Expert care for Birth, Babies & Breastfeeding
Owner and founder, Angela Grant Buechner has assembled a team of amazing professionals who have a passion for caring for new parents, babies and their families during Pregnancy, Birth, and the often stressful and exhausting Postpartum months after having a baby.
Angela is a Registered Nurse, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Birth Doula, Educator and is the owner and founder of Nutmeg Consulting. Angela has spent over 25 years helping new parents and babies to thrive!
Angela (she/her) has worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at a major, Toronto teaching hospital as a nurse for over 25 years, has worked as a Childbirth Educator for Peel Public Health, and since 2009 has also worked as a Lactation Consultant in the NICU and through her private practice at Nutmeg. Angela is a published author of a textbook chapter on Breastfeeding Challenges, she is the past President and current Board member of the Canadian Lactation Consultant Association, is a Breastfeeding Educator for Health Care Professionals, and has presented at the International Lactation Consultants Association Conference.
Angela is a mother of three exclusively breastfed children and she knows the benefits and rewards of breastfeeding/chestfeeding, but also understands that there are often challenges to overcome. As a Lactation Consultant she understands the importance of providing NON-JUDGMENTAL support to help you reach YOUR feeding goals, no matter how things are going. Angela offers Private Breastfeeding Prep consults, and she can provide Private Lactation / Feeding Support (in-person, by Facetime/Zoom or phone) for any feeding challenges you experience once your baby is born all the way until weaning!
Angela has also worked as a Birth Doula since 1999, and has been privileged to attend hundreds of births ranging from beautiful home births to amazing Cesareans (and everything in-between!) Angela has experienced 2 un-medicated births and a wonderful cesarean birth, and has built a team of supportive, non-judgmental Birth & Postpartum Doulas who are happy to offer support to all parents who wish the support of a Birth Doula, no matter what kind of birth you want! We believe in providing care for all types of birth, and continue that support throughout the Postpartum months as you face the new fun (and challenges) of bringing a baby home!
Now offering private Parent Coaching sessions (in-person, by Facetime/Zoom or phone), she is able to share her extensive knowledge, supportive advice, and her gentle coaching methods with new parents, to allow them to feel more confident, prepared and informed, and less overwhelmed by the challenges of parenting in the first year!
• Our Birth Doulas can offer constant, professional and unbiased support throughout your pregnancy labour & birth
• Lactation Consultant sessions can bring non-judgmental feeding support into your home to help you
• Registered Nurse & Prenatal Education Sessions can help you feel ready to take on all the new things to come
• Our Postpartum Doulas can help you during the transition to parenthood (day or night) and allow you to recover, thrive and even enjoy this new role!
• Our Nurse Practitioners can do full exams/assessment for well-baby / child, or for illnesses.
• Our Gentle Sleep Educator can help you to get more sleep, feel better and support you through out the whole process!
• We also have amazing Prenatal Yoga, CPR courses, and Cranio Sacral Therapy (CST) available!
We look forward to supporting you!
Aidan has worked with families and children for over 10 years, and during her own pregnancy she truly realized how vital prenatal and postnatal support is to new parents. As a Certified Birth & Postpartum Doula, Infant Sleep Educator/Holistic Sleep Coach and Lactation Educator, she is 100% committed to her clients.
Aidan knows that this time in your life is a rollercoaster of emotions and is determined to provide the tools you need to navigate your unique family’s circumstances. She will find ways to help your babies sleep better (and longer!) without sacrificing our own emotional and physical needs. Her holistic, attachment based approach honours babies’ needs while making sure you get the necessary rest and relaxation to be your best.
Simone is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, registered with The College of Nurses of Ontario. She specializes in postpartum and infant wellness, newborn assessment and breastfeeding/chestfeeding education. Simone has a passion for providing personalized, quality pediatric care that is focused on creating a direct patient-provider relationship. Simone is a graduate of Brock University, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. She obtained her Master of Science degree in Nursing as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from the University of Toronto.
Simone has 10 years of combined Nursing and Nurse Practitioner experience providing care in Labour and Delivery (L&D), Postpartum and to Pediatric patients. She has provided nursing care for patients within the neonatal intensive care unit, in several of the GTA’s prominent NICU’s. In addition, Simone has also provided pediatric nursing care in the areas of Oncology, Orthopedics and Primary Care. She routinely participates in conferences, engages in hands on continuing education and frequently reviews pediatric publications to provide her patients with the safest, most up to date, patient-centered and evidenced based care. Simone is excited to share her expertise and hopes to create a lasting impact on the health and well being of families across the GTA!
Julie has been a birth and postpartum Doula for 7 years, and thinks preparing people for birth and parenthood is a ton of fun. Helping parents feel more prepared and ready is the greatest reward.
Her gift is her natural intuitive ability to connect with people quickly and create intimate bonds. This is pivotal to the foundation of trust that leads to her ability to support positive birth experiences for both the labouring person as well as her partner. It can be difficult to convey the value of a Doula to a person yet to experience labour and postpartum. She finds that often it’s not until one has had the “doula experience” that they learn the true value of one.
Julie has three kids of her own, and when she is not at a birth or lending a hand with newborn babes, she’s adventuring through life with her partner Scott. They collectively raise 5 little humans, and she loves to read, travel, play monopoly, listen to live music, read anything birth related, and thinks podcasts are great.
Kelly has a background in special education and fitness, but has found her passion in supporting parents and being part of the journey into parenthood. Her recent experiences becoming a new mother has helped her have even more insight into the support that new parents need and deserve.
Kelly believes that the job of a doula is to give you unconditional support both physically and emotionally during labour and delivery. She holds space and helps create a welcoming environment for your baby to be born into, and supports you during the early days of parenthood.
Kelly married her highschool sweetheart and has a Boston Terrier named Rodney. They had their own two babies in December 2020 & 2022. Kelly supports clients in Burlington, Oakville and the GTA.
From a young age, Maria was fascinated by what bodies were capable of and always in awe at how remarkable babies are. Throughout her life, she saw a need for families to be better supported during this huge transition and journey in their lives.
Nothing is more empowering than having a supportive person encouraging you and reassuring you that you are doing a great job. She strongly believes that Doulas are crucial during this unfamiliar phase, and is passionate about helping parents adjust to these new changes in their lives.
Maria is formally trained with DONA International as a Birth Doula and Childbirth Educator and cross trained with BEST Doula Training as a Birth & Postpartum Doula. Maria holds her Standard First Aid & CPR certification. Maria also is an excellent communicator, and speaks three languages, English, Spanish and French.
She loves spending time with her two kids and partner. They enjoy going outdoors on walks and playing sports together. Whenever possible, you can find Maria travelling to new places, especially when close to the water. She is a talented cook, and enjoys taking care of others with her love language — food!
Bethany (she/her) is a doula, a yoga teacher, an actor, a dancer, a sometime rockstar and an all the time mom. No matter what your hopes or preferences surrounding birth are, count her in! She’ll strive to increase your confidence and decrease any anxiety by providing non-judgemental support and practical strategies that inform, uplift and empower you on your journey to parenthood and beyond.
Bethany brings to birth work, her decades of experience exploring the power of breath, movement, creativity and living in the present, and she has been continually inspired by how transferable these artistic skills are to doula care.
She believes that pregnancy and birth offer an opportunity to use the innate strength of your mind, body and intuition. As a doula, her aim is to help people tap into this immense personal power – so you can stay open and centred through the twists and turns that are the hallmark of every birth journey.
Traceen is the mother of 4 beautiful children ages 9 through 20 and has been married to her husband for over 20yrs.
After graduating from Durham College (2004), She was hired right away, and worked at Mount Sinai Hospital for 15 years as a Postpartum nurse and Lactation Counsellor. This was my foundation working with new parents and babies.
In 2018, I took a Postpartum position at Lakeridge Hospital in Oshawa but decided to take a leave of absence and work in Long Term Care as a frontline worker during the Covid-19 pandemic.
My passion has always been in Maternity care being hands-on with my patients as they transition from pregnancy to motherhood.
As a postpartum doula I am able to bridge the gap between the hospital and starting a new life at home with baby, through lactation and feeding support, creating space for family bonding and by providing postpartum care for the birthing person.
Kristianne has been working in the health care profession for many years.
She worked as a paramedic for ten years and then worked as a transplant perfusionist.
When the opportunity arose for her to change careers, becoming a doula was a natural path for her to follow. She has always been drawn to babies and children and her goal in life is to help and support others whenever she can.
Kristianne is the mother of a young child and this is the most amazing thing that ever happened to her but it does not define her.
The time she gets to spend away from her own family to support new parents is priceless to her. Kristianne values supporting families during the most vulnerable time of their lives.
FAVOURITE QUOTE: “True strength is knowing that you don’t have to be strong every single day of your life.”
Sarah is a certified Hypnobirthing Childbirth educator and a DONA-trained birth and postpartum doula. She is a huge nerd when it comes to reading the latest evidence on promoting a safe and peaceful birth, and she combines a caring heart and a discerning eye in her drive to bring each of her clients the best care in their birthing and early parenthood journeys.
For nearly a decade, Sarah worked as a costume set-supervisor on film and tv sets, where she honed her ability to maintain a calm disposition under pressure and ensure that all of the actors under her watch were always extremely well-cared-for. When Sarah became a mother herself, she decided to pursue a career in birth education and peripartum care, and she couldn’t be happier!
Sarah loves being the person in your corner. She’s incredibly passionate about providing evidence-based birth education and helping her clients to develop relaxation practices for use both in labor and in parenting. She’ll help with any questions you might have about breastfeeding, and she’ll even role-play conversations you might want to have with your care providers! She can help you and your family members get more comfortable with holding baby, bathing baby, wearing baby, or anything else in the wild world of pregnancy and parenthood. Come what may, Sarah will be there with you on every step of the journey.
Meagan was drawn to postpartum work when she realized how pivotal the postpartum period is, and how often it lacks support. Having a person on your side, someone who can guide and validate your experiences as a new family can help set a firm foundation for family life. She deeply believes that when families have doula support it allows them to parent with intention and to navigate any difficulties with grace and humour.
Before Meagan joined the doula world she studied psychology at University of Toronto and worked in child recreation and as a classroom aid to neurodiverse children. She has her postpartum doula certificate from Doula Canada and is currently taking Breastfeeding Basics at Mohawk college. Her approach is centered around supporting, educating and validating families as they make the giant step into ‘life as a parent’.
Sharon Shakespeare is a Birth Doula and Postpartum Doula with Nutmeg Consulting, who has been working with babies and children for over 15 years. She has four children of her own, and she is caring, supportive and energetic (and even loves overnight shifts!).
Sharon is intuitive, and passionate about supporting new parents in all their birth and parenting choices. She is also a Cloth Diaper expert, and knows about all the newest Baby gear!
Kait is a Birth and Postpartum doula (DONA) and has lactation & feeding specialist training through Manhattan Birth. She is passionate about holistically supporting birthing people in trusting themselves from pregnancy to parenthood.
Kait says that her daughter Parker is the best person she knows and is truly the light of her life. Giving birth to Parker brought her to this work!
Kait is committed to providing emotional support for parents as well as information to support their mental and physical health and healing.
Her goal is to support parents in honouring their bodies and their boundaries throughout their perinatal journey. Her training includes :
•Manhattan Birth: Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist 2022
•Your Badass Natural Birth 2023
•DONA: Birth and Postpartum 2021
•Breastfeeding Essentials for Doulas and Health Care Professionals 2021
•Infant Sleep Foundations 2021
•Manhattan Birth: Understanding LGBTQ Family Building 2023
•The Giving Tree: Rebozo Training 2024
•Cornerstone Birthwork Training Childbirth Educator 2024
Marnie is a Birth and Postpartum doula and a devoted mom of four young children. Here mission is to transform how women and parents experience birth and the early years of motherhood. She wants to help families experience more joy, confidence, celebration and support – all things they so greatly deserve!
She discovered her passion for providing hands-on support to mothers and their loved ones, and combines inclusive, evidence-based, holistic, compassionate care, with a personalized approach tailored to your individual needs and preferences. Her goal is to help you have more of the birth and postpartum experience you dreamed it would be.
With her background and experience as a mom of 4, Marnie brings a unique perspective to her work. She is committed to making your birthing journey and early parenthood time as smooth, positive, and joyful as possible. to create a birth and postpartum experience that truly celebrates and supports you!
Jessica Green is a Toronto-based postpartum doula and mother of two who brings warmth, patience, and a practical approach to supporting growing families. She completed her Postpartum Doula training through Doula School International and is certified in First Aid and CPR.
Jessica offers daytime support with newborn care, feeding, light household tasks, and time for parents to rest. As a mother herself, she understands how much an extra pair of hands can mean, and she especially enjoys helping families navigate life with a new baby and older siblings.
Friendly and easygoing, Jessica takes time to get to know each family and follows their lead.
Her goal is to help families feel comfortable, supported, and confident as they find their own rhythm.
Kimberley’s journey into doula care is grounded in both passion and preparation. She brings a strong background in pediatric care and a B.A. (Hons) in Children, Childhood, and Youth Studies. She has spent years learning not just what to do but how to be present with families as they navigate one of life’s biggest transitions.
Her training is in both Birth & Postpartum support through Wholesome Childbirth Doula Services.
She believes that every family deserves compassionate, individualized support — not just during labour, but through the emotional, physical, and completely unique experience of becoming a parent. Her role is to help you feel seen, understood, and empowered as you tap into your own strength, intuition, and confidence.
Whether you’re welcoming your first baby, growing your family, or navigating unexpected twists, Kimberley is here to walk it with you.
Yaïza (ya-ee-ssa) is a Birth and Postpartum doula, and a movement instructor in Tkaronto.
In birthing and postpartum care, Yaïza’s aim is to bridge the gap between Western medicine practices and the ancestral wisdom we all carry in our bodies, empowering clients to make informed decisions about their care. Her mission is to remind clients to trust their bodies and their intuition from pregnancy through the early years of their parenthood.
Yaïza’s unique approach to health and wellness is through a holistic lens, inviting clients to view their experiences as multi-faceted. She uses evidence-based information to educate clients, all while weaving in traditional ways of tending to health in general. She borrows from many aspects of her own life journey through food (she loves to cook for clients!), herbal remedies, movement (yoga, pilates) and community.
Yaïza has spent many years living abroad which led her to appreciate the immense importance of community and the support it provides by creating environments where you are encouraged to ask and accept help from one another. Her many years of experience working with families has taught me that it truly takes a village – and she aims to foster that in her care for you and your family. Certifications include:
Certified Birth Doula through Doula Canada
Rebozo Trained
Trained in Breastfeeding protocols for healthcare providers & Breastfeeding/bottle feeding support
IPR Prenatal Yoga Training
200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, breathwork & meditation
Mat Pilates Training
B.A., Communications & Design from TMU
Speaks English, Spanish and French
Maren is a certified Birth and Postpartum Doula through the Doula School of Canada, supporting families across the Toronto GTA. With over eight years of professional experience, she provides
compassionate care throughout pregnancy, birth, the postpartum period and beyond!
Maren specializes in labor support, newborn care, multiples (including twins), feeding, swaddling, soothing, and postpartum recovery. Her approach is calm, confident, and family-centered — helping parents feel informed, empowered, and supported through every stage of their journey.
Also working as a professional singer and theatre actress, Maren loves to incorporate music
into her care. Whether that’s baby music to create a soothing atmosphere, or singing in general!
Dedicated to nurturing both parent and baby, Maren ensures a seamless transition into life with
a newborn, offering hands-on care, emotional guidance, and practical solutions tailored to each
family’s unique needs.
Amber is a Childbirth Educator, Birth & Postpartum Doula who has always felt her best when nurturing and caring for others. She realized her calling was to become a doula when, after working as a nanny for 11+ years, she began to see a massive gap in pregnancy and postpartum education and support. Amber decided to devote herself to helping families to not only survive this season but to absolutely thrive. She wants the families she works with to feel both empowered and held.
When she is not supporting families, you can Amber snuggled up on the couch with a good book, exploring the outdoors, playing with her adorable puppy George or finding new snacks to try.
Her cup is the most full when I am snuggling a baby, hugging my family, eating some ice-cream or drinking tea out of a giant mug. She looks forward to finding out what makes your family unique and how she can help!
Brittany is a passionate postpartum caregiver. She focusses on the new family as a whole instead of just a new baby. She has critical background knowledge and experience from her time as an early childhood educator and a postpartum doula.
Having helped over 100 babies in her career. Brittany has a wealth of knowledge in areas regarding breastfeeding, bottle feeding, swaddling, sleep safety, and tips for calming everyone’s mind. As a mom to two little ones she has been through the postpartum experience and can easily relate to how new parents are feeling. Brittany’s goal in life is to ensure new families get off to the best start possible.
In addition to offering overnight Postpartum Doula support, she is available for consults for parents and caregivers to learn about developmentally beneficial ways to play with their babies and children. Brittany also facilitates our Nutmeg Moms Toronto Meetups!
Katie is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Lactation Consultant with over 13 years experience in the field of maternal child health. As a mother of two with 3.5 years + of breastfeeding experience herself, Katie understands the sacred bond between mother and baby that is nurtured through breastfeeding. She believes that every mother deserves the right guidance and support to feel empowered on her journey as a mother and give her baby the best start to life possible.
Katie offers a holistic approach to her clients focusing on the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual goals of the mother and family. She offers a calm, comforting presence and aims to leave you filled with the knowledge, skills, and confidence you need to reach your goals! With virtual and In-Home visits available, Katie can support you in-person from Burlington to Etobicoke/West Toronto.
Heather is a passionate Labour & Delivery Nurse, Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Evidence Based Birth® Instructor, and a self-professed birth nerd. She is certified as a specialized perinatal nurse by the Canadian Nurses’ Association, and her goal is to bring respect back to birth, one baby at a time!
Heather brings experience from previous roles at Hamilton Health Sciences and Halton Region. Heather also holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Maternal and Child Health.
Carissa has worked as a Labour and Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator and a Craniosacral Therapist, and is a certified Doula by Doula Canada.
Carissa was born and raised in Toronto, and worked as a Cardiac Technologist, Phlebotomist, and in Health and Safety for the Provincial Government. She has been a full time Doula since 2018.
She is the single mother of two beautiful grown daughters and an Auntie to one amazing nephew.
Brief introduction to Craniosacral Therapy – “Body Work for babies” – As a CST Therapist very gentle pressure is used to “undo” some of the pressures of confinement during pregnancy and the pressure of the birth process.
Events such as a fast delivery, a prolonged delivery, a cesarean, the use of medications, or assisted birth via forceps and vacuum can cause tension in the fascia of our bodies, Craniosacral therapy can release some of tightness that can cause torticollis, colic, reflux , shallow latching, trouble with tummy time and much moreand she can blend into any situation and make you feel cared for and supported during this important phase of your life.
Carissa he has a passion for supporting families, loves to walk, is an artist and is also a great cook!
Allison is a Birth and Postpartum doula, childbirth educator, CPR instructor and all around birth geek! Hailing from Toronto (but a country woman at heart), Allison resides in Thornhill with her four children, partner and their three crazy dogs.
With over a decade of experience under her belt, and her own life experience of mothering four rambunctious kids (including a set of twins!) , Allison is passionate about helping parents and community members feel prepared in case of emergencies, through her interactive virtual and in-person CPR courses.
Allison has spoken at several international birth conferences and has even taken her work across the pond to South Africa to participate in the Zulu Birth Project.
Julia is a Birth and Postpartum doula, professional member of DONA and C.A.P.P.A. (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association), a longtime caregiver of people with special needs and the elderly, and nanny with over 15 years experience.
Julia provides in-home and travel doula support, and specializes in labour and postpartum doula care, single parent support, c-section clients, home and hospital births, clients with both physical and mental special needs, mood disorders, pregnancy loss support, surrogacy support, queer families, multiple children, international travel care and companionship, and high-profile clientele.
Julia is also a multiple Juno and GRAMMY®-nominated musician, educator, and recording artist, and a provider of holistic, integrative caregiving services.