Joining me today is Courtney Sirmon. Courtney is the Central Alabama Regional Director of

Alabama Birth Coalition as well as a DONA International Birth Doula and Certified Lactation

Counselor. For over five years, Courtney has served growing families through pregnancy, birth.

postpartum & breastfeeding support. She believes strongly in “mothering the mother” and has

personally and professionally seen the benefits of the midwifery model of care. Growing up in

rural south Alabama, Courtney is passionate about rural access to maternity care. She is the

proud mother of three young children.