Hi, I’m Danielle Ryzuk.
Certified Childbirth Educator, Lactation Educator, Postpartum Doula
My interest in pregnancy, birth, and lactation has always been a part of my life. I grew up as a LLL rugrat, absorbing everything birth, babies, and breasts while my mother led meetings, and when it came time for choosing a post secondary path, midwifery lost to anthropology in a coin toss. After having three wildly different births (with wildly different babies, who would have thought?), my latent interest became a passion and I searched for a way to make the world of birth congruent with my world of raising little humans. Childbirth and lactation education, and postpartum doula-ing is my perfect match – I get to be a part of the rich, beautiful, and crazy world of birth and early parenthood, but I still get to sleep through the night!
I strive to bring a mix of evidence based information and experience based tips, tricks, and wisdom to class and my clients. The end goal is to have clients leave my care not only knowing a bit more than before and with a hefty mental bag of practical tools, but to have less anxiety and fear than they started with.
I am a Certified Childbirth Educator and Lactation Educator, a Postpartum Doula, and have been working with families since 2019.
Territorial Acknowledgement
I serve the community of southern Vancouver Island that is located in the traditional unceded territories of the Lkwungen (Esquimalt and Songhees), Malahat, Pacheedaht, Scia’new, T’Sou-ke and W̱SÁNEĆ (Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum) peoples. I acknowledge our traditional hosts and am grateful for their gracious welcome to the parents who seek knowledge on this land.
Our partners..
The owners and instructors at the Mothering Touch Centre.
“We are parents, educators, doulas and friends – we’re here for you.”
Doulas of Victoria, a network of local birth and postpartum doulas in the Great Victoria area.