NYC Birth Village Educators
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Ildi
Ildi is a mother, a wife, a daughter, an educator, and dedicated labor support person who believes everyone deserves support during the perinatal phase of their lives. Since 2013, she has dedicated herself to supporting others through knowledge, care and compassion. As a birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator, she support individuals and families throughout pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum.
Ildi believes that everyone should receive evidence-based, unbiased information to be able to self-advocate and choose the care they desire for the best possible perinatal experience. She makes sure that your questions are answered, your concerns are alleviated and your pregnancy and birth are treasured for the rest of your life.
Having lived and worked in four different countries around the world, and with fluency in three languages, she has a unique appreciation of cultural, linguistic and spiritual nuances. Now, she currently lives in Mamaroneck, NY with her husband and two daughters. She loves hiking, cooking and skiing!
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Sophia
Sophia is a mom of 2 boys, birth and postpartum doula, and lactation counselor. She is a bilingual Spanish speaker and proudly serves clients in Spanish.
Sophia believes that every family deserves to have a fulfilling birth experience that they can cherish forever. She has become an enthusiastic advocate for families to make informed choices through the provision of evidence-based information. She believes that this is the foundation for families to be able to feel good about their birth choices.
Realizing that there is an enormous gap in care during the early postpartum period, She has become especially passionate about supporting and nurturing families during their transition to parenthood or as their family grows. She loves encouraging new parents to follow their instincts as they get to know their new baby.
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Alaska
Alaska is a Birthing Advocacy Certified Childbirth Educator, Certified Lactation Counselor, Hypnobirthing and Carriage House Certified birth doula and homebirth midwife birth assistant (Neonatal Resuscitation Program / CPR Certified). She supports all family styles, birth environments, and sensation management preferences. She brings a unique ability to connect with and support parents using a balance of humor and ritual.
As a doula, Alaska believes in the innate ability each individual has to give birth powerfully, uniquely, in a safe and supported space and on one’s own terms. Coming to birth-work with an awe for what she believes is a powerfully transformative liminal threshold, she seeks to help create supported and empowering birth experiences. She has experience with high risk, induction, VBAC/HBAC and home birth. Alaska identifies as a queer woman, and is LGBTQIA+ friendly, as well as Trans/ENBY support trained.
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Sam
Sam was called to birth work after years in the mental health health field working with children and families. Doula work combined her passions for supporting the well-being of people in her community, combating systemic injustices, and centering mindful family care.
Sam’s role in the birth and postpartum space is to provide emotional, spiritual, physical, and informational support to families. She makes every effort to encourage clients’ educated decision-making, reassure them throughout the perinatal experience, as well as help them advocate for their birthing choices both in and out of the delivery room. Through a mindful combination of evidence-based techniques, effective comfort measures, and cultural practices, she fosters a positive birth and postpartum environment for the birthing person and their entire family.
In addition to birth and postpartum work, in her free time she also enjoys practicing yoga, creating art, cooking delicious foods, and spending time in nature.
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Jaye
Jaye attended her first birth while in college and fell under the birth-spell of life-affirming transformation that is the gift of the work of labor, delivery and the childbearing year. She has learned from her own reproductive journey much of what she shares as a Perinatal Health Educator. She lives in South Slope, Brooklyn with her husband Spike. She has received education and training in The Manhattan Birth Masters Program where she has trained as an Advanced Holistic, Hospital and Postpartum Doula with The Matrona and as an Integrated Lactation and Feeding Specialist. Additionally, Jaye is a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor with certifications in CPR, and NRP. Jaye particularly loves the wonder weeks of the 4th trimester, supporting, negotiating and reinforcing with confidence, the overnights and first weeks of newborn care in the ever changing landscape of growing outside of the womb and into your lives as newborn parents.