Your Doulas

As postpartum doulas (women caregivers), our goal is to provide new mothers and babies with the comfort, guidance, and one-on-one attention so necessary for a smooth transition from pregnancy and birth to parenthood.

Betsy Stunz Hall, Carol Arnold and Carolyn Matthiasson are Certified Postpartum Doulas and Breastfeeding Counselors with special training in addressing postpartum depression and mood disorders. Caroline C. Malkin is our new addition to Heartsounds. She is a certified postpartum doula and is working on becoming a breastfeeding counselor.

We are passionate about our work, end up "over-the-moon" about every baby, usually want to adopt each new mom, and miss the families when we successfully work ourselves out of a job.  After long and successful careers in other interesting fields and raising our own families, we have found renewed joy  as doulas.

Heartsounds Mother Infant Care

Listening to the heart sounds of a baby-to-be can be very joyful. Once the baby is born, the mother and baby lie heart to heart listening to each others heart sounds, thus our name. Like heart sounds, pregnancy and birth is a happy time for most, but for some it isn’t. Approximately 13% of women experience postpartum depression (PPD)**. Early recognition is one of the most difficult challenges with this mood disorder because of how covertly it is suffered and the lifelong effect it can have on child and family. Low socioeconomic status increases the risk of PPD.

Heartsounds is dedicated to becoming the foremost provider of postpartum care services and reducing the postpartum depression in the greater Tucson region. This is done by providing assessments, doula services, and referrals to other appropriate care providers for women in underserved populations and those at high risk for depression.

Heartsounds consists of four doulas: Betsy Stuntz-Hall, Carolyn Matthiasson, Carol Arnold and Caroline C Malkin. Each work with their own private clients outside of the organization.