What's a Birth Doula? A birth doula is a person trained and experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional and evidence-based informational support to the family before, during and just after childbirth. Amy is a Certified Doula (IJB), DONA trained. She is certified in birth, postpartum and placenta encapsulation. She provides services in the Seminole County area both at home or in Hospital/Birth Center settings.