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Madison Doula Collective, 706 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI (2026)

05/26/2026

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04/19/2026

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01/16/2026

Time for another edition of MDC doula feature!

Families who come to Elizabeth Priniski are met with a quiet steadiness — the kind that reminds you you’re not walking this path alone.

Serving Madison, Janesville, and Stoughton, WI, Elizabeth offers VBAC-informed doula care and documentary-style photography that holds space for the beauty, uncertainty, and holy tenderness of bringing new life into the world.

As an Advanced VBAC Certified Doula through The VBAC Link and a Certified Doula and Birth Photographer through Birth Becomes You, she guides parents with gentle wisdom, grounded evidence, and a soft presence that helps the room breathe a little easier. Her camera moves like a whisper — catching the strength in your trembling hands, the love in your first exhale, the quiet magic that would’ve slipped away unnoticed.

Elizabeth is also a mama of three girls, each born in her own way — a cesarean, a medicated VBAC, and an unmedicated 2VBAC. Those journeys carved a deep understanding into her heart. She knows the fear, the fire, the surrender, the courage — and she carries that knowing into every birth she supports.

Families held by Elizabeth often describe feeling:

More confident in their choices
More grounded in their bodies
More seen and honored in their unfolding story
More connected to the fleeting moments her photographs quietly preserve
Her work is simple and sacred: to hold you through the becoming, and to give you memories that let you return to that power again and again.

Your birth. Your story. Your way — worthy, luminous, and deeply yours.

Madison • Janesville • Stoughton, WI

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12/12/2025

Thank you for sharing this story and featuring one of our birth and postpartum doulas, Kayla!

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Every day requires something different from Kayla Soren.

In her two years working as a certified birth and postpartum doula with the Madison Doula Collective, Soren has played many roles. She’s been a de facto social worker, an advocate, a coach and a liaison.

She experienced her first home birth this fall. Her client led, and Soren followed, doing whatever was needed. She previously accompanied a transgender couple to the hospital, relaying information from the medical team and ensuring the couple was respected.

“I really think it’s special that I get to kind of create what it means to be a doula with each client,” Soren said.

Doulas generally provide information and support to pregnant people before, during and shortly after birth, with the goal of making pregnancy and delivery a more positive experience. It’s a job with an ever-growing scope of responsibilities.

Wisconsin’s severe maternal morbidity rate — or how often people experience serious complications but not death during birth — has increased significantly since 2016 and disproportionately affected Black families, according to state and local health officials.

As federal safety nets like health care and food assistance face more pressure, doulas in Dane County are striving to reduce complications, while working to help people maintain access to basic needs and quality care.

“My philosophy as a doula is that people know what’s best for their body and their baby, and that’s the bottom line,” Soren said. “I just adapt to help you have the birth that you want within the realm of possibility of our circumstances.”

Many factors are contributing to increasing severe maternal morbidity rates in recent years, said Nicole Morales, an epidemiologist at Public Health Madison & Dane County. High blood pressure, mental health and social stressors — such as food insecurity or medical racism — are associated with higher risks.

“I think doulas alone cannot carry the weight of fixing this crisis, but they are super important to that overall solution,” Morales said.

11/19/2025

We’d like to highlight our doulas’ wonderful work, so we’re starting a doula feature!

Meet Margaret-

“I love being with people when life gets real. Birth is real. Meeting your kids is as real as it gets. And then they are ours. Sorta. They belong to themselves, but for a while, it’s up to us to keep them alive and make sure they know how much they are loved. It’s this incredible time in people’s lives where they (we) see what we can handle, how resilient we are, and how massively we CAN love.

I enjoy being on people’s couches. I am thrilled to meet grandmas. I like the challenge of asking tough questions and then seeing how present I can feel when I listen. I LOVE taking care of people and reminding them how brave they are. I am honored to witness people become parents.

Ok, back to my own journey of parenting…”

03/07/2025

Hi MDC community! We have an exciting March group prenatal coming up Wednesday March 19th from 6:30-8:00.

This class features strategies for early labor as well as a guest birth story! Lots to learn and wonderful community to be among.

This prenatal will be held virtually. Please RSVP on our website for a link! See our bio for a website link.

12/10/2024

Join us this Thursday, December 12 at 6:00pm for our December virtual group prenatal!

This month’s topic will be Gender Expansive Pregnancy with Sam Findley Guido. We will cover topics such as navigating dysphoria in pregnancy, breaking apart fertility myths about trans people, and how to show up for your gender expansive birthing friends.

Register on the MDC website under events or use the QR code. MDC clients attend for free, and we ask for a donation of $10 for everyone else 🌻

11/26/2024

We are so pleased to welcome Sam as a new doula with MDC! 🍀

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Hi!! I’m Sam (they/he), and I’m a birth, disability, and gender doula! If you’re facing a transition in life related to your fertility, reproductive health, ability status, or gender, I’m a good person to know. I love advocacy work and have been practicing it for over 15 years, since I was a child. It’s something that has always felt natural to me and I have always been critical of larger structures and institutions and their ability to do good in the world for all people. I tend to look inwards and towards other individuals and communities to help hold us during difficult or intense moments.

I’m a proud gestational Papa to my daughter, and love to talk about my experience navigating the heavily gendered birth world as someone who’s not a woman. When I’m not doula-ing, I’m making music, learning about mental health, playing with my baby, or creating art of various mediums.

I’m always accepting book and music recommendations and would love to chat about my doula business with anyone who’s interested!

11/04/2024

🌟 Join us for MDC’s Monthly Group Prenatal on Thursday, November 14 from 7:00-8:00 PM on Zoom! 🌟

This month, we’re excited to present Pelvic Floor 101 hosted by doula Kayla with special guest, Dr. Jessica Dufault, a beloved physical therapist by MDC.

We’ll kick off with a quick anatomy lesson, followed by an open Q&A session where you can ask anything about the pelvic floor and its role in birth and postpartum recovery.

MDC Clients attend for free, and we ask for a donation of around $10 for non-clients. RSVP at the link in our bio!

10/17/2024

Tonight at 6pm! Meet the doulas and learn how we can support you 🌿

Link in bio to register.

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