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Golden Business Directory
Thursday, June 27, 2019 Page A15
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Security Services
Residential - Commercial - Construction sites - Resorts
• On-site Security Guards • Mobile Patrols • Alarm Response
• Key Holding Services • Interior & Exterior Property Checks
One Call Does It All! “Largest plumbing and heating inventory in the area”
Licenced & Insured • 250-688-4295
• renovations • new construction • service • septic systems • • pumps • water softeners •
Protecting the Columbia Valley since 2005
www.valleyhawk.com
SELKIRK ELECTRIC LTD.
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10% Seniors Discount – parts only
CONCRETE SERVICES Concrete Finishing ICF Foundations Excavation Services
•Sales •Service •Construction •Maintenance •Renovations
local company for 15 years
All Your Electrical Needs 1135 10th Ave N (250) 344-2530 Fax 344-2584 Reg. #22652
Cell: (250) 344-0720 1032 Flemstrom road Golden
Showroom @ 805-9th St. N
Columbia Valley Cabinets
LTD.
Danny Orr (250) 344-5692 Brandon Orr Kitchens Bathrooms Counter tops Wood finishing Est. 1992
ContraCting Ltd. Box 599, golden, BC. V0a 1H0
Providing local businesses with bookkeeping services, including payroll. We also prepare and e-file corporate, small business and personal tax returns year round.
Numbers & Letters is now wheel chair accessible.
250-344-4742 | 1115 9th street south www.numbersandlettersgolden.com
Call Shaun at 250-344-2215 Gravel Trucks, End Dumps, Log Haul, Loader, Skid Steer, Snow Sand, UnitsRemoval, Loader and SkidGravel Steer and Rentals Sand, Gravel and Landscape Landscape Materials available. Materials available
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Physical, emotional, informational birth services By Keri Sculland
Maicah Habana offers a unique service that helps empower families while they bring their children into the world. The birth doula owns and operates Apired Mama Birth Services, providing physical, emotional, informational, and spiritual support throughout pregnancy, labour, birth, and portpartum. Based on individual needs, she is able to prepare mothers and their loved ones as they go through pregnancy and child birth. Habana was inspired to help mothers through their journey after she met a doula for the birth of her now five-year-old. She felt that having a doula by her side helped put her mind at ease, and informed her about all of the changes that were going to happen to her physically and spiritually during pregnancy and birth. After the birth of her own child, Habana had many conversations with friends, family, and parenting
groups. She kept hearing that mothers and parents didn’t feel supported, and generally had bad experiences during their childbirth. “I just wanted to assist other families who needed support,” Habana said, adding that she first started out with assisting young mothers, single mothers, and low income families. After training in Red Deer and working as a doula there, she considered the move to Golden for similar reasons so many other young people move here. With an interest in outdoor activities, she began her research to see if she could offer her doula services in town. What she found out convinced her to make the move. There are around 100 pregnancies in Golden annually, and the doula who lived here previously had recently moved. She contacted the hospital, and had discussions with a few nurses, who helped her realize there was a high interest in doula services.
So far, she has assisted two mothers with their childbirth, and expects there will be many more to come. “You’re helping families in a very vulnerable time in their lives,” she said. “Having them more educated makes them feel more supported.” From the beginning, Habana meets with the families to see if they will all be a good fit. Then, depending on the services they want, she will visit with them during pregnancy, help them understand the childbirth process, and see what they envision for their big day. She can offer labour support, birth support, postpartum visits, and many spiritual supports. Overall, Habana wants women and their loved ones to have the most supportive birth in the way they want it. To find out more about what she does, visit www.facebook. com/aspiredmama, e-mail aspired- Doula Maicah Habana is Apired Mama Birth Services, a new service to town supporting mama@gmail.com, or give her a women and their loved ones through pregnancy and childbirth. call at 403-352-5206. PhoTo SubmiTTed