Erin Walsh

Bio

Erin has felt drawn to birth work for as long as she can remember. She brings with her many years of experience supporting families as a Family Support Specialist at a local non-profit. She has also supported other professionals who care for parents and children through her work as Program supervisor, a school-based therapist as well as a pediatric hospital social worker. Erin’s passion has been helping parents to get all they need to be happy and healthy. Working as a postpartum doula and directly supporting new families allows Erin to meet both the emotional and practical needs of new parents in their homes.

Erin obtained her Master’s Degree from Loyola University in Social Work and her Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Resources from Illinois State University in Bloomington/ Normal. She has worked as a home visitor and supervisor for Healthy Families as well as a postpartum doula, meeting the needs of first time parents and their extended family members. She has expertise in assessing maternal wellbeing as well as that of the newborn and developing infant and child. Working with other health care professionals in a collaborative model of care with both low and high risk mothers, including mothers experiencing perinatal mood disorders, has given Erin a strong knowledge base from which to care for families as a doula.

Erin served on the Board of Directors for This is ME, a youth empowerment not for profit that served more than 700 girls in Chicago. She has a passion for providing opportunities for social emotional growth to kids and loves to read and has combined these two things to create her own mobile children’s bookshop in Chicago. She is a member of ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) and Breastfeed Chicago.

Erin received doula care and other professional services when her own 3 children were born, and like many parents, faced the unexpected and navigated the doubts and fears that we all encounter. The resources she found as a new parent not only brought her to a greater place of trust and confidence, but she also has that much more information to share with other parents. She is excited to be a part of the support team for other expectant and new families. Erin is familiar with postpartum complications and perinatal mood disorders, fussy or high needs infants, developmental differences and more. Her vast experience, gentle demeanor, as well as her heartfelt commitment to support families during the beautiful and sometimes challenging season makes her a wonderful addition to your postpartum care team!