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 an Reproductive Health Specialist, Fertility Doula, Childbirth Educator, 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

    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 2024

    ProDoula - 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