Susan Barrett Finazzo is a trauma-informed childbirth educator, virtual doula, faith-based counselor, and founder of My Baby Lady, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to rewriting the birth story for America’s parents — one Zoom room, one conversation, one prepared family at a time.

For more than a decade, Susan has supported parents through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum with a calm presence, compassionate teaching style, and the kind of practical wisdom that only comes from witnessing birth in all its beauty and all its brutality. Her work was born out of her own deeply traumatic birth experiences — including delivering a 13-lb baby — and the moment she realized she was called to become the educator she never had.

Today, she blends evidence-based education, trauma-informed advocacy, and spiritual grounding to help parents enter birth with confidence instead of fear. She’s the creator of Ready, Set, Baby! — a free community presentation and a signature 3-part childbirth education masterclass — and the facilitator of Parent Wellness Circles, supporting emotional, mental, spiritual, and relational wellness for parents and caregivers.

Susan also provides faith-based counseling through Compassion Christian Counseling, where she specializes in supporting single mothers, blended families, parents navigating trauma, and couples adjusting to life with a new baby. She is known for her warmth, humor, ability to hold sacred space, and her gift for helping people feel seen — often within minutes.

Her nonprofit, My Baby Lady, is expanding into a national model of virtual support with the upcoming release of two books:

• Book 1: My Baby Lady: Rewriting the Birth Story for America’s Parents — Exposing the Most Dangerous Place to Give Birth. A powerful mix of memoir, birth stories, data, and a call to action to fix the U.S. maternal health crisis.
• Book 2: The Rise of the Virtual Doula — A Guide to Compassionate Virtual Doula Support.

Based on her 12-week certification curriculum, designed to train doulas nationwide in evidence-based, trauma-informed virtual care.

As a speaker and podcast guest, Susan brings storytelling, heart, lived experience, and straight-to-the-point education. She talks openly about birth trauma, maternal mental health, faith and healing, breaking generational cycles, and how we can radically change outcomes with better communication, preparation, and support.

Her mission is simple:

Help parents feel prepared, supported, and empowered — and build a world where birth trauma is the exception, not the expectation.

Susan lives in Florida with her husband, Paul, their pets, Scotch, Bailey, Annie and Buddy.