Debbie Aglietti, CD, PCD (DONA)
Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, NYC, & Fairfield CT
845-208-3246
information@northeastdoulas.com
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 
kathpooch@aol.com

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
juliettaappleton@gmail.com

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 Doula
Hand-in-Hand Childbirth Services

914-261-7417 
jendem@verizon.net

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
info@bdchildbirth.com

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.

Katie Karpenstein  

Yonkers, NY   
917-742-4877

www.earthmamas.net
katie@karpenstein.com

Katie Karpenstein is a trained birth doula working towards certification by DONA International. Her passion for helping women become empowered in childbirth began with her own struggles with infertility, and was heightened when she trained for a natural birth for her son. 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 and son.  The areas she serves are Manhattan, Bronx, and Westchester County.

Nancy McDaid, CD (DONA)
Upper Westchester, Putnam, and Lower Dutchess
914-528-9138
www.birthingdoula.com

mcdaid36@yahoo.com

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 and bereavement support. Over the summer she went to a workshop 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 also began offering postpartum doula services to her clients in the beginning of 2004. Please visit her website for more information.

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

www.thegoodbirthcompany.com

Margaret Yawman, CD (DONA)

Sleepy Hollow, NY
914-366-0717 / 914-815-1288
Margaret.motion@verizon.net