Coastal Birth Services offers homebirth, doula & birth photography services, waterbirth equipment and childbirth education in Coastal SC.

Nicole M. Lavallee, LM, CPM has taught and supported women in childbirth since 1992. She was certified as a Bradley Childbirth Educator in 1993, then as a labor assistant in 1998 through ALACE, and as an EMT in 2001. Nicole was trained under a traditional apprenticeship model. She is currently certified as a Licensed Midwife through SC DHEC, and a Certified Professional Midwife through the North American Registry of Midwives. She is also former Assistant Director of Jamaica Birth, an educational program committed to providing birth practitioners with a comprehensive variety of clinical experiences. Nicole has three homebirthed children and was privileged to be present for the hospital birth of her adopted daughter. She has attended births as midwife, apprentice, birth assistant and labor support in homes and in United States and Caribbean hospitals over the years.