Vicki Woods

HBI (CPD)

Vicki grew up in Southern California. From an early age, she always wanted to have her own children and had a fascination with birth – both the process and the outcome. At age 16 she was able to support her sister as she delivered her first child. This started a desire in her heart to support women in childbirth and to have more exposure to childbirth itself.

From that point on she attended several home births in the San Diego area.  After getting married in 1997 and having her first child, she and her husband and son moved to Nashville. From 1998-2007, Vicki gave birth to her five children. She also endured the heartache of having four pregnancies end in miscarriage. Vicki has personally experienced both cesarean and VBAC births with her five children. She and her husband have wonderful memories and learned a lot from all of their children’s births.

Throughout the next few years, Vicki had the opportunity to support many friends in their labors and deliveries. Vicki realized this is what she was really passionate about, and in 2014 she was professionally trained and begin a career path to become a doula through the organization DONA International. She was later certified through DONA. She also did her postpartum training through DONA. Since becoming a doula, Vicki has passionately supported hundreds of women in their births and postpartum. Her many years of hands-on experience coupled with her own unique births have helped her to empathize and relate with her clients, and help them to prepare well for their birth(s). 

Over the last couple of years, her family has had a part in raising a little girl that is not biologically theirs, but, has become a part of their family. Vicki also recently was able to be her daughter-in-law's doula at the birth of her first Grandchild.  Because of this growth in her family and the commitment of caring for a large family, Vicki has stepped back from taking so many birth clients. She enjoys her role as one of the owners, of sister company NDS. And, has more time to mentor and talk to prospective doulas and encourage them as they start their training and certification. 

Apart from running Nashville Doula Services and Harbor Birth Institute, and serving her doula clients; Vicki enjoys cooking, taking in concerts with her husband Danny and five children, watching movies, singing and reading.