New York Doulas and CEs

ANGIE CLARKE

646-805-8474
angie@angiedoesfeet.com
NEW YORK
10003
Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 2004.
Has attended 11-20 births.
I have assisted at home-; water-; hypno- and hospital births. I am a reflexologist & use pressure points, massage, imagery and other coping techniques.. For me it is about connect with you, anticipating your needs and providing for them. It is an honor for me to assist at each birth.

AMY BROWN

BirthZone Childbirth Services 212-691-5577
birthzone@hotmail.com
NEW YORK
10011
Certified Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 1995.
Has attended more than 50+ births.
Amy Brown is a birth coach and holistic health practitioner who works with you to determine what you want during your pregnancy and how to get it. Birth Zone provides services to meet specific needs including labor and post partum doulas, private childbirth classes, and nutrition, individual and couples counseling.

CHERYL ERPS

914-450-6662
MONSEY
10952 Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 1997.
Has attended more than 50 births.

CHANA B. FRYDMAN

845-354-1250
barnaclemom@gmail.com
Spring Valley
10977
Certified Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 1998.
Has attended more than 100 births.
Childbirth Educator in Training
Attending women during births for 10 years has made me extremely passionate about my doula work. Especially satisfying are twins and VBACs. Whether birthing at home or hospital there are challenges women face as they birth. I am here to help you. You certainly deserve a doula for your birth!

ANNE-MARIE POLAK

718-784-3252
doulanyc@msn.com
LONG ISLAND CITY
11101
Certified Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 1998.
Has attended more than 50 births.
Childbirth Educator (non-ALACE trained)
Began teaching classes in 2002.
Labor Doula: ALACE certified, DONA trained, the House of LA MATRONA Holistic Doula. Childbirth Educator: Lamaze, Birthing From Within, HypnoBirthing. VBAC support, Lamaze breastfeeding support specialist. Postpartum doula. Bellymasks. Reiki. Serving the New York Metropolitan area (including Nassau County). Mother of 6 breastfed children!

PAULA ROJAS

347-661-2443
paula@fanmsabia.com
BROOKLYN
11211
Certified Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 2000.
Has attended 6-10 births.
I am available to volunteer to attend births.
Following the legacy of traditional birthing practices Fanm Sabia nurtures Fanm Sabia nurtures women’s intrinsic wisdom and power. We accompany you and your family through the physical, emotional, and spiritual journey leading to birth and early parenting. Prenatal fitness, multiples, non-traditional families, home birthing centers and hospital births. I speak Spanish, French, Portuguese and English.

CHANTAL PAZ-TRAUB

917-202-8053
chantaldoula@gmail.com
BROOKLYN
11218
Certified Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 2003.
Has attended more than 50 births.
Childbirth Educator (non-ALACE trained)
Began teaching classes in 2004.
Chantal is a prenatal yoga teacher; childbirth educator; massage therapist and teaches group and private classes in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Chantal provides continuous emotional support and pain management including massage, guided breathing, relaxation, eye contact and visualization; using instinct and heart to enable you to have a positive birth experience.

ILANA STEIN

birthfocus@aol.com
FRESH MEADOWS
11365
Certified Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 1995.
Has attended more than 50 births.
The coordinator of the volunteer doula program at the Elizabeth Seton Childbearing Center, and the Director of the Metropolitan Doula Group, a continuing education forum for labor support professionals, Ilana is also a regular guest lecturer at New York University.

KELLY ANN FLYNN

516-432-5231
green0517@aol.com
LONG BEACH
11561
Certified Labor Assistant
Certified Lactation Counselor
Began attending births in 2001.
Has attended more than 50 births.
I am available to volunteer to attend births.
Childbirth Educator in Training
I specialize in pre/post-natal massage and instruct couples in massage techniques. This offers the opportunity to work with the birthing couple from their twelfth week. I teach massage and positioning that will ease some discomfort during pregnancy. I help to reinforce the importance of the partner’s involvement.

JENNIFER CARDINALE

646-533-3703
inadoulascare@aol.com
SEAFORD
11783
Certified Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 2001.
Has attended more than 50 births.
I am available to volunteer to attend births.
Childbirth Educator in Training
I am a licensed Massage Therapist, postpartum and labor support doula. I also am a homebirth assistant to a group of midwives on Long Island.

ANNE MARIE JOHNSON

518-863-6104
NORTHVILLE
12134
Certified Labor Assistant
Childbirth Educator in Training

CATHERINE PRESCOTT

518-377-1454
yogawithcathy@nycap.rr.com
NISKAYUNA
12309
Childbirth Educator in Training
Prenatal yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga, Itsy Bitsy Yoga ®, Yoga-based childbirth prep classes, inspired by HypnoBirthing®, and Happiest Baby On the Block ® parenting classes. Info: www.yogawithcathy.com

AMANDA STANLEY

845-564-7074
NEWBURGH
12550
Labor Assistant
Childbirth Educator in Training

JENNIFER RUSH

845-473-5844
jenndoulany@aol.com
POUGHKEEPSIE
12601
Labor Assistant (non-ALACE trained)
Began attending births in 1993.
Has attended more than 50 births.
Fully Certified Childbirth Educator
Began teaching classes in 2000.
I feel my approach is unique because I use my intuition along with my education. Spotting uncomfortableness in a client and questioning them, getting things out in the open and resolving the problem has become what I am known for.

SHARON BERGER

607-592-4649
sa.berger@frontiernet.net
WILLSEYVILLE
13864
Labor Assistant (non-ALACE trained)
Began attending births in 2003.
Has attended 21-50 births.
I am available to volunteer to attend births.
Provisionally Certified Childbirth Educator
Began teaching classes in 2005.
Serving women in the Ithaca area who plan to birth in the hospital or at home.

KATHY ZABLISKI

585-732-5389
kathycce@verizon.net
LYONS
14489
Fully Certified Childbirth Educator
Began teaching classes in 2000.
I currently teach OB education classes at Highland Hospital in Rochester, NY. You may contact me for more information on Highland’s Family classes and my teaching schedule.

LENNESSA TRENT

607-539-9937
trentre@excite.com
BROOKTONDALE
14817
Labor Assistant
Began attending births in 2003.
Has attended 6-10 births.
I am available to volunteer to attend births.
I am interested in working with all women, and am especially inspired by VBACs and moms who desire a natural or home birth. My approach will reflect security in nature and the “primal mother” within. As a prenatal yoga instructor, I can bring body-mind balance to the birth.