which is a thought process to strengthen the consumer's belief system and confidence in self advocacy. She is traveling the country training doulas on deeper doula topics such as team building and non confrontational advocacy.
In 2019, Traci created The Advanced Doula workshop and trademarked a concept called Keeping Your Power® which is a thought process to strengthen the consumer's belief system and confidence in self advocacy. She is traveling the country training doulas on deeper doula topics such as team building and non confrontational advocacy.
INternational Best selling Author
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Baby Got VBAC is a collection of stories meant to inspire women who have had a previous cesarean birth and are looking into their options for their next birthing experience, particularly into having a vaginal birth after a cesarean. This book is unique in that a different woman authors each chapter. Some of these women are VBAC moms, and others are professionals who support VBAC moms. Each author will bring you into their world where you will get to know their personality and receive their specific wisdom.
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"I absolutely love this book! Traci Weafer was and still is an amazing person to me and my husband! This book brought to light so many things for me and now I need redemption after my non-emergent surgical birth. I need my VBAC! Traci helped me through the ups and downs of finding my person that was my cake and icing, read the book to find out what this means. “Keeping Your Power” throughout your birthing time is such an asset. If you are planning or even thinking about a VBAC please read this book. You will find more here than just a bunch of stories. There is a ton of food for thought."
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Traci began her childbirth professional education after the birth of her first son, Christopher. Christopher was born with a heart defect and underwent open heart surgery at two months, at which time Traci was not encouraged to continue breastfeeding. While educating herself during her second pregnancy, Traci knew she wanted this birth to be different. She grew angry and the educational choices in Montgomery, and knew she wanted to one day bring better childbirth and breastfeeding education to her community. She was a teenage mom who was under the impression that her age was the reason she was not provided with the education or support she would have gotten otherwise.
Traci has been married for 28 years and has 4 adult children.
Traci has been married for 28 years and has 4 adult children.
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Certifications
1998-2001 Postpartum doula 2001-2004 Postnatal Educator 2001-2004 Midwife Assistant 2015 Childbirth International Experienced Doula Certification 2016 Novice Rebozo Certification (Gena Kirby) 2016 Evidence Based Birth® Instructor (more information click here) 2018 Spinning Babies® Parent Educator Certification 2020 Evidence Based Birth® Instructor Renewal 2020 Spinning Babies Parents® Educator Renewal Additional Contact hours earned through:
Trauma/Informed care, Motivational Interviewing, Change Agent, Homebirth Resource, Peanutballs & community, induction & 39 Weeks, Failure to progress, Birth Centers, Informed Consent in 2nd stage, Collaborating w/ L&D nurses, Prenatal Vaginal Exams, ACOG Recommendations on Normal Birth, Newborn Procedures in the Golden Hour, Eating and Drinking in Labor, Protecting the Perineum, Pushing Positions, Controlled pushing.. |
Other Studies, Workshops, And Continuing Education
2015 Hug your baby 2015 Stillbirthday (loss and bereavement) workshop 2015 Sacral Carnial Therapy workshop 2016 ROSE (Reaching our Sisters Everywhere) Summit 2016 Spinning Babies workshop 2016 The Significance of Childbirth to the Birthing Person: Influences of Care and Places of Birth, Penny Simpkin 2016 Evidence Based Birth® Due Dates and Advanced Maternal Age Certificate 2016 Evidence Based Birth® How to help Families get Evidence Based Care 2017 Evidence Based Birth® Instructor re certification 2018 Birth Monopoly Rights In Childbirth 2018 Evidence Based Birth® childbirth class training 2019 Spinning Babies Workshop 2019 Update Evidence Based Birth® newborn procedures 2019 Evidence and Ethics on Circumcision 2020 Evidence Based Birth® Professional Member of the Month July 2020 Best Selling Author "Baby Got VBAC" |
In 2017 Alabama Legislature Passed the Childbirth Safety Act making homebirth an option in Alabama. Certified Professional Midwives are recognized under this law and currently Alabama now licensed midwives. A list of Certified Professional Midwives are here.
I give discounts for homebirth due to most insurances not accepting insurances.
I give discounts for homebirth due to most insurances not accepting insurances.
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"I have worked with Traci several times when her clients come in to deliver at Baptist East. I absolutely love taking care of natural mommas alongside Traci because she is supportive and encouraging to the patients while remaining respectful of our nursing profession and advice too! She is always open-minded and willing to ask our opinions and seek advice when things are not going as planned or when labor isn't progressing normally! I truly enjoy working alongside her!"
-Brentley Greene, Labor and Delivery Nurse at Baptist East |