Dedicated to the art of motherhood, DOULA IN THE CITY is the inclusive pregnancy, birthing and postpartum experience aiming to further enrich women’s lives. With mindful care and boundless guidance, we protect the sacredness of new life while protecting the honorable journey of the one who delivers the precious gift of children – Mothers.  

As Doula in the City, 

Founder and DONA Certified doula, Alexis Grantham is an unmatched resource for cementing peace of mind for women during all aspects of the motherhood journey.

 Services focus keenly on helping clients identify, develop, and unapologetically own the terms of pregnancy at every stage.  

For those she proudly serves, Alexis aims to inspire timeless and guilt-free declarations of motherhood — the core of Doula in The City’s practice. Through Alexis’ delivery of comprehensive birthing care, her clients receive a seasoned clinician and birth partner who has overcome seemingly defeating moments. Despite her own path of life threatening pregnancies, loss, and even illness, Alexis continues to defy the odds through embrace of the constant in change. Holding one mother’s hand at a time through the unknowns, concerns, and  victories of mothering,  Alexis leads DITC as an intuitive agency that empowers one’s choices — not only when called to bring new life into the world, but over the course of one's entire life experience. 

Called upon in the honorable role of doula, Alexis presently masters the delicate balance of extending room and grace to her clients, reminding all to never sacrifice birthing and pregnancy desires in the face of external pressures. In challenging the status quo for the sake of mother’s voices, Alexis brings light to maternal rights and aims to secure pathways of protection during transition into the world that is mothering. 

DITC is an adept source of knowledge, helping women to become acquainted with things unforeseen and in managing life beyond the third trimester. Founder, Alexis Grantham is a natural and studied specialist in building strategically protective layers of comfort around the uncomfortable spaces in motherhood. Alexis merges tradition with unconventional methodology, bringing familiarity to interventions, dispelling misconceptions, ridding shame, and propelling fellow mothers into stillness through the birthing experience. 

When a fellow woman sees limits within her own pregnancy or motherhood, DITC delivers rare expertise in maternal advocacy that welcomes life altering breakthroughs to eradicate boundaries and create greater pathways of freedom in pregnancy and postpartum. DITC celebrates self validation and authority without hesitation. 

DITC is a Detroit-based doula service extending global maternal education that welcomes all expecting mothers and their partners despite economic status. To have a doula is not a luxury. It is a gift that all mothers deserve.