Rachel Howell founded North Georgia Family Doulas because of a passion for providing support during pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and for new babies! She is a Christian Doula and feels a strong calling from the Lord that carries her through providing support. Rachel believes all women should have access to support during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum, and she wants to provide it to you! Rachel is a follower of Christ Jesus and accepts Him as her Lord and Savior. She believes that the Lord has called her to provide this type of support as her God given gift. Rachel enjoys spending time with the Lord and praising Him for her wonderful life with her beautiful family. She especially enjoys listening to modern worship music with her children. When she is not helping mothers achieve their best possible birth experience, Rachel enjoys playing with her 2 children, watching movies and TV shows, reading, spending quality time with her family, and participating in weekly gatherings of a small group with other women of Christ. Rachel’s Faith is a very important part of her life and she incorporates prayer wherever she feels called. She prays for my clients on a regular basis and is always happy to pray with and for her clients upon their request or when she feels called by the Lord to do so.
Tracey Goddard-Johnson is a certified Childbirth Educator with International Childbirth Educator Association (ICEA) since 2019. Tracey gained certification as a Midwife in London, United Kingdom and worked as a Midwife caring for and supporting women in the Prenatal/Intrapartum/Postpartum period for 12 years. Tracey conducted hospital, birth center, and home births. She also taught prenatal classes regularly and gained a vast range of experience within her time in this capacity. Tracey moved permanently to Georgia in December 2016. Tracey is a mother to five children, and a stepmother to one child; she has been married to her husband of 26 years, and she believes she has been blessed with her family not just for her to love and enjoy, but to also help other women and growing families as they experience the mountain tops and valleys of transitioning to motherhood. Tracey is passionate about supporting women, and believes it is her calling and vocation to do so, by empowering and informing women of their birth options. She believes women’s birth outcomes can be significantly improved with childbirth education and education about their health in pregnancy and the postpartum period. Tracey has her faith in Jesus Christ and is a firm believer in the redeeming love of Jesus; she attributes anything and everything she has ever and will ever achieve in her life to God alone. Tracey draws strength in knowing that she can do all things through Christ who strengthens her. Tracey fully understands that it is in God she lives, she moves and in him she has her very being. It is as a direct result of God’s love and grace in her life that she intends to extend to everyone she encounters the love and grace of Jesus Christ.
Remi is a Full Spectrum Doula, Certified Car Seat Safety Technician, and a Certified CPR Instructor. She became a doula and educator as part of an answer to her life’s true calling and one the Holy Spirit led her to: helping as many people as she can while here on this beautiful earth. Remi believes she is able to offer support through the gifts God has given her: compassion, love, support, and empathy for all walks of life. She just wants to see people feel supported and comforted. Remi is passionate about baby wearing, breastfeeding support, car seat safety, birth support, postpartum support, sibling support, and loss support. Anything she can do to help she would be willing to be on your journey with you.