Our Team

Jessica Greene, CD(DONA) LCCE, Owner

Jessica has been teaching birth classes for the last 4 years. She enjoys teaching families and preparing them for the birth of their babies and the changes coming to their families. Join her for a fun interactive learning experience. She personally wants to empower partners to know not only what to expect, but how important they are to the process.

Lisa Stewart, BSN, RN, IBCLC

Lisa’s love for teaching and empowering mothers to breastfeed began after her own experiences with feeding her 3 babies. She experienced common problems but through the support of her husband, her midwife, and other moms in a La Leche group, she was able to continue breastfeeding. It was a nurturing and empowering experience for her as she connected to her children and gained self-confidence. She loves to tell people that she has a "boob job!"

Thus began her life-long passion of supporting mothers, babies, and families as a whole in breastfeeding, whatever that may look like.  Lisa has served in a variety of settings including homes, hospitals, pediatric and OB offices. She has a private practice business providing lactation consultations through home visits or telehealth.

Kimberly Parker

Kimberly Parker has been working as a doula off and on for the last 9 years. During which time she has also had 3 kids of her own. Kimberly brings with her excitement and enthusiasm for whatever you are needing at the time.

Kimberly has always had a passion for supporting growing families, she does this through birth, postpartum and placenta work. She is joining the Kooshlie Care team to offer night shift support, for births, overnight postpartum care, and placenta work.

Having Kimberly on the team is like adding a little extra in your coffee for me. She keeps me motivated and she is a dreamer, which is so refreshing.

I am looking forward to a future with Kimberly on this team.

Denise Mills

I am an RN, and Certified Birth Doula, and offer both birth and postpartum Doula support. I also work as a nurse assistant to midwives in homebirth practice in this area. I am currently training to be an infant sleep consultant.

With 8 years of experience as a doula, I am pleased to support first-time and repeat birthing families, during vaginal and Cesarean births, VBAC, surrogate, and multiple births. I also have much experience supporting families through high-risk births and pregnancy loss.

I spent the first half of my working life as a park ranger, camp director, and environmental educator. Then I became a nurse and worked for many years in end-of-life care and as a hospice nurse, and also as a psychiatric nurse. Upon retirement, I came at last to my long-held passion of birth work, as the best “retirement career” ever possible! I waited a long time to make birth work a priority in my life, and the wait was definitely worthwhile.

I have given birth to two children of my own. One of those births was a hospital birth which ended in a cesarean delivery. The second was an unmedicated birth at home. They were both amazing and transformative experiences that definitely inform my support as a birth doula.

I believe that in the world of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting, just as in the world of nature, education and knowledge leads to greater understanding. And understanding leads to more trust, acceptance and appreciation of the process.

In addition to providing support on the physical, emotional, spiritual, and informational levels, an equal and essential aspect of my support involves being a part of your safety net, should it become necessary for you to step off the cliff of control and into the freefall of the unknown and unplanned. My goal for you both is to feel safe and strong and supported, no matter what becomes necessary during your pregnancy and birth. Ultimately, every birth can be a beautiful experience, even if it is not the one you envisioned originally. But having solid support and guidance as you step beyond your plan is essential. I will be strong with you and for you. I realize that I am being invited to share one of the most intimate experiences of your life together as a couple. I do not take that invitation lightly, but consider it an honor and a privilege.

Martha Draughn

Martha discovered her doula heart the day she gave birth to her son, Elijah. Since 1996, Martha has attended a wide array of births: Hospital and home births, water births, cesarean births, stillbirths and miscarriages, teen births, and twins. Each birth and family she has been honored to serve, have left a mark on her heart.

Martha wants a doula for every woman that wishes to have one, regardless of means. She has witnessed that with emotional, physical and informational support, women can have empowered births.

As a doula, Martha is experienced, reliable, a good listener, steadfast and a joy to be around. She strives to ensure that birth partners feel included and prepared to assist at their comfort level. She also comes with a wealth of knowledge on comfort measures, breastfeeding, and postpartum support. She sees birth as a moment in time where your doula can ground you and yours with the support you deserve.

Martha lives in Hendersonville with her wife, Amanda, and their two pups, Beatrice and Zorra.