| Doula: Labor Support |
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| Sandy Caldwell, CD(DONA) |
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Respectful, experienced, calm companionship for Peninsula families during birth and postpartum; Birthing From Within childbirth mentoring in your home or mine. |
California Midwifery Service
Rosanna M. Davis, L.M., C.P.M. |
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Licensed Midwife and Certified Professional Midwife. Available for hospital labor support (doula services) at LPCH (Stanford), El Camino, Sequoia, and Mills Peninsula. Also offering Birthing-From-Within childbirth preparation (cerified BFW mentor). |
| Stacy Day |
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Specializing in birth doula work and prenatal massage, giving you lots of support and care during this important time in your life. Birthing From Within Mentor, DONA certified, and NCTMB. |
| Melissa Dean |
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Certified birth doula and childbirth educator serving greater Santa Clara County to Redwood City. I provide educational, emotional & physical support throughout labor and birth, including massage, positioning, acupressure, and a general sense of well-being regarding your labor experience. |
Patty Dougherty, CCE |
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Teaches fitness in San Carlos, on Mon and Wed nights Prenatal 5:45-6:45 Postnatal 4:30-5:30(babies welcome); childbirth classes Tues. nights in Redwood City; Doula for more than 1000 births. |
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Early Advantage
Lori Ismail
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Certified Bradley Instructor and doula offering full classes and private intensives. I provide educational, emotional, and physical support throughout labor and birth so that couples experience a safe and satisfying birth according to their individual needs. |
| Ronnie Falcao, LM, MS |
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Homebirth midwifery services specializing in waterbirth and older first-time mothers; European style in-home postpartum care. Aquadoula tubs provided. Peninsula to south San Jose. Also available for labor support. Insurance accepted. |
Faith Gibson, L.M., C.P.M.
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Mother, midwife, former L&D nurse providing full spectrum of community-based maternity care since 1982. |
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Peninsula Birth Companions
Audrey Kalman
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I practice as part of Peninsula Birth Companions, a team of birth and postpartum doulas who support women and families during pregnancy, birth, and early postpartum. Our role is to share information and community resources, nurture and support, and guide and empower our clients to choose what is right for them.
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| Julie Lefmann |
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Birth & Postpartum Doula, Certified Massage, Reiki, and Watsu Therapist; Serving Santa Cruz and South Bay Areas. |
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Bundle Of Joy Doula Care
Deidre Lorenzo
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I would love to help you achieve a safe, joyous, and low-stress birth. I am an experienced, DONA-certified birth doula dedicated to providing professional, individualized and unconditional support to pregnant families. |
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Diana the Doula
Diana Hurwitz
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(650) 996-3547
www.dianathedoula.com
dianathedoula@gmail.com
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Personal experience with home & hospital births. Helping to empower women through birth from Redwood City to San Jose. |
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Mindful Mama Birth Services
Jeanna Lurie, RYT, CCE, CLA
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Prenatal and Mother-Baby Yoga Instructor, childbirth educator, and Birth Doula, offering mother-friendly and evidence-based doula support. Specializing in Couples' Prenatal Yoga. Group classes and private sessions available. |
| Christine Olszewski |
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Pediatric intensive care nurse, Postpartum doula; I'd love to help you day or night from San Jose to Mountain View. 15 years professional and personal experience to harness to your advantage |
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Birth Inspiration Services
Alexa Sockol
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Helping families make informed decisions, labor actively, and birth in a gentle and empowering way. TENS rental, newborn massage instruction, and Mommy Group invitation included. |
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Mama to Mama
Chris Pritchard R.N.
Sara Russell P.C.D. (DONA)
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Sara is postpartum doula, Chris both birth and postpartum doula and Registered Nurse. Teach childbirth, sibling preparation, and breastfeeding classes in Moss Beach, and travel to the Peninsula, SF, and coast. Also lead Mama support groups. Teachers at Blossom |
Vanessa Pisias, CD (DONA) |
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Certified Birth Doula and Lactation Counselor offering only the best support to women and families living in the Santa Clara County (San Jose up to Redwood City). Also a HypnoBirthing Practitioner.
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| Eva Roodman, M.S.W. |
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Counseling for individuals & couples transitioning into parenthood, primarily Pregnancy and Postpartum Moods and Challenges. Offering birth doula services as well. |
Perryn Rowland |
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Birth Doula and Childbirth educator for 19 years. Lives in Menlo Park, works primarily mid-peninsula. Speaks Spanish. |
Tobi Stevens
Family Centered Birth Services |
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ALACE trained Labor Assistant serving the Peninsula and South Bay. Specializing in providing support for children attending the birth of a new sibling. |
| Rhonda Taylor |
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I am a Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula and a breast-feeding specialist. I have had the honor of attending over 300 births and supporting many families with twins and singletons in the postpartum period. |
| Barbara Tener |
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Retired psychologist who is now volunteering as a birth doula. Trained in the TENS pain management. |
Gloria Tzaung Peninsula Birth Companions |
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Myself and my Doula partners (Alex Sockol & Audrey Kalman) provide a continuum of information, nurturing and support to empower couples throughout the jorney of pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. |
| Veronica Wagner, R.N., C.N.M. |
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Home birth midwife for over 25 years offers annual paps and doula services too. Free consultation. |
| Birthworks-San Jose |
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| Doulas of North America DONA |
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| The Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators |
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| Last updated: 10/3/08 JL |
