Novice Doulas
A novice doula has attended up to six births.
The fee for novice doulas is $500.00
* Provider of ‘First Nights’ Overnight Doula Service
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Ruchi (Rachel) Cohen is a mother of two currently
pursuing her DONA-certification. Having spent significant time
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Aisha
Domingue is
pursuing her DONA certification and has studied with Ilana Stein. She is also
currently completing her training as a Certified Holistic Health Counselor
through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Teachers College at Columbia
University.Aisha is a dancer, youth worker, and former domestic violence
counselor who is passionate about community education and self-empowerment. Her
warmth, compassion, endurance, openness and creativity make her a welcome
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Miriam
Filer decided
to pursue her DONA certification after the birth of her first child in 2006.
Using the relaxation techniques she learned in both her doula training as well
as her birthing classes she hopes to help expecting mothers create a nurturing
birthing atmosphere. Miriam feels it is important to have a smooth and
easy transition to parenthood and hopes to help both Mom and partner to do so.
Miriam is a native New Yorker and is currently living with her daughter and
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Kate Leddington, a certified Kripalu and Prenatal Yoga instructor, teaches Prenatal, Baby & Me Yoga and Yoga to children. Having done her doula training with Ilana Stein, she now nears completion of her DONA certification. It is her belief that women become empowered when they feel safe and secure in their bodies, finding their voice for expression in all facets of life. Love and support is key to this process, and this is what Kate most looks forward to providing as a doula. A graduate of Oberlin College with a Dance minor and Law and Society major, Kate also lived in Brazil for two year where she studied and taught dance. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese. |
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Nicole Longchamp is a NYS Licensed Massage Therapist practicing off and on for the past eight years. Her travels through the US, Europe and the Caribbean for work and pleasure have led her to visit the Bibliotec Alexandria in Egypt along with some gigantic triangles and a river. With the resurgence of women supporting women during labor in our society Nicole feels she has found a new avenue to help people, particularly birthing women. By making it easier on birthing mothers and helping with our future generations, Nicole can fulfill her goal or returning to our origins. Her enthusiasm, strength and discipline make her a doula anyone would value at their birth. |
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Janice Muscio,
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Kat MacMillan
was inspired to become a doula after the transformative
experience of birthing her son in a small pueblo in |
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Jordana
Phokompe decided to become a doula after having
the positive experience of giving birth to her daughter at home
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Danika Severino works in the sexual and reproductive health field and has been amazed by pregnancy, child birth and babies since she was a small child. She has worked as a child care provider since the age of 14 and started changing diapers at age 7 (the joys of having a large extended family)By providing a steadfast presence by the side of a laboring mother, Danika offers the kind of emotional support and compassion that empowers women on their journey into motherhood |
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Joanna Winograd is pursuing her DONA certification and has studied with Ilana Stein for her training. After attending her best friend's beautiful birth, Joanna knew she had found her place. Through her nine years of working with and training parents of children with special needs, Joanna possesses a special ability to support and nurture families. With kindness and compassion she respects her client’s perceptions and ideas first and foremost. |
Qualified Doulas
A qualified doula has attended up to fifteen births.
The fee for qualified doulas is $1000.00
* Provider of ‘First Nights’ Overnight Doula Service
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Siddiqa A-Rahman, the married mother of six children, lives in
Brooklyn where she owns and operates a small business. She has attended
the births of four of her five grandchildren, truly embodying the “mothering the
mother” spirit of doula work. Siddiqa is a Healing Hands energy work
practitioner, has a BA in psychology and has attended the DONA doula training
workshop and the Hypnosis for Birth Intensive. From her experience,
Siddiqa has confirmed her belief that every birth is unique and special |
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Kristin DiMento is a DONA trained birth doula and a CAPPA trained postpartum doula. After many years in the New York restaurant scene, she made the jump to childcare and fell in love with it! Now, as Kristin moves into the fulfilling world of working with mothers through birth, she fully realizes that 'mothering the mother' is her obvious calling. Kristin's goal is to approach each mother and family with openness, and support. It is their birth and their choice, and she feels lucky to be a part of each one! |
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Annette Fobbs is a DONA trained doula and Lamaze certified childbirth educator. A native New Yorker and eleven-year veteran of the Marine Corps, Annette is the mother of a beautiful daughter born in 2001. Through her experiences in the Marines she learned that every woman has the ability to discover and channel her own inner power and the right to control her own body and destiny. Annette is dedicated to providing continuous support to the laboring mother and her family. She is trained in pre- and post-natal fitness using the birth ball. |
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Rebekah Schrecengost is a DONA trained doula. She has spent the better part of her life caring for and nurturing friends and loved ones through some of the most challenging aspects of their lives. Her greatest joy in life so far was giving birth to her son. Rebekah is looking forward to nurturing couples through what she considers the most beautiful and blessed event in a persons life. Rebekah is an ordained minister and has a certificate in Pastoral Care. |
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Chloe Tartaglia is a DONA trained birth doula with years of experience in yoga and meditation instruction and Hospice care. Having studied religion and philosophy as an undergraduate, including one year in India, Chloe is particularly sensitive and supportive of the diverse belief systems that people hold around birthing and family. Chloe uses an open-minded, spontaneous and comforting approach, assisting with breath work, visualization and relaxation techniques to help mom and partner prepare for labor and delivery. Chloe is currently in her year-off between premedical studies and medical school and plans on carrying the heart of the doula approach with her into the field of medicine. |
A seasoned doula is certified and has attended more than fifteen births.The fee for
seasoned doulas is $1,500.00
* Provider of ‘First Nights’ Overnight Doula Service
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Eden
Bertrang is a DONA-trained doula who attended her first birth by
accident! While she was having tea in a dung hut in Kenya, her hostess
went into labor and invited her to stay for the delivery. This experience
inspired her to become a birth doula. Eden feels blessed to have been
involved in the transformative experience of labor and birth and looks forward
to offering support to laboring women and their partners in the New York City
area. Her compassion and insight create a safe environment for women and
their partners during this intimate experience |
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Elizabeth Mangum,
LMSW, CD(DONA) has been working as a labor support doula since 2004.
She is also a social worker and has a private practice in which she
provides individual and family therapy related to issues of pregnancy
and birth, as well as providing services for adolescents. She has
worked for 10 years as a social worker in the NYC foster care system;
through connections she made with many of the teen moms, with whom she
worked, she developed an interest in becoming a doula. As a doula, she
hopes to empower mothers of all ages to use their voices to create the
birth they desire! Her warmth, calm demeanor, and sense of humor
will also add to the birth experience |
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*Jami Nelson CD (DONA), the mother of four children, has given birth once by Cesarean section and three subsequent times un-medicated with midwives. Jami breastfed her children and advocates for nursing mothers. In the education field for eighteen years and now pursuing her dream of being a doula, Jami believes it is every woman's right to have a safe and nurturing birth experience. Jami provides postpartum doula care and is a member of the Metropolitan Doula Group. |
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Brooke Nesset is originally from Minnesota and has been in NYC for the last ten years during which time she has studied at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU and the Ohashi Institute which she has graduated from as a Certified Ohashiatsu Consultant. Brooke has spent many hours babysitting, teaching dance to children and working as a family assistant. She has completed her DONA training and certification. |
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Anne Marie Polak, a former EMT and Physician’s Assistant student, is the mother of six breastfed children and the grandmother of one. A certified doula, childbirth educator, Lamaze Breastfeeding Support Specialist and Reiki Level I and II practitioner, Anne Marie has training from Calm Birth, Birthing From Within and Hypnobirthing childbirth methods as well as DONA International doula and postpartum care instruction. She enjoys crafting beautiful, keepsake, pregnant Belly masks for women. Ann Marie’s calm reassuring presence has afforded many women comfort during vulnerable times. She is an original member of The Metropolitan Doula Group - passionately serving birthing families since 1998. |
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Esdras Santana
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*Susan Tapley, CD (DONA), LCCE - Mother of three, Susan has been providing warm and compassionate labor support since 1998. Susan states: “I am your guide, your emotional rudder, I will help you achieve YOUR birth plan. I believe in the miracle of birth! I will bring two helping hands and a warm heart to the birth, along with every trick in the book to help you have a safe, comfortable and memorable experience. I will support you in whatever YOU want for this birth!” Susan, a Certified Lamaze Childbirth Educator, Member of the Metropolitan Doula Group, and Lamaze trained Breastfeeding Specialist, was recently featured online at www.nyc-plus.com. |
