Black and white photo of a Los Angeles doula smiling and looking off to the side, indoors with a window in the background. Glory Tobiason EarsFirstDoula. UCLA

Hi, I’m glory.

I love babies. But I love supporting the people who birth and parent them even more.

I work with families within 20 miles of UCLA.

Before I became a doula, I…

lived on four continents

helped a group of women on Mount Kilimanjaro start a pig-raising collective

taught students from preschool to graduate school for twenty-five years

earned a PhD in research methodology

held a faculty position at UCLA

At a glance

Homestate: Washington

Family: one of five kids; married to an absent-minded professor

Pets: tiny dog named Olsen

Friends describe me as: good listener, calm, dependable

Likes: pickles, alone time, comfy pants, trashy paperbacks, rain

Dislikes: spiders with too much attitude

Doula DNA: my mom (a labor coach) delivered me at home, supported by midwives

Friends call me: glo

A Los Angeles doula giving a presentation at a UCLA conference, standing behind a wooden podium with a laptop, in a room with large windows. She is smiling, gesturing with her hands, and wearing a suit and a name badge.

Qualifications

  • Certified birth doula CD(DONA) (DONA International)

  • Postpartum doula training (DONA International)

  • CPR / AED certified, adult and infant (American Heart Association)

  • Courses: Childbirth Education, Lactation and Infant Feeding

  • Additional trainings: Spinning Babies(R) Foundational Workshop, Racial Equity and Inequities in Birthwork, Trauma-Informed Approach to Doula Work

  • Professional Memberships: DONA International, Joy In Birthing Foundation, Planned Parenthood

  • Board of Directors: Doulas Association of Southern California