Summer Griffin

Summer Sapphire Griffin, LSW, is a full-spectrum doula and licensed social worker serving families throughout Chicago’s South Side and the South Suburbs. With a professional background in maternal health, she is dedicated to providing compassionate, evidence-based support that empowers families to feel informed, confident, and respected throughout pregnancy, labor, and birth.

Summer has a special passion for supporting families planning physiologic (unmedicated) births. She believes birth is a powerful, transformative experience and is committed to helping clients prepare mentally, emotionally, and physically for labor. Through continuous support, comfort measures, movement and positioning, breathing techniques, advocacy, and evidence-based education, she creates a calm and encouraging environment where families can feel supported every step of the way. While unmedicated birth is her specialty, she wholeheartedly supports all birth preferences and honors each family’s unique journey.

As both a licensed social worker and doula, Summer understands that every family’s needs extend beyond labor. Her experience in maternal health has strengthened her ability to advocate for clients, provide emotional support, and connect families with valuable community resources when needed. Following birth, she provides the required postpartum follow-up visit as part of her birth doula care to help families transition confidently into the early days with their newborn.

Families often describe Summer as calm, compassionate, and dependable. She strives to create a space where clients feel safe, heard, and empowered to make informed decisions while building confidence in their own instincts throughout the birth experience.

Outside of birth work, Summer enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, expressing her creativity through arts and crafts, renovating vintage furniture, and designing beautiful, functional spaces for her home and family. She believes that, whether supporting a birth or transforming an old piece of furniture, creating something with care, intention, and love can have a lasting impact.

Bringing a baby into the world is one of the most powerful experiences you’ll ever have, and I believe you deserve to feel informed, respected, and supported every step of the way. My goal is to create a calm, encouraging space where you can trust your body, make informed decisions, and feel empowered throughout your birth experience. It would be an honor to walk alongside you and your family during this incredible journey.