ABOUT US

LUMOS DOULAS

Alli & Lea

Lumos Doula Co-Founders

Alli is a lover of spreadsheets (for real), an avid runner/walker with her black lab, & totally a sympathetic crier. Lea is huge fan of Lake Superior, photography, quilting, & beading.

Together Alli & Lea are at 450+ births & nearly 25yrs professionally in this field. They both love creating relationships with clients in a way that honors what a big deal it is to have a babe.

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Kristin Enge

Lumos Team Doula

Kristin is a mama, yogi, and self proclaimed birth geek. She is a lover of books, the smell of rain, and the way large bodies of water fill the senses.

Though Kristin is new to doula work she has been supporting families through her other offerings: prenatal yoga since 2015 and childbirth education with Lumos since 2017.

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Alli & Lea

Lumos Doula Co-Founders

Alli is a lover of spreadsheets (for real), an avid runner/walker with her black lab, & totally a sympathetic crier. Lea is huge fan of Lake Superior, photography, quilting, & beading.

Together Alli & Lea are at 450+ births & nearly 25yrs professionally in this field. They both love creating relationships with clients in a way that honors what a big deal it is to have a babe.

Learn More - Alli

Learn More - Lea

Kristin Enge

Lumos Team Doula

Kristin is a mama, yogi, and self proclaimed birth geek. She is a lover of books, the smell of rain, and the way large bodies of water fill the senses.

Though Kristin is new to doula work she has been supporting families through her other offerings: prenatal yoga since 2015 and childbirth education with Lumos since 2017.

Learn More - Kristin

Interested in some in-person time to hear more about doula support and how Lumos support looks? Consider RSVPing for our monthly Learn About Lumos & Speed Doula Event!

About the Lumos Network

Lumos works alongside area professionals to offer more support and/or backup to the Lumos client experience.
We trust and tremendously adore these amazing folk.

Adria Cannon

Lactation Consultant

Adria has been practicing as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in Madison since 2006. “I cannot recommend her highly enough” is a common refrain amongst area breastfeeding families, and Lumos clients absolutely rave.

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Anya Wait

Photographer

Formerly a midwife, Anya has been photographing families, newborns, and births for the past 10yrs. She is a very chill presence at births, and a supportive and knowledgeable presence at newborn shoots. Plus she’s wicked funny.

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Emily Hagenmaier

Counselor

Emily has a particular interest in pregnancy, postpartum, and other parenting transitions. She has a deep intuitive nature and is incredibly easy to talk to. Alli says she’s one of the best listeners she’s ever met. And girlfriend’s got fantastic style.

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Alli (she/her) lives along the bike path in Monona with her military husband and her two rainbow kiddos. They love to explore the community around them, whether it be at a new restaurant, turning over rocks at the park, or a favorite place downtown. Alli feels most at home in Chicago or canoeing in the middle of a cool lake. She didn’t think she could love anything more than teaching elementary and middle-school but it became quickly apparent that new families were where her passion lies.

Likes: vintage everything, making funky jewelry/furniture/knitted socks/embroidered swear words, really strong hugs, Star Wars, her husband’s home brew, understanding how things work (think anything ending in –ology), nature walks, looking at houses (even when she doesn't need to), the way a lake sounds when it hits the side of a canoe

Dislikes: mean people, a dirty kitchen table, issues with technology, sleeping with the tv on, a missing earring

Dream vacation: a mother-daughter trip anywhere to share the art and culture of another place (her big kid is obsessed with fine art and good food).

Words to describe Alli: passionate, kind, honest, loyal, creative

Two truths and a lie (the lie is yours to guess):

- Alli worked as a bartender in a sports bar, college bar, fancy hotel, and bowling alley.

- Alli has a houseful of beautiful house plants.

- Alli has never read/seen any of the Harry Potter series.

Lea (she/her) is mama to Ma'iingan (who is driving this year, YIKES) and Basil (who is just a baby-toddler bub), and enjoys hanging at home and drinking coffee on the back stoop when the weather permits. She is a tribal member and grew up in Bad River up in northern Wisconsin; she still has a major love affair with Lake Superior and she spends as much of the summer as she can manage in the northwoods. Lea started out thinking she was gonna be an academic (and her love of research has carried over nicely into this work), but the world of babies and birth distracted her, and she can't imagine doing anything else.

Likes: people who smile at strangers, mango sticky rice, camping on the "big lake", working on quilts, babywearing, a perfect cup of coffee, finding new music, reading fiction, teaching, board games, neighborhood walks after dark, the smell of campfire smoke, thrifting successes, wild rice with bacon, beautiful beadwork, snuggling, a well-timed expletive

Dislikes: too many gray days in a row, mean-spirited politics, people who don't tip waitstaff well, mosquitoes

Dream vacation: it's a tossup between an epic cross-country road trip hitting national parks and pow-wows along the way, and a family/friends extended trip to New Zealand

Words to describe Lea: genuine, kind, focused, curious, hard-working, approachable

Two truths and a lie (the lie is yours to guess):

- Lea was once charged by a buffalo.

- Lea was not able to legally leave the country for many years.

- Lea is an avid craft beer fan.

Kristin (she/her) lives with her two littles and pilot/farmer husband in Sauk County on a little farmette nestled in the Baraboo Bluffs. Make no mistake, she is a born and raised city kid so think more Green Acres than Little House on the Prairie. She drives tractors and grows hemp with her husband's third-generation dairy farm. Don’t worry she leaves the dirt behind when heading to a birth.

Once upon a time, Kristin had aspirations of working as a therapist or advocate. However, her psychology degree translates beautifully to this work as a deep, unyielding desire to connect and understand how best to help families.

Likes: key lime pie, travel, yin yoga, beautiful tattoos, rainy days, book stores, black coffee, the way the way staring at clouds can slow time, art, live music, Mexican food, when people are polite, well-timed sarcasm, the Oxford comma, a good vintage shop, yarn shops, knitting, did I mention pie? (basically everything from Humble Sweet and Savory Pie), perusing Instagram, people who are body positive, genealogy, the moon, my minivan, really good babysitters.

Dislikes: people who are unkind, when the cold wind blows in her ears, guessing games, being hangry, excessive amounts of toys, fish (really anything that might get’cha in the water), my minivan.

Dream Vacation: Backpacking through Europe.

Words to describe Kristin: kind, calming, thoughtful, accepting, open

Two truths and a lie (the lie is yours to guess):
- Kristin met her partner while traveling in Europe
- Kristin can bend her leg behind her head
- Kristin once shared a cup of tea with a Maasai elder

HELLO!!

Curious about the experience of working with Lumos? Want to come in and sit with us over a cup of tea to see if we might be a good fit?

Pregnancy, birth, and parenting in the early years is such a personal - and sometimes overwhelming - journey. It's critical that the people around you help you to feel confident, safe, and joyful. Our services are ideal for folks who want to be involved in making the best-for-their-families decisions for their bodies, their homes, and their lives. We do not believe there is any one-way to grow, birth, and raise your babies. We are here to help you find YOUR ideal, and we will support you fiercely.

608-285-9622
info@welcometolumos.com
6409 Odana Rd., Suite 11A Madison, WI 53719