I’m Miranda Hill (she/her)—but you can call me “Mimi.”

My grandkids do.

It’s a name that means family to me.

I’ve been thinking, talking, & writing about birth and early parenting for more than 25 years.

After the births of my own children, I established and facilitated a peer-to-peer postpartum support group at a busy Toronto midwifery practice; worked on a TV series about birth; presented on expanding midwifery access to the Royal Commission on the Future of Healthcare in Canada; and wrote the book (with co-author Sarah Knox), The Midwifery Option: A Canadian Guide to the Birth Experience (HarperCollins 2003).

I’ve continued to write and publish professionally, and somehow also managed to co-parent five children to adulthood.

All the while, I’ve been known to friends and family as a go-to companion during birth and in the first weeks of life with a newborn.

As mimi the doula

I bring you the same enthusiasm and dedication I offered to friends and family—along with the latest best practices from Doula Canada; my certifications in infection prevention and control, first aid, and food safety; liability insurance coverage; and a membership in good standing from the Association of Ontario Doulas.