​Birth Connections D.C.

Doulas provide continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the birthing family before, during and immediately after the birth.  The goal is to support the birthing person and increase the family's emotional capacity to birth beautifully in their very own way.  
Whether you're planning a non-medicated birth or to receive an epidural, a home birth, birthing at a hospital or birth center, having a planned c-section, hoping to avoid a c-section or if you have no specific plan at all, we can help you. While birth doulas are most often used in non-medicated births, consider our support for any way that you hope to birth.
We also love to help families plan their postpartum life to ensure the transition is as manageable as possible for each member.  Bringing home a baby (or babies) is a special undertaking.  We can help you enjoy the time by keeping you focused on the moment, remind you of your options and ushering in practices and habits that encourage a healthy recovery.

Ravae S.M. Sinclair

Fearless Leader/Certified Childbirth Educator/Certified Birth Doula/Postpartum Doula

Ravae Sinclair, JD, CD(DONA), LCCE, Founder of Birth Connections D.C., Birth Connections Miami, Birth Connections MKE and Immediate Past President of DONA International, the largest and longest standing doula education and certifying organization in the world.
As a birth and postpartum doula, Ravae has served over 600 families and finds it a joy to walk through the birthing season of transition with new parents.

Erin Clark 

Birth Doula

Erin is a former kindergarten teacher who has always had a passion for supporting  birthing people. As a doula, she strives to learn more about birthing families' needs and goals while adapting to new environments quickly. 
Erin is a native Washingtonian and a mom. Giving birth as a teen, she learned early in life to take the support of a birthing person seriously and how having someone to hold your hand can be priceless. 

Brandi Smith

Birth & Postpartum Doula

Brandi provides services to families in the D.C. area as a birth doula and  postpartum doula, both. She is a wife, mother to four children and is formally trained as a special educator and with a master’s degree in the field. She is an expert in supporting women during labor and delivery and providing infant care, lactation support, routine /schedule management, conflict resolution, and coping with anxiety and depression in pregnancy or postpartum.

Alexis Harmon

Birth Doula

​Alexis has served families in the D.C. area since 2018. She was brought to this work through her own experiences as a mother of three beautiful boys. Navigating pregnancy and first time motherhood without genuine support planted the seed that would lead her to her purpose.  
It's her passion to support and love growing families throughout their journey to parenthood whether it is their first time or their fifth. She believes that happy, nurtured and informed parents make the best decisions for themselves and their babies, and that's how it should always be. 

Kirsten Bodnarchuk

Birth Doula

 Kirsten Bodnarchuk, CD(DONA), BS, LMT, BCMT believes that education empowers us to choose the correct path for our lives. Her role as a doula is to help empower each family with enough information to choose what works for them. Each family is unique and Kirsten believes that your birth experience should reflect that. She'd like to help assist the birthing mother as well as the birth partner to achieve your goal. 

Maxine Robinson

Lactation Consultant

Maxine is an adored and talented IBCLC who is passionate about moms and babies breastfeeding at their optimal abilities.  
Maxine brings her easygoing spirit and sense of humor to a breastfeeding dyad and leaves you with confidence, education and a more optimal connection. As a mom of four boys, Maxine knows first hand, the challenges that a new mom can face.  She will help you immensely.

Sherron Hopkins

Administrative  Assistant

Sherron is a vibrant part of our operations.  She ensures Birth Connections communications are clicking along and families have what they need. ​