#51 Navigating Pregnancy & Birth as a Teen

Recorded Saturday, February 13, 2021. Our guest today is Caitlin Calonge (pronounced Ca-LAWN-gee).

Caitlin grew up in Cambridge and Everett, MA. She found out she was pregnant with her first baby the summer after high school, at just 18 years old.

She jokes that she has “literally had almost every job in the world.” Over the years, she’s worked as a waitress, in sales, as a public housing coordinator, a personal trainer, and even started her own business called “The Crunchy Home.” But she really found her passion when she began working as a doula, birth educator, and home birth midwifery assistant after moving to South Florida.

Now back in Massachusetts, Caitlin has put her doula career on hold while pursuing a nursing degree at Bunker Hill Community College, but she’s excited to return to the birth world soon.

She lives on the North Shore with her husband and their three children, ages 13, 11, and 7.