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Your birth experience will stay with you forever.
Your birth experience will stay with you forever.
Your birth experience will stay with you forever.
Become the boss of your own birth to help make it a positive one. Empower yourself by being informed about every decision regarding your body and your baby.
Evidence shows that when doula is part of your team, labors are shorter with fewer complications, less pain, reduced stress and fewer unnecessary interventions, like forceps and C-sec
Become the boss of your own birth to help make it a positive one. Empower yourself by being informed about every decision regarding your body and your baby.
Evidence shows that when doula is part of your team, labors are shorter with fewer complications, less pain, reduced stress and fewer unnecessary interventions, like forceps and C-sections. Babies are born healthier and breastfeed more easily. The transition that comes with the arrival of a baby and the birth of a mother is made easier and the risk of postpartum depression is reduced. I can help you get there with knowledge, support and confidence.
A doula was integral to my two pregnancies and births. The power and inspiration of those experiences led me to make a major career shift, after 25 years in design, to supporting pregnant people and families like you.
WHAT IS VIRTUAL DOULA SUPPORT?
Your birth experience will stay with you forever.
Your birth experience will stay with you forever.
When one thinks of the benefits of hiring a doula, images of a support person beside a laboring parent may come to mind. But the beauty of doula care is that it exists to do more than help to physically bring your baby into the world. The care that a parent receives during the entire perinatal period is just as important as the medical ou
When one thinks of the benefits of hiring a doula, images of a support person beside a laboring parent may come to mind. But the beauty of doula care is that it exists to do more than help to physically bring your baby into the world. The care that a parent receives during the entire perinatal period is just as important as the medical outcome of birth. A virtual doula is a compassionate, constant presence during pregnancy, labor, birth and the postpartum period, providing guidance, resources and emotional support that are a text, call, or video chat away, whenever you need it. A virtual doula will point you to reliable sources of information, share tips and tools, impart clarity during moments of decision making and provide a wealth of unbiased, evidence-based knowledge so that you and your partner can make your own decisions with confidence.
You are designed to give birth.
Your birth experience will stay with you forever.
You are designed to give birth.
While childbirth is challenging and complications can occur, your body is designed to give birth. I will help you understand your anatomy, physiology and the strength of the mind-body connection in a way that is easy to understand. We will envision and create a safe emotional and physical environment that allows your body to do its thi
While childbirth is challenging and complications can occur, your body is designed to give birth. I will help you understand your anatomy, physiology and the strength of the mind-body connection in a way that is easy to understand. We will envision and create a safe emotional and physical environment that allows your body to do its thing. If a laboring mother does not have a sense of privacy, safety and dignity, her fight or flight hormones will kick in interfering with the process of labor, thus inviting unnecessary intervention. Knowledge is power, especially in birth.
THINK OF ME AS YOUR DOULA CONCIERGE.
THINK OF ME AS YOUR DOULA CONCIERGE.
THINK OF ME AS YOUR DOULA CONCIERGE.
You are busy. It is time consuming and can be overwhelming to wade through perinatal information - books, websites, class listings. I will streamline resources for you. I will provide unbiased evidence based data, answers to your questions and resources that will be most relevant to you and your birth partner before, during and after
You are busy. It is time consuming and can be overwhelming to wade through perinatal information - books, websites, class listings. I will streamline resources for you. I will provide unbiased evidence based data, answers to your questions and resources that will be most relevant to you and your birth partner before, during and after the arrival of your baby.
Not sure if you and your care provider are a good match? Let’s talk about why or why not. Have no idea which classes to take? I can provide options that work with your schedule and budget. Wondering what you can do to prepare your body for labor and birth? I can provide information tailored to your learning style. Want to learn and practice coping techniques for labor? We can do that over Zoom. Aren’t sure if you are in early labor? Call me and we can talk it through. Struggling with breastfeeding? We can do a FaceTime consult to assess baby's latch.
In addition, as a virtual doula, I am able to be present for you in whatever way feels right in the moment during your labor, regardless of hospital in-person support restrictions.
MY BACKGROUND AND TRAINING.
THINK OF ME AS YOUR DOULA CONCIERGE.
THINK OF ME AS YOUR DOULA CONCIERGE.
I am DONA (Doulas of North America) trained, an ALPP Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) and educated in Spinning Babies® labor comfort and progress techniques. I am a Professional Member of Evidence Based Birth® and receive frequent continuing education on the best practices in the field. In addition, I was a founding member of the Me
I am DONA (Doulas of North America) trained, an ALPP Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) and educated in Spinning Babies® labor comfort and progress techniques. I am a Professional Member of Evidence Based Birth® and receive frequent continuing education on the best practices in the field. In addition, I was a founding member of the Metro Doula Group COVID Response Team, providing PPE kits to birthing people and communities in need in New York City.
Prior to founding Doula x Design, I was a Founder, Managing Principal and Architect at SHoP, an internationally renowned architecture firm based in NYC, for over 20 years. I serve on the Advisory Board of Madame Architect, an online magazine celebrating the extraordinary women that shape our world, and was appointed the William Henry Bishop Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at Yale University for the 2023-2024 academic year. My students are focused on the intersection of birth and design and are tasked with designing a birth center. I have participated in architectural juries at several universities including Columbia, Cornell, Yale and the Art Institute of Chicago and University of Maine. I am a licensed architect in the State of New York, with licensure pending in the State of Maine.
Beyond my passion for birth and design, I enjoy my lifelong engagement in ballet and photography. I am a mother of two teenage daughters and divide my time between Manhattan and Maine.