Helping you write your own rite of passage

Through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond

Doula services for families in Mid Missouri

WELCOME TO THE BIRTH VERSE

Where you’re the author of your own birth story

Each birth tells the story of the human family—one pregnancy, one labor, one arrival at a time. Your birth experience is a one-of-a-kind moment of transformation. It’s more than a medical event to be managed. I believe everyone deserves compassionate support, witnessing, and care through this journey. I believe we change the world the more we understand, respect, celebrate, and protect birth.

In The Birth Verse, I offer my hands, heart, and art as we travel through this portal together.

Hi sweet soul

My name’s Kira, and I’m a full spectrum doula serving families in central Missouri and beyond.

I like to say I wrote my way into birth work. I’ve always been drawn to women’s stories and women’s wisdom, writing poetry that explores our rites of passage—from menstruation to motherhood. The more I wrote, the more I wanted to learn about birth with my heart, hands, and art fully immersed. In 2024, I attended my first birth and I heard my calling, loud and clear. Since then, I’ve been gathering tools, knowledge, and experience to serve families well. I’ve certified as a trained doula, deepened my study of physiology, and listened to people sharing their full spectrum of reproductive experiences.

I'm here to walk beside you, learn with you, and honor the story you're writing.

  • I love birth work because birth is full of contradictions, and I love contradictions. Birth is intense yet tender. Ordinary yet profound. Raw and primal yet emotional and moving. It’s a bridge between our animal bodies and our spiritual selves. Birth exists at the crossroads of body and spirit, mystery and science. At the center of this experience, is you—the one giving birth, and you—the one being born. I’m a loving yet fierce advocate for your choice, your voice, and your power in the birth space.

  • Birthing Advocacy Doula Training - Full Spectrum Doula Training (2025)

    Adult, Child, and Infant CPR Certified (2025)

    Self:Cervix with Olivia Bryant (2024)

    Author of The Parking Lot, a creative manuscript that explores themes of reproductive justice, fertility, spirituality, natural cycles, and rites of passage (2023)

    MFA in Writing with a Focus on Poetry from Pacific University (2023)

    Rewrite Your Womb Story with Jasmine Rose (2021)

    Author of Bodies of Water & Women, a poetic exploration of fertility, family, and femininity in the context of environmental contamination (2020)

What does a doula do?

A doula is a trained non-medical professional who provides continuous emotional, physical, educational, and spiritual support throughout pregnancy and birth.

What does a full spectrum doula do?

A full spectrum doula offers care and support through the full spectrum of reproductive experiences.

  • Compassionate guidance as your body and heart expand. From navigating choices and preparing for birth to honoring the profound transformation already unfolding within you.

  • Continuous presence through labor and delivery. Offering comfort measures, advocacy, and steady witness as you cross the threshold into parenthood.

  • Nurturing care for the tender fourth trimester. Practical help with newborn care, feeding support, and emotional grounding as your family finds its new rhythm.

  • Gentle companionship through pregnancy loss and infant death. Holding space for grief, honoring your baby's brief but meaningful existence, and supporting your healing journey.

  • Bearing witness to your experience and helping you process, integrate, and preserve your birth story. Because how we tell our stories shapes how we carry them forward.

Doula Services

  • Birth Doula

    What is a birth doula?

    An empowering advocate, sharing educational, emotional, and physical support during pregnancy and birth.

  • Postpartum Doula

    Why work with a postpartum doula?

    Support yourself and your new family with compassionate, informed, and hands-on care during this tender time of transformation.

  • Birth Story Sessions

    What are Birth Story Sessions?

    An empathetic interview, transforming your birth story into a work of art. An original poem, creating a timeless family heirloom.