HypnoBirthing® LABOR
ASSISTANTS in New York City
HYPNOBIRTHING® DOULAS, Midwives and
Childbirth Education specialists
Resource for
Moms to ensure a professional birth companion presence at your baby's birth.
Affiliated
with the HypnoBirthing®
Institute, Marie Mongan
Affiliated with DONA, International
 
What's a Doula?
The word doula comes from the Greek word meaning "woman caregiver." The word is
now used to describe a trained labor companion who provides the woman and her
partner continuous emotional support, physical comfort and assistance in
obtaining information before, during and just after childbirth.
Labor support consists of helping a woman develop her own rhythms and rituals,
providing distractions with breathing patterns, comforting touch, varying
positions, use of a birth ball, warm or cold compresses, vocalization,
visualization, relaxation, or whatever is needed to provide comfort.
Every birth is a unique experience and she will work with you to modify and vary
comfort measures as desired and needed.
What's A Midwife?
Know the difference between a midwife and a doula.
A midwife provides prenatal care, delivery of the baby, care of the mother
post-partum and newborn care. The midwife is responsible for the safety of
mother and baby. Some kinds of midwives also provide family planning, annual
exams, and other kinds of well-woman gynecology.
Certified doulas do not provide any kind of medical care. For instance, they
would not listen to the baby's heart beat or do a vaginal exam or deliver the
baby. However, a doula is instrumental in providing emotional and physical
support for the laboring woman and her family (husband) and/or post-partum care
of the mother and baby. Doula care has been shown to improve outcomes for both
moms and babies shown through many studies.
A doula can specialize in just birth, or birth + post-partum (after the baby
arrival) care of mother and baby. A birth doula stays with you throughout your
labor, no matter how many hours it lasts, and leaves after the baby arrives.
Many doulas know massage techniques, or belly casting (making a cast of your
full belly for decoration at home), or know to prepare your placenta after
delivery to take as pills to eliminate post-partum symptoms, or prenatal yoga
they can show you, HypnoBirthing relaxations, lactation consulting, photography
or videography of birthing or after birth, etc. Call up a couple of them to find
the one who is available and again, who 'clicks' with you: she will be your
hand-maiden in your birth room, and will keep you and your husband comfortable.
The post-partum doulas can stay with you (a new mom) longer, or come after
the baby arrives, for a few hours a day, to clean up, take care of you, teach
you to breastfeed the baby, and how to take care of the baby, some will shop and
cook for you.
If you choose to want to find a post-partum doula who takes care of you after
the birth, please connect with her in advance as well. Doulas' experience is
reflected in amount of births she attended and the price she charges.
How to Hire a Doula?
A doula can greatly enhance your experience of childbirth and the
postpartum months. Your birth doula will be at your side along with your care
provider and partner, as part of your team for continuous support during labor
and birth. Or maybe you’d like a postpartum doula to help you through the
transition into parenthood and family. Either way, finding a good fit for you
and your family is critical.
A doula’s education, training, experience and credentials are important. When
doulas have DONA International certification, you know that they have had the
best education and training available. You can also be assured that they have a
strong sense of professionalism and integrity.
You will also want to consider whether you and your partner feel comfortable
with an individual doula. You will need to feel that this doula is supportive of
your hopes and expectations about labor, childbirth and parenting, in addition
to having a strong professional background and credentials. That is why we
recommend the following four-step hiring process when hiring a birth or
postpartum doula.
Questions to Ask a Doula
The following questions will help you decide if a particular doula is right for
you.
What training have you had? (If a doula is certified, you might consider
checking with the organization.)
Do you have one or more backup doulas for times when you are not available? May
we meet her/them?
What is your fee, what does it include and what are your refund policies?
When interviewing a birth doula
When interviewing a postpartum doula
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Tell me about your experience as a postpartum doula.
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What is your philosophy about parenting and supporting women and
their families during postpartum?
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May we meet to discuss our postpartum needs and the role you will
play in supporting us in the postpartum period?
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May we call you with postpartum questions or concerns before the
birth?
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When do your services begin after birth?
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What are the services you provide and what they limit to?
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What is your experience in breastfeeding support?
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Have you had a criminal background check, a recent TB test and
current CPR certification?
HYPNOBIRTHING®
DOULAS IN NEW YORK
Current Listing 2011
HypnoBirthing Doulas Trained with Morrin Bass
NYC Doulas with their specialties
Maiysha Campbell CD (DONA)
maiysha.campbell@gmail.com 917.771.2847
www.maidoula.com
Aurore Ernest-Jones
Aurore@birthingpartner.com 347-255-1700
Ellen Farhi villagevox@aol.com (347) 628-2108 399
Jodi Winemiller jodi.winemiller@yale.edu (619) 251-9202
Mary L Fiske fiskedobell@earthlink.net (718) 855-1650
Barbara Du Pont hudsondoulapartners@gmail.com (914) 715-8230
Elizabeth Casasnovas-Calderon elizabethny@hotmail.com (347) 400-8094
Chanie Mandel doulachanie@gmail.com (917) 853-0624 3384
Anna Myers nurturedchild@gmail.com (917) 340-0776
Erin Graham
eringraham25@yahoo.com (917) 576-4284
Johanna D'Aleo,
calmdoula@live.com 845 901 7431 HypnoBirthing®
Doula, Belly Casting
Brittany Lamia
brittanylamiabirth@gmail.com 917-287-9494, counselor
Nina Shield,
nina.shield@gmail.com
Gillian Foreman
gillian@uptownbirth.com 214-208-5535, doula and childbirth educator
Manya Williams
monkeybarz@gmail.com 917-756-6830
Patricia Thomas
patricia@inaraspassage.com 917-447-3447
Julie Cardonick Rosen
Julie.rosen@verizon.net 201-923-2412, lactation consultant
Erica Shane, www.ericashane.weebly.com,
Prenatal Massage
Barbara Holmes
myvision5@optonline.net 646-431-0209, lactation consultant, nutrition
specialist
Giselle Joaquin 718-849-7343
Lauren Kunis 917-617-7905
Meghan Mahar
meghanmahar@gmail.com 347-613-1664Birth and Post-partum doula
Melissa Oliver
yorubadoula@gmail.com 917-515-4867
Orianna Riley
okriley@gmail.com 917-533-4995 on break to have a baby
Paola Giraldo birthinmoondoula@gmail.com, 917-974-7114, health
educator
Stacey Haynes
Littlemoondoula@Gmail.com 917-670-8733
Andrea Gersh
andiegersh@gmail.com 214-641-9141
Lynn Christensen, New Jersey
doulalynn@mac.com 201- 541-5616
Linda Giammarese, Brooklyn 917-561-2193, post-partum
doula and holistic health coach
Silvie Falschlunger , White Plains, NY 914-686-3477
Leah Elimeliah, 347-882-5208, labor and post-partum doula,
homebirth specialization
Carley Aroldi 646-765-0748 counselor, doula
Kristin Giroux 978-270-0867
Wendy Ledesma, wendydoula@gmail.com
646-269-5367 on break to have a baby
Doula Organizations:
DONA International
Find doulas in New York
Fast Finding Your Doula with Birth Focus
http://www.birthfocus.com/
Midwives Resources:
What's a Midwife?
Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) or Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) care for
healthy pregnant women giving birth at home or in a freestanding birth center.
They are independent practitioners providing complete continuity of care for the
childbearing year, including prenatal, labor, birth, postpartum, and newborn
care. They are not doctors. Nurse-midwives have a combination of training in
modern obstetrics and gynecology, midwifery (the traditional birthing practice),
and nursing. Most nurse-midwives in the United States practice within a hospital
system, but some do attend births out of hospital settings. Nurse-midwives
collaborate with physicians and consult on any variations from normal.
Homebirth Practice:
Miriam Schwarzschild, CNM, experienced and recommended
718.369.0769 mirwife@gmail.com
Click Jill Johnson,
to see her website and testimonials. Her philosophy is "Trust the Process".
(814) 572-8956
intothesehands@yahoo.com
Kate Prendergast and Carole Shipman.
Experienced in home birth and water birth.
Equipped with HypnoBirthing and positive mind directing
techniques.
www.njmidwife.com
845-986-0707
Tioma Allison. 917.497.3529 / 347.787.2335
Offering homebirth and comprehensive maternity care all in
your home. Also available for GYN well woman visits. Tioma also has a rich
background in herbs.
Marcy Perlman Tardio, CNM, LM
(718) 788-9131. Cell: (347) 834-4467
marcenu@verizon.net.
Park Slope Midwives
502 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215-4103
(718) 499-3636
Martine Jean-Baptiste CNM
Marcy Perlman Tardio, CNM, LM
Beth Israel, Rochelle Lipshutz, CNM
10 Union Square E., Suite 2B New York, NY 10003
(212)-420-2039
roche560@rcn.com.
Georgia Rose,
St. Luke's Midwifery
(212) 531-2229 or (212) 531-BABY
georgia.rose@verizon.net
Downtown Women Ob Gyn Assocs LLP
568 Broadway, New York, NY 10012-3271
(212) 966-7600
Sandy Woods, CNM (212) 603-4160
NY State:
Full Circle Women's Health, Sleepy Hollow, NY
NY HypnoBirthing Friendly Doctors:
Dr. Allegra Cummings St. Luke's Roosevelt, NY
Dr. Jaques Morritz, St. Luke's Roosevelt, NY
Dr. Paka, St. Luke's Roosevelt, NY
Dr. Karen Kirsch, Mount Sinai, NY
Dr. Howard Kurtz, Mount Sinai, NY
Dr. Deforest, Montefiore, Bronx, NY
Dr. Edmund Kaplan, Lenox Hill, NY
Dr. Laxmi Baxi, Cornell Prespiterian, NY (twins and natural
birth specialist)
Dr. Tani Sanghvi, Lenox Hill, NY
Dr. Douglas Moss, Park Avenue Women Center, Mt. Sinai H.
NJ:
Dr. Robert Martin, Princeton University Medical Ctr.
Dr. Brescia Dr. Migliaccio, Hoboken, NJ (201)
659-7700
HypnoBirthing Friendly Hospitals/Birthing
Centers:
St. Luke's Roosevelt, Manhattan, NY
Beth Israel New York
NY Methodist Hospital Birthing Center, Brooklyn, NY
Mount Sinai, New York
Columbia Presbiterian Hospital, NY
NYU Hospital, NY
Lenox Hill, NY
Cornell Presbiterian, NY
Upstate NY:
Phelps Memorial Hospital, White Plains, NY
NJ:
Princeton University Medical Ctr., Princeton, NJ
Palisades Birthing Center, Edgewater, NJ
Celebrities who had their baby naturally at home:
Jessica Alba had a baby using HYPNOBIRTHING®
"The labor was more like meditation," she says. "I did yoga breathing. I was
focused."
Read more amazing birth stories here at
HypnoBirthing to the Rescue for a Completely Different Experience
Celebrities and Hollywood stars who used HypnoBirthing:
Stephen & Tabitha King
Cindy Crawford
Demi Moore
Pamela Anderson
used HYPNOBIRTHING®
Jade Jagger
Ricki Lake (she also studied to become a doula)
John Travolta
and
Kelly Preston
Lisa Bonet, a
Hollywood
mom and Lenny Kravitz
Sherilyn Fenn
Meryl Streep
Val
Kilmer and Joanne Whaley-Kilmer
Lucy Lawless
Courtesy of Art of Birth and Wellness
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