Meet Kelli

Chicago Family Doulas

Kelli has been a labor and postpartum doula on our team since 2016. Many of the postpartum families that she has supported have had twins. She has been an incredible resource to the families that we support and also to our team of doulas. Kelli is also very passionate and knowledgeable about breastfeeding and trained with CAPPA as Certified Lactation Educator. Her expertise in breastfeeding support has been a wonderful asset to families as they are navigating feeding their new baby. She offers many great ideas and teaches breastfeeding classes, both group and private.

Prior to her career as a doula, Kelli had a career in the medical field as a medical assistant. She also spent much of her adult life caring for children and families as a nanny. After working in the medical field she discovered her passion for supporting families and that was the driving force that led her to this career as a doula. She wanted to make more of a difference and support families during the most important time of their life. She found that through her work as a birth and postpartum doula she could positively impact a family’s life.

Kelli completed her postpartum training through both ProDoula and REAL Doula and her labor doula training through REAL Doula. She is truly skilled and talented at what she does and she absolutely loves supporting families during this important time. When not working Kelli Rose loves spending time with her son and her extended family.

Families love Kelli’s kind nature, attention to detail, and positive presence. She has been a very strong support on our team!

Krisha

2/2018 via Google

“Chicago Family Doulas is absolutely wonderful! Our family welcomed our last and final baby Feb 12th, 2018. I was actually seeing The Midwives in the same building. I did my homework and interviewed about 5 Doulas and ended up choosing Kelli. 💜 my biggest concern was finding a connection that fit for me and my family. Kelli really took the time our initial meeting to get to know me and my family. I had so many questions, but Kelli was so helpful and always was just a text away😊 When I finally went into labor, it was about 2am my contractions started, and by 4am, me, hubby and our 18 month old were headed to West Suburban Hospital. I sent a text to Kelli, bless her heart waking her up in the middle of the night. Luckily, the universe has its way of working because Kelli was just a little closer than where she usually is. By 5:30a I was in Triage and by 630a I was in the ABC Room and about 15 minutes later Kelli arrived. She was so helpful in helping me work through my contractions and keeping me calm. My husband and daughter were not allowed to meet me upstairs because of flu season. We were not aware of this when we toured the hospital, and we did mention to them several times we wanted our children to be able to stay with us because we had no other family and I’ve never ever been away from my daughter. We were told something completely different and I was 39 weeks when they posted this in my Midwives office. My husband was now back at home with our daughter trying to find somewhere for her to stay for a few hours. Which my husband ended up having to take our daughter to a family member who lives about 1hr and a half away from the hospital without any highway access. So here me and Kelli were, working through contractions and we were working through them like champs! About 835a I was pushing. And me and Kelli were alone and she was able to get my midwife and nurses in time. (Which hahaha joke was on us, we had no clue where the phone was and the board to call my nurse was super far away)😅 My husband ended up missing the birth of our daughter 😔 but we were so happy she was born happy and healthy. We really couldn’t have done it without Kelli. I was alone and separated from our family, but Kelli is so great and really was my rock through this amazing experience of natural birth. I’m so grateful for the Chicago Family Doulas 💜 Anna is such a wonderful and kind hearted person. She worked a plan out with our family that made it stress free and a easy for us to choose the Doula we wanted without financially stressing. Now that we’ve been back home and its been a week and 5 days since the birth of our beautiful daughter, Kelli helped me out with a postpartum visit and saying goodbye to my wonderful Doula was heartbreaking, but Kelli is absolutely wonderful and it will be the story for years I will be telling and raving how I was able to have a natural birth💜 Thank you so much 💜”

Katie

7/2022 via Yelp

“Kelli was fabulous to work with! She helped us during the most trying time of our lives — at night with our first newborn 🙂 She was always calm, nonjudgmental and thoroughly researched any questions we had of her. If we have another child we’ll definitely be calling on Kelli!”

Christina

7/2020 via Google

“Chicago Family Doulas provided exceptional care for our family. Anna matched us with an incredible team of doulas for labor, sibling care and postpartum assistance. I also received helpful recommendations for infant massage and lactation consultants from Chicago Family Doulas. Kelli stayed with our other children while we were in the hospital. It was so reassuring to have someone capable and reliable care for our kids while we were away. Our children adored her, and they had a wonderful time together. Kelli kept the kids busy, and she gave us lots of updates. We returned from the hospital to a clean house and happy kids. I’m grateful to Anna and all the doulas that supported, encouraged and helped our family as we welcomed our baby into the world.”

Sonul

1/2019 via Google

“CFD came to my aid during a very hard time in my life. My baby was diagnosed with silent reflux & I was having a hard time with all of it. With Kelli Rose’s patience & knowledge I was able to get some sleep, know my baby was in excellent care, and get back to becoming myself. Kelli was with us a short time but she will always be a distinct memory for me when thinking back to my son’s NB days. Kelli was always punctual, a great communicator, patient, loving toward us all, and an overall wonderful person to our family.”

Erin

12/2018 via Google

“We had Kelli as our doula to help coach me through my first labor. She was a very calm presence while I tried to tackle an induced labor naturally. Her knowledge of birth and breastfeeding were extremely helpful before during and after my birth. She was an excellent resource postpartum when we struggled with latching, reflux and a generally fussy newborn. I highly recommend using Chicago Family Doulas, namely Kelli.”

Sharlet

12/2018 via Google

“Kelli Rose was a fantastic post-partum doula. She came into our home when we needed help and was able to help put us at ease. She was prompt with her communication, caring in her ability to listen to what our needs were, and organized with her approach. I would highly recommend her for any new parent who feels overwhelmed, as Kelli Rose was able to help us get on a healthy routine.”

Krisha

2/2018 via Google

“Chicago Family Doulas is absolutely wonderful! Our family welcomed our last and final baby Feb 12th, 2018. I was actually seeing The Midwives in the same building. I did my homework and interviewed about 5 Doulas and ended up choosing Kelli. 💜 my biggest concern was finding a connection that fit for me and my family. Kelli really took the time our initial meeting to get to know me and my family. I had so many questions, but Kelli was so helpful and always was just a text away😊 When I finally went into labor, it was about 2am my contractions started, and by 4am, me, hubby and our 18 month old were headed to West Suburban Hospital. I sent a text to Kelli, bless her heart waking her up in the middle of the night. Luckily, the universe has its way of working because Kelli was just a little closer than where she usually is. By 5:30a I was in Triage and by 630a I was in the ABC Room and about 15 minutes later Kelli arrived. She was so helpful in helping me work through my contractions and keeping me calm. My husband and daughter were not allowed to meet me upstairs because of flu season. We were not aware of this when we toured the hospital, and we did mention to them several times we wanted our children to be able to stay with us because we had no other family and I’ve never ever been away from my daughter. We were told something completely different and I was 39 weeks when they posted this in my Midwives office. My husband was now back at home with our daughter trying to find somewhere for her to stay for a few hours. Which my husband ended up having to take our daughter to a family member who lives about 1hr and a half away from the hospital without any highway access. So here me and Kelli were, working through contractions and we were working through them like champs! About 835a I was pushing. And me and Kelli were alone and she was able to get my midwife and nurses in time. (Which hahaha joke was on us, we had no clue where the phone was and the board to call my nurse was super far away)😅 My husband ended up missing the birth of our daughter 😔 but we were so happy she was born happy and healthy. We really couldn’t have done it without Kelli. I was alone and separated from our family, but Kelli is so great and really was my rock through this amazing experience of natural birth. I’m so grateful for the Chicago Family Doulas 💜 Anna is such a wonderful and kind hearted person. She worked a plan out with our family that made it stress free and a easy for us to choose the Doula we wanted without financially stressing. Now that we’ve been back home and its been a week and 5 days since the birth of our beautiful daughter, Kelli helped me out with a postpartum visit and saying goodbye to my wonderful Doula was heartbreaking, but Kelli is absolutely wonderful and it will be the story for years I will be telling and raving how I was able to have a natural birth💜 Thank you so much 💜”

Katie

7/2022 via Yelp

“Kelli was fabulous to work with! She helped us during the most trying time of our lives — at night with our first newborn 🙂 She was always calm, nonjudgmental and thoroughly researched any questions we had of her. If we have another child we’ll definitely be calling on Kelli!”