The Pregnancy Loss Training
& Support Company
For Loss Families & Professionals
Welcome to Evelyn James & Company
At Evelyn James & Company, we are dedicated to transforming perinatal loss care by equipping hospitals, healthcare professionals and doulas with the tools, training, and resources needed to provide compassionate and comprehensive support for bereaved families.
The Story Behind Evelyn James and Company
When our baby dies, there is a version of us that dies, and we can never go back. Being supported in the worst tragedy of my life was the difference between me taking my own life and surviving to take on another day in grief. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for my Doula Kendra, my midwife, Gretchen, and my nurse, Michelle, along with the military community I lived in. Using my unique experience in loss and community, I strive to create a network of the best bereavement support in the WORLD.
Our mission is to ensure families are supported in the BEST way during and after the loss of their sweet babies. But also supported at HOME. Most bereaved mothers are left alone until their 6-week checkup, they are lucky to get a call from a caring nurse or provider. This is not acceptable. By training and supporting professionals, I hope to assist in developing a protocol that allows support for these families at home in the first 6 weeks, along with learning how to integrate grief in their life journeys.
We need a way to monitor mental health, healing, and resilience after tremendous loss. This is where Doulas come in. As well as any other professional in any field who assists these families.
Our goal is to train 10,000 professionals by 2030 in Pregnancy Loss Education. We hope YOU will be a part of our mission.
Our story started during my most beautiful pregnancy, I was glowing, I felt vibrant and happy. I started labor on my own which was miraculous considering I was induced my two previous births. I was elated. LIttle did I know she had died around the time I started labor. Fast Forward to being at the hospital, my Doula and I found out her heart had stopped. ( My husband was on a 7-month deployment at the time). This started my journey as a loss mom. A journey none of us were ever meant to be on. I went on to become a Postpartum and Bereavement Doula, supporting families in the biggest transitions in life. I felt like I was right where I was meant to be.
As I continued working as a Postpartum Doula, I realized the lack of Bereavement Training for Birth and Postpartum Doulas. I went through trying to find a training to take and in all honesty, I could not find one that seemed like a good fit for me. I wanted to know how to support these families while showing compassion, providing hope and instilling resilience in them at the same time, using the experience I had as a bereaved parent.
This is the message that I intertwined in my training once I decided to create my own.
Meet our incredible Evelyn James Team
Vallen Webb
Founder, Trainer, Consultant, Postpartum & Bereavement Doula, Podcaster.
Most importantly Kalliana, Violet, Evelyn, Emmett & Bohdi’s Mom.
vallen@evelynjamesandco.com
Leila Walker
Trainer, Full-Spectrum Doula, Bereavement Doula, Teacher
Operations & Outreach Lead.
leila@evelynjamesandco.com
Kiira Travassos
Family Connection Specialist, Newborn Care Specialist, Certified Postpartum Care Doula.
Client Relationship & Outreach Lead and Shiloh and Logan’s Mom.
kiira@evelynjamesandco.com
Listen up.
CHECK OUT OUR Podcast, Mindset Shifts For Moms. Our Podcast has rebranded to really focus on Mindset for Moms— Millennial Moms to be more exact. The focus is on thriving in our life regardless of our pasts, tragedies or current situations by focusing on the things we can change. Our mindsets are our most under utilized tool and the most powerful tool for creating our worlds. Listen up if you are ready to do some work on rewiring your mindset and transforming your life one small step at a time.
A Conversation on Pregnancy Loss
With Raising Illinois, Gifts from Liam and Evelyn James and Company.
Raising Illinois partnered with Gifts from Liam and Evelyn James Co for a discussion on pregnancy loss. In this frank and meaningful conversation, Anna Calix and Vallen Webb sit down with Raising Illinois Community Engagement Lead Jesse Rojo to discuss their experiences with stillbirth, the stigmas and systemic struggles they faced, and the need for more open conversation about pregnancy loss. We’re so thankful to Anna & Vallen for sharing their stories with us, and we hope this generates more conversation so that we can better support those in our communities experiencing loss.