If looking for regular doula services and/or education please visit Michelle Hardy's other website Hardy Alternative Health Services. 

TLC Doula and Educational Services is now a project that serves the needs of teen mothers, and all regular business is done through Hardy Alternative Health Services which is now a separate entity.  .

Providing education and support for teens to give them the best possible start with parenthood.

For more information contact Michelle D. Hardy, M.S., CMT, NCTMB, Cht, CD(DONA), ICCE, CLD, CPD, CCCE, CAAC, CHBE  414-762-4694.

Offering free/low cost doula services and education to teen mothers in Southeastern Wisconsin.

TLC Doula and Educational Services, LLC was a business that I started back in 2004.  At that time I did a lot of volunteer work with teen mothers teaching childbirth and new parent education as well as doing labor doula work.  I realized that the work I was doing was so rewarding and it was a passion of mine.  As time progressed I added many more services to the list of things that I offered and in 2006 I decided to change the name of my business to accommodate the changes I was making.  It was then that Hardy Alternative Health Services, LLC began.  It was also then that I had a new vision for TLC Doula and Educational Services, LLC!!  My vision was to create a group that would be able to help teen mothers during the very important transition from being a teen to becoming a mother.  This project provides guidance through every step of the journey - from early pregnancy to after the baby is born through childbirth education, doula services, and new parent classes.

Currently the project is only offering services to teen mothers who will have no support through their pregnancy, labor and delivery (teens who would otherwise be completely alone throughout their labor and birth), but in the future I do plan to widen who will receive services.  Unfortunately at this time the project is still in its newest stages and therefore is very restrictive in who can be assisted.  In the future I hope to become a non profit organization so that more services can be offered and who we assist can be widened to include many more individuals. 

I believe that by providing teens with education and/or doula services and guidance it will help them start off on the right path towards parenthood.  I also believe that by providing services it will help teens learn how to cope with the new stresses of parenthood, teach parent/child bonding, and will improve the parent/child relationship which will lead to healthy beginnings for the infant/child.

If you are a teen who is in need of services please feel free to e-mail me for more information.  If you are an individual or group who would like to assist with these efforts either through offering free services or support please feel free to contact me as well.  I am always looking for assistance!