Debbie Aglietti, CD, PCD (DONA)
   Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, NYC, & Fairfield CT
   914-736-7700
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   www.northeastdoulas.com

Debbie Aglietti, owner of Northeast Doulas, has been a DONA certified Birth and Postpartum Doula since 2002. Prior to her doula training and certification, Debbie provided childcare to three families for six years before she began the rewarding experience of parenting her two boys full time. Returning to the business world, Debbie spent three years as a Corporate Health and Wellness Program Manager, which furthered her love of working with people and utilized her organizational skills. Yearning to work with children again, she ventured into the childbirth field in order to pass along her experience and knowledge to new families. Debbie now lives with her husband and two boys in Mahopac, NY.

    Katherine Anderson, CCE, CD (DONA)
    914-693-7506 
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Katherine Anderson, Childbirth Educator and Labor Support Doula, is a Northern California native residing in Dobbs Ferry with her husband Calvin and their two children Rebecca and Gabriel. The birth of her daughter was a defining moment for Katherine. "I knew at that instant that I wanted to be with and help guide expectant women in the amazing journey of pregnancy, labor, and birth. I believe that when women are allowed to trust in the innate wisdom of their bodies, giving birth can be an experience that is both empowering and life changing." Katherine's philosophies and beliefs about pregnancy and birth are inspired by the works of Sheila Kitzinger, Dr. Michel Odent, Ina May Gaskin, Gayle Peterson, and by the many wise women she has trained with through the International Childbirth Education Association. In addition to her work as a childbirth educator and doula, she is a violist with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

   Julietta Appleton MPA,CCE,CHT
   (Spanish/English)

   914-241-0910
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   www.juliettaappleton.com

Julietta Appleton is a certified hypnotherapist, birth doula and writer with a Masters degree in health administration and nearly thirty years of experience in the field of women's health. As a childbirth educator, Julietta was one of the founding members of Westchester-Putnam Childbirth Education Association and is the founder and former director of Westchester County's first freestanding birth center — The Birth Cottage. She also helped establish and operate two postpartum doula services in Westchester (the MOM Service and Beyond Birth), and trained doulas nationally for Maternity Center Association.

Julietta's writing credits include the book Clothing Optional, Journey to Parenthood (a publication of The Maternity Center Association), regular columns in The Lewisboro Ledger, The Bedford Record Review, feature articles in The Westchester County Times and The Fairfield County Times, and other women's health and maternal-infant health publications.

Julietta currently has a woman-centered hypnosis practice in Mount Kisco, NY, focusing on women's health-related issues such as empowered childbirth, stress and anxiety reduction, libido enhancement, pain management, relief from irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia, improving sports performance, smoking cessation, and weight loss.

   Jennifer Dembo, CCE, Labor Support Dula
   Hand-in-Hand Childbirth Services
   914-261-7417
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Jen's calling to the world of childbirth was inspired by the life-altering births of her two daughters, and the overwhelming support she received from her midwives, childbirth educator and doulas during her pregnancies, deliveries and beyond. Upon realizing she could no longer suppress her desire to support other women during their childbearing years, she left her graphic design business and received her childbirth education and labor support training through the Childbirth Education Association (CEA) and Doulas of North America (DONA), respectively. Jen recognizes that when a woman is knowledgeable about the options available to her during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and when she is well-supported physically and emotionally, she increases her chances of having a positive birth experience. Acknowledging that everyone's approach to childbirth is intensely personal, Jen customizes care for every one of her clients. Her teaching philosophy encourages women to make informed decisions about their care and the care of their babies by presenting comprehensive, fact-based information in an open, non-judgmental environment . Jen lives with her family in Northern Westchester, NY.

   Barbara DuPont, CCE, CD (DONA)

   Pleasantville, NY   
   914-239-3311

   www.bdchildbirth.com
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Barbara Du Pont, Childbirth Educator and Birth Doula, lives in Pleasantville, NY with her husband, their three young daughters, and new son.  At the age of twenty-two, Barbara was lucky enough to be present at the birth of a friend’s daughter. Watching how this birth naturally unfolded had a profound impact on Barbara’s approach to her first daughter’s birth ten years later. After the birth of her third daughter, Barbara decided to follow her passion for birth and obtain her certification as a birth doula (DONA) and childbirth educator (CEAMNY). Prior to her children’s birth, Barbara worked as a lawyer in Brooklyn, NY. It gives her great satisfaction and joy to inform and help guide pregnant couples to have a satisfying birth.

  Silvie Falschlunger, Ph.D, CCE, CLD (CBI)

  914-522-6980 c
  914-686-3477 h
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Silvie is a certified labor support doula and childbirth educator with a strong psychological background. She trained with Childbirth International focusing on evidence based care, natural comfort measures and an emphasis on communication skills to find your best possible birth place and care provider.

She views pregnancy and birth as a natural process and a right of passage. She believes that there is not only a baby conceived and born but also a mother and a father initiated and a community invited to welcome and raise a child. She believes that the birth process has a strong first imprint in our lives and that it matters how we are born. She feels honored to support women, their partners and families and be part of their journey.

Postpartum services and overnights available.

Silvie is a native Austrian and lives with her husband and daughter in White Plains, NY. She offers her services in English and German.

  Catherine Gaertig, CD (DONA)

     (English/German) 

  Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, and Lower CT   
  914-255-6769

  www.gentle-birth-doula.com
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   Katie Karpenstein

   Yonkers, NY   
   917-742-4877

   www.earthmamas.net
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Katie Karpenstein is a birth doula, certified by DONA International.  Her interest in helping women become empowered in childbirth has been a lifelong journey. For her doula work, she draws from every part of her background. “I have served both as a teacher for adults with developmental disabilities, and as a writer in the corporate world. I bring compassion and professionalism to my work and can promise to be both nurturing and dependable.” Katie lives in north Yonkers with her husband, son, and daughter. She has a degree in English Literature from Columbia University, is an active member of her local La Leche League group, and is a co-leader of the Westchester chapter of ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network).

   Nancy McDaid, CD (DONA), CCE
   Upper Westchester, Putnam, Lower Dutchess, Danbury CT

   845-528-2565
   www.birthingdoula.com

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Nancy McDaid is a mother of four. She has been attending births since 2002 and is a certified birth doula through DONA International. Nancy has taken additional workshops in: lactation education; Spinning Babies - how to get a baby in the best position for birth before labor begins; helping sexual abuse survivors give birth; bereavement support; and is also certified to use a TENS machine during labor. 

Nancy has also spent time at Ina May's Farm in Sumertown, Tennessee to learn how to be a midwife's assistant.  She now assists a home birth midwife as well as taking on her own doula clients.  Nancy is also a certified childbirth educator and offers holistic classes in both a group and private setting.  Please visit her website for more information.

   Lisa Gould Rubin, CCE, CD (DONA)
   914-763-9487 
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   www.thegoodbirthcompany.com

Lisa Gould Rubin, CCE, CD (DONA), Birth and Newborn Parenting Consultant, has been teaching childbirth classes and providing professional labor support (confused back then with working for the unions) for nearly thirty years and for hundreds of women long before it became a recognized profession and took on the title “Doula”.

Lisa’s unique approach helps expectant and newborn parents take a look at who they are and how they live their lives and apply it to the experience of giving birth and parenting their new babies. She helps women and their partners find their way to the birth that’s right for them and their own emerging parenting style so they can end up feeling good about themselves, the process and each other.

Lisa helped establish the doula program at Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC.  She has provided expert advice on childbirth and parenting to publications like The New York Times, Parenting Magazine and the Utne Reader. Lisa’s work as a doula was featured on the Today Show and she is the co-author of “The Birth That’s Right For You”, published by McGraw-Hill.

Distance Doula Support:  helping people get information, make choices, custom fit strategies and get the support they need, whenever they need it, through pregnancy, labor and delivery and at home with their new babies by phone and email.
 

   Margaret Yawman, CD (DONA)

   Sleepy Hollow, NY

   914-336-0717 / 914-815-1288

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