PostPartum Doulas

POSTPARTUM DOULAS

Diana Antonellli
212-226-1254
917-841-0876

She helped us with basics: how to do his nails, bath, how to use a sling, nurse in public. She did the laundry and cooked (she is an amazing cook!). She feels like an aunt you always wanted- so reassuring. She is good with breastfeeding too. We used her as often as we needed her.
-Gretchen

Birth Day Presence
Jada Shapiro and Terry Richmond
www.birthdaypresence.net
Tel: 917.751.6579
doulas@birthdaypresence.net
Birth Day Presence provides birth and postpartum doula services, childbirth education classes, and professional birth photography to expectant parents. They offer a wide variety of price ranges.

Megan Davidson, PhD
http://brooklyn-doula.com
http://BrooklynDoula.vox.com
brooklyndoula@gmail.com
917-627-6727
Professionally Trained Labor & Postpartum Doula, Breastfeeding, Babywearing & Cloth Diapering Education & Support
Megan Davidson is a professionally trained labor and postpartum doula and the mother of two young boys in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Megan offers non-judgmental support for pregnant moms and their families from prenatal education and birth preparation, through labor, and during the postpartum period. As a labor doula, Megan provides physical and emotional support, research and information, and a platform for decision making, supporting pregnant women through labor and delivery with kindness and respect. Postpartum, Megan offers newborn mentoring and assistance to help families transition and enjoy their new baby. Services can include basics in newborn care, techniques for soothing a cranky or overtired newborn, babywearing or cloth diapering assistance, and holding your baby while you nap, eat, shower, enjoy time with older children or your partner, or attend appointments. Megan can also help with light cleaning and laundry, cooking, errands, appointments, sibling care, and resources and referrals for additional help. Services are always flexible tailored to the specific needs of individual clients.
Babywearing and cloth diapering in-home consults are also available for parents interested in learning more about either. Megan can help you with the carrier or diapers you already have and also has a large variety of carriers and diapers for you to try on/look at to help you find something that is right for you and your child. Assistance developing and infant hygiene/potty practice is also available.

“I owe a huge thanks to my miracle worker doula, Megan Davidson! Megan’s presence was a huge help at my homebirth. My baby was more than 9 pounds and I did not even tear. I felt great after birth and had tons of energy. The contractions were more painful than I expected. I couldn’t find a single position that was comfortable  but Megan used her scarf in the rebozo technique to pull my belly up, which helped immensely. I had been trying to breathe through them on my own but when Megan arrived she got me to do low moaning and it seemed to really help. Having her there made a huge difference. She was awesome and helped make it possible for me to have a homebirth. What a difference! It was wonderful and I feel blessed.”  -- Lucy (March 2008)

"We hired Megan first as a labor doula and then continued her services for the first 3 weeks postpartum. She was amazing and helped us so much through the whole process. Megan labored with me and helped me find ways to manage the pain by moving around and talking with me. I felt really secure having her there, even when the hospital staff started to make me very nervous. Megan was a calm presence. She stayed with us after our son was born to help with nursing and when things were not going well she returned to the hospital the following day. We saw her several times for the first 3 weeks of our sons life and she helped us get him onto breast milk exclusively after supplementing in the hospital. She also helped us find ways to calm him, taught us to bathe him in a way that did not make him scream, and showed  us how to use the carriers we were given. When I got mastitis, Megan talked with me everyday and visited several times until I was better and breastfeeding was going smoothly again. I owe a huge thanks to her and highly recommend her!"
--V. (April 2008)

 

Family Doula Services
Angela Ferin, CD(DONA) PCD(DONA)
www.familydoula.com
246 FIFTH AVENUE NUMBER 4R
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11215
Tel: 917.535.4424
familydoulaservices@yahoo.com
Postpartum doulas, labor support doulas, childbirth education classes.

Natashia Fuksman
doulatash@yahoo.com
917-617-2771

Andria Klarer
646-489-2429

If you need a few weeks (or in my case months) of help after the baby is born, Andria is a post partum doula we hired right after my second child was born seven months ago. She helped take care of my newborn, my 18 month old, and me.. and when all of us were asleep she did the dishes and folded the laundry (she cooks too)! She is calm and gentle and brought peace while we adjusted to being a family of four. She has 16 years of experience with babies. In addition to caring for newborns, she is also a yoga instructor. Andria still takes care of us, but only a few hours a week. If you are expecting, she is a wonder to have in the weeks (months) after delivery.
-Alexandra

Cori Pleune (nee Sisenwein)
http://dosdoulas.com/
cori@dosdoulas.com 
917-554-8442
Co-founder of Dos Doulas. Cori Pleune (née Sisenwein) is a DONA Certified Birth Doula, certified Lamaze Childbirth Educator, and trained Postpartum Doula. She is certified with the American Red Cross in adult/child/infant CPR, and has completed workshops to help women breastfeed successfully. Cori attended her first birth in 1996 and has been hooked ever since.