Meet Collin Parsons, experienced Charlotte-based doula and founder of Doula Differently

Who’s that girl?

It’s Collin!

For a decade and a half, I’ve been passionately dedicated to empowering my clients' experiences through continued education, real-world experience and hands-on relationships.

I’ve spent more than 15 years gaining and becoming proficient in a wide range of versatile methods and modalities for uplifting, easing, and elevating each stage of the parenting journey, from fertility to pregnancy, childbirth and all the way to infant feeding. 

I hold the highest level of certification as a Certified Elite Labor Doula through the training organization, ProDoula. In addition to my Labor and Birth Doula Certification, I am proud to hold certifications as a Reproductive Health Specialist, Fertility Doula, Childbirth Educator, VBAC Specialist, Postpartum and Infant Care Doula, Newborn Care Specialist, and Infant Feeding Specialist. 

I fiercely believe in compassionately offering: unbiased, evidence based, and judgment-free support. I actively choose to support all families throughout any type of birth and to do so intentionally, every single time.

I also strongly believe in giving back to our community and watering where we are planted. Those are just two reasons I started the Doula Differently Mentorship Program and why 10% of each client fee goes directly back into community programs.

When I’m not elbow-deep in doula work, I love spending time with my two rescue pups, doing artwork, practicing mindfulness + meditation, hanging with my fam’, eating Indian food, snuggling my godchildren, and DIYing ALL THE THINGS!

  • Fertility

    • Natural Family Planning (NFP)

    • Fertility Awareness Method + Ovulation Tracking

    • Medical Conception Methods [i.e. Clomid]

    • IUI + IVF

    • LGBTQ+ Fertility

    • Surrogacy

    • Embryo Transfer to Carrying Parent from Conceiving Parent

    • Fertility Medication & Supply In-Home Organization

    • Early Detection Methods

    Birth

    • Unmedicated Births (sometimes called ‘natural’ births)

    • Medicated Births

    • Hypnosis for birth, Hypnobirthing, + Hypnobabies™

    • Family-centered C-Sections, Belly Births, + Abdominal Deliveries 

    • VBAC + VBA2C

    • Plus-size Births

    • Trauma Informed Births

    • Redemptive Births

    • Birth of Multiples (Twins+)

    • Breech Birth

    • Water Birth

    • Birth Center Birth

    • Home Birth

    • LGBTQ+ Birth

    Medical Diagnosis Surrounding Pregnancy, Labor, + Birth

    • Gestational Hypertension

    • Preeclampsia

    • HELPPS

    • PUPPS

    • Gestational Diabetes

    • Factor V Leiden

    • Hypermobility + Connectivity Disorders including Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

    • Pelvic Floor Disfunction

    Feeding

    • Exclusive Breastfeeding

    • Exclusive Pumping

    • Formula Feeding

    • Bottle Feeding

    • Adoptive Breastfeeding

    Postpartum Care + Newborn Care

    • Postpartum Care

    • Sleep Services

    • Newborn Care

    • Infant Feeding Specialty Services

  • American Red Cross: Adult, Child and Baby First Aid/CPR/AED Certified 2025

    ProDoula - Certified VBAC Specialist

    ProDoula - Certified Childbirth Educator 2024

    ProDoula - Certified Doula - Labor (CD-L) 2022

    Spinning Babies - Continuing Education 2022

    ProDoula - Labor Doula Training 2021

    ProDoula - Infant Feeding Specialist 2021

    Dona International - Certified Postpartum Doula (CPPD) 2018

    Spinning Babies Doula Workshop - 2018

    Hypnobabies HypnoDoula - 2018

    Dona International - Certified Birth Doula (CD) 2017

    Bebo Mia - Certified Fertility Doula (CFD) 2017

    Dona International - Postpartum Doula 2017

    Dona International - Birth Doula 2016

    Bebo Mia - Fertility Doula

    Training 2016

  • What the Bump

    Episode 48

    Episode 70 (featuring a client)

    Mother Effer!

    Collin the Wonder Doula

    Birth Story

    Episode 63

    Episode 76

    Episode 120 (featuring a client)

    Episode 153

CLIENT REVIEWS

Seal emblem with the text "ProDoula Certified" and "Childbirth Educator" in gray and green, featuring stars in the center.
Seal emblem with the text "ProDoula Certified" and "Postpartum and Infant Care Doula" in gray and green, featuring stars in the center.
Gray and green badge with the text 'Pro Doula,' 'Certified Elite,' and 'Labor Doula' along with stars and circular design elements.
Logo of the Carolinas LGBTA Chamber of Commerce featuring a city skyline, mountains, and vineyard elements, with the text 'Proud Partner' underneath.
Green leafy wreath with text 'Queer Doula Network' in the center and 'Proud Partner' below on a white background.
Document of Attendance certificate for Collin Parsons from Spinning Babies, verifying completion of 7 hours of Continuing Education at a workshop in Charlotte, NC, on October 2, 2022.
BBB Accredited Business logo with BBB rating A+.
A black and gold award badge with the text "Best of Business Rate 2025 Charlotte" and the name "Doula" on it, indicating recent reviews and rankings.