ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Blessed event doula services (Marilyn Pocha) offering prenatal, birth and postpartum support in Langley, Surrey, Maple Ridge, White Rock, Aldergrove and Abbotsford areas. </TITLE> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="EditPlus"> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT=""> <META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="Blessed event doula services, Marilyn Pocha, birth and postpartum doula, prenatal, birth, postpartum support,childbirth,birthing preferences,newborn care,breast feeding,labor and delivery,doula,dona,BC doulas,labor support,labor assistance,breastfeeding,midwife,doula net,doula services,baby,mother support,childbirth education,prenatal,prenatal classes,Langley, Surrey, Maple Ridge, White Rock, Aldergrove, Abbotsford,BC,Canada,bcdoulas.org,doulamatch.net,dona.org,lamaze.org,drjacknewman.com,askdrsears.com,lllc.ca, doula referral services.ca,doula services association.ca,life passages.net,doula services bc.ca"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Blessed event doula services (Marilyn Pocha) offering prenatal, birth and postpartum support serving the fraser valley from Surrey to Abbotsford empowering women through birth and beyond."> <style><!-- td { font-family:georgia,Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size:16px; color:000000; } .text2 {font-size:10px; font-family:arial; text-decoration:none; color:#e0e0e0;font-weight:normal} .quotetext {font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size:16px; color:000000;font-style: italic; font-weight:bold} .link {font-size:16px; font-family:arial; text-decoration:underline; color:#56372A;font-weight:normal;font-style: italic;} .link:hover {text-decoration:none; color:#EA8A34;} .link2 {font-size:10px; font-family:arial; text-decoration:none; color:#e0e0e0;font-weight:normal} .link2:hover {text-decoration:none; color:#ffffff;} --></style> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="#EEC198" LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0> <!-- ImageReady Slices (mainpage.psd - Slices: 02, 04, 05, 18, 21, 25, blessed-event-doula, bottom, left, left_bottom, left_top, right, right_bottom, right_top, top) --> <CENTER><TABLE WIDTH=916 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 bgcolor="#ffffff"> <TR> <TD WIDTH=36 HEIGHT=25> <IMG SRC="images/left_top.jpg" WIDTH=36 HEIGHT=25 border="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH=858 HEIGHT=25 colspan="2" background="images/top.jpg"> <IMG SRC="images/top.jpg" WIDTH=323 HEIGHT=25 border="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH=22 HEIGHT=25> <IMG SRC="images/right_top.jpg" WIDTH=22 HEIGHT=25 border="0"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=36 HEIGHT=352 background="images/left.jpg"> <IMG SRC="images/mainpage_18.jpg" WIDTH=36 HEIGHT=352 border="0"></TD> <TD colspan="2"><CENTER><table cellpadding="" cellspacing="" border="0" width="950"> <tr><td valign="top"><IMG SRC="images/blessed-event-doula.jpg" WIDTH=482 HEIGHT=198 border="0" alt="Blessed Event Doula Services-Birth and Postpartum Doula"><div style="padding-left:45px;padding-top:5px"><a href="index.html" class="link">HOME</a><p> <a href="doula-services.html" class="link">SERVICES</a><p> <a href="testimonials-blessed-event.html" class="link">TESTIMONIALS</a><p> <a href="contact-blessed-event.html" class="link">CONTACT INFO</a></div><p> <div style="padding-left:30px"><CENTER><span class="quotetext">"A child is born and for a moment, the wheeling<br> planets seem to stop in their tracks..as past,<br> present and future meet"</span><br> S. Kitzinger <p></CENTER></div> </td><td align="left"> <img src="images/baby.jpg" border="1" width="200" height="300" alt="Baby"> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="" cellspacing="" border="0" width="800"><tr><td align="right" width="300"><img src="images/marilyn.jpg" border="1" width="192" height="240" alt="Marilyn Pocha provides physical and informational support to women and their partners during the prenatal, childbirth and postnatal experience."><p></td><td align="center"><div style="padding-left:20px"><h3>I am a DONA trained professional and Certified Birth Doula and Postpartum Doula and Childbirth Educator (Lamaze), who is educated & dedicated in supporting women and their families through the birth experience and beyond. </h3>I am also a member of DONA International and Lamaze International and BC Doulas Association. I have raised a family (2 children) and have worked in the healthcare field for over 25 years. </div> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="center"> As an open-minded & warmhearted individual, I believe that a positive birth experience enables<br> a woman to be more confident and fulfilled as a mother. I am honored to provide women and their partners with the tools they need to make their own informed birth choices by supporting them, both physically and emotionally in those choices, so they can enjoy the best possible birth experience. Supporting women and their partners through childbirth and beyond encourages and enhances the bonding relationship between parent, child and the family unit. <p><span class="quotetext">"Empowering women through birth & beyond"</span><p> </td></tr></table> </CENTER></TD> <TD WIDTH=22 HEIGHT=352 background="images/right.jpg"> <IMG SRC="images/mainpage_21.jpg" WIDTH=22 HEIGHT=352 border="0"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=36 HEIGHT=19> <IMG SRC="images/left_bottom.jpg" WIDTH=36 HEIGHT=19 border="0"></TD> <TD HEIGHT=19 background="images/bottom.jpg" colspan="2"> <IMG SRC="images/bottom.jpg" WIDTH=323 HEIGHT=19 border="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH=22 HEIGHT=19> <IMG SRC="images/right_bottom.jpg" WIDTH=22 HEIGHT=19 border="0"></TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <!-- End ImageReady Slices --> </BODY> </HTML>