Amy Buckman
CD(DONA), PCD(DONA), dip Kinesiology & Sport Management, Certified BRM® Pro in the Body Ready Method
Amy, she/her, is a kind-hearted, glass half-full kind of gal. She is a mother on the verge of an empty nest who is pretty relaxed and easy to talk to. She can often be found SUPing the Bow, hiking the mountains in sun or snow, or maybe in the kitchen chopping things she grew in her garden. Amy especially loves canine friends and has a rescue pup named Pepper. They do lots of exploring together in this beautiful province where Amy was born and raised.
Amy is both a Certified Birth & Certified Postpartum Doula through DONA International. She came to doula work from a background in Kinesiology which led her to certify as a BRM Pro through the Body Ready Method® for physical preparation for pregnancy all the way through to postpartum. Amy also has experience with Spinning Babies® and has completed over 60 hours of extra breastfeeding education.
Her desire to support families through these special times became evident as her children began to need her less in some ways, and more in others. She noticed that the people who had supported her in those early stages to develop her confidence as a mother and partnership as a parent, had laid the groundwork for getting everyone through all of the things that came over the years.
Sojourn Birth Services was born! Sojourn, ‘a brief layover before a longer journey’, celebrates all that pregnancy, labour, birth, feeding, and the postpartum period brings. It also honours that a new family is embarking on a journey and that starting off with unbiased, non-judgmental support may be the beginning of building a really solid path.
There is no right way to do any of this birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum stuff. But maybe there is a right way for you. Whether supporting families through a positive birth experience or trying different postpartum ideas as the family wheels get turning, it is all about supporting a family to get there in the smoothest way possible. You’ve got this.
“Amy was superb. She played a dynamic role in helping us navigate not only the birthing process, but the advice provided to us by the medical staff. It was very useful to have someone else there to ensure we knew our options.
Thanks for the very tender and compassionate support you provided us. We both greatly appreciate you as a person and a Doula!”
B & J, Calgary
“As first time parents with no other family in Calgary, we decided to hire a postpartum Doula to help with our two-month-old son. We had such a positive experience with Amy! She has an easy-going nature and quickly integrated into our home. She is an excellent communicator and was able to elicit our needs. She's also efficient and took excellent care of us and our baby. We highly recommend her services.“
Rachel L, Calgary
“It’s impossible to put into words how grateful we are for Amy and how important she was to our whole birth experience. Amy is one of those people that makes you feel relaxed just being around her. We knew she was a good fit for us within minutes of our meet and greet interview and haven’t looked back! Leading up to the birth she spent a lot of time and effort getting to know us, what makes us tick, and what we were looking for in our birthing experience. Through the labour she was a calm and reassuring presence - and made sure to integrate everything we’d spoken about. She took some absolutely incredible photos and went through them with us and helped us debrief the experience.
She also continued to check on us after our daughter’s birth, and when I was really struggling with breastfeeding Amy came to the rescue and gave me exactly the support and skills I needed to not only stick with it, but start to enjoy it. I can’t imagine what the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience might have been like without her. I can’t recommend Amy enough!”
Katy H, Calgary
