Meet Tiffani

Portland Metro Birth Doula

Tiffani’s Approach to Doula Work

Tiffani’s love for childbirth started as a young girl. As she watched her mother give birth at home to her three younger sisters, she was fascinated with the power she witnessed. As an adult, it was natural for Tiffani to assume a support role for her sister as she labored and birthed her two sons. When her sister’s second birth did not go as planned, Tiffani had the honor of supporting her during the healing process from an emergency caesarean birth. During her own labor, Tiffani had an abundance of care from her three sisters, mom, and partner. As she watched women gather, Tiffani’s desire to be a part of this empowering passage in life was awakened. She believes each step of the birthing journey is beautiful, even when the unexpected happens. She works to help women and families feel informed, confident, and at peace in the decisions they are making during their birth experience. She strives to support and empower women to embrace and believe in the strength they have within them.

Tiffani’s goal, with her quiet and calm nature, is to hold space. Her ability to be calm and focused in a busy and otherwise hectic environment brings about peace and comfort to the birthing person and their support team. She wants the families she works with to feel comfortable and know their options throughout their journey. Through the 10 years Tiffani has been supporting births, she has had the honor of working with a variety of women and birthing experiences. She has been a support during high-risk births, including VBAC'S and chronic illness, as well as low risk births. And has worked with birthing persons of varying ages, those with pets they are introducing to their new baby, birthing persons that want their other children present during birthing time, hypno-birthing /babies families, single moms, large families, families with language barriers, adoption, and birthing persons without a birth partner. she has supported births in homes, hospitals and birth centers. As your doula, she looks forward to being a part of your support team.

Tiffani’s Background

Tiffani began pursuing her professional path as a birth doula in May of 2018 after finding her passion of supporting women throughout the years. She trained at Portland Doula Love in Portland, Oregon and attended Portland Doula Loves 2018 Mentorship.

Tiffani, the oldest of six children, grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. She has settled with her partner, Jeremiah, in Oregon City. Their greatest joy is raising their daughter, and spending time with their dog. Tiffani loves playing outdoors, exploring her family history, and spending time with her large extended family. Her heart is for women and their partners as they walk through their birth and into a new chapter of life.

Services Tiffani Offers

Tiffani’s Certification, Training, & Education

Certified Doula through DONA International
Acupressure for Birth
Portland Doula Love 6- Month Mentorship
DONA International approved training through Portland Doula love
Placenta Encapsulation Training
Basic breastfeeding training (breastfed her own child for 3+ years)
Professional training in pregnancy and infant loss
Professionally trained Hypno-Doula with Hynobabies®
Spinning Babies Workshop

We really appreciated having Tiffani support us for the birth of our second child. During our initial meeting, Tiffani asked questions that I hadn’t yet thought of, even being a second-time mom anticipating my second unmedicated birth. She walked both myself and my partner through a variety of coping techniques and we discussed what worked best for me and at what stage of my labor. Tiffani was a calming presence during labor and an excellent listener. She provided support, suggestions and held space for me at the times when I needed each of those things. I truly enjoyed working with her for this incredibly special and wonderfully challenging event.
-Sarah (birthing mother)
I had a baby back in October, and while I was extremely glad for the hospital setting, I was also extremely glad for Tiffani Clausen! She’s was a major help during delivery and for the HOUR of stitching, I endured post-delivery. She is calming, helps you focus, provides relief to a laboring mom and the family, is available to run errands for food if needed, rubs tired back muscles, and is a great verbal encourager. Even if you have an amazing OB, they’re not there for your whole birth….a doula is, and she’s also an excellent advocate for helping people stick with your birth plan. I strongly encourage every pregnant momma to check out her services, and that of doulas in general.
-Mother
In my journey through my first pregnancy, birth and postpartum, my son, and I were so lucky to have support from Tiffani Clausen.
During the interview process I knew right away that Tiffani was someone I felt very confident with and that I absolutely needed as part of my team.
My own mother passed away years ago and my sisters are all living several hours travel away so I was looking for someone who could fill in some of the gaps with some maternal wisdom and up to date evidence-based education. Tiffani was able to do all that and more, she was with me at the hospital through hours of labor with a down-to-earth presence. She offered ideas for birthing positions, reminded me that I always had choices and asked extra questions when I was not able to speak well for myself.
Then after I was home she made several visits to come to provide help with breastfeeding, newborn behavior/needs, she answered all my questions, provided much needed encouragement and I knew I could trust her with my little one while I got took a shower. If you are looking for someone experienced, gentle and full of womanly wisdom you could not choose anyone better!
-Caroline (birthing mother)
Tiffani is very friendly. She is an awesome doula. She understands the persons needs and wants and serves accordingly. you can discuss what you expect. she is helpful and I highly recommend her.
-Shilpi (birthing mother)
Tiffani was a great help. She is very patient and considerate of the situations you are in and compliments her actions in response to yours. she ensured that we not only had privacy but we could trust her with thoughts and suggestions surrounding us and our baby.
-Pritam (father)