Heidi, Caitlin & Kate

NYC Birth Village Birth, Postpartum and Overnight doula Heidii

Heidi

Heidi offers birth, postpartum, and lactation counseling doula services. She will help you better understand complex medical systems, advocate for yourself, and navigate your birth and postpartum journey with courage. Having trained with Birthing Advocacy, a Black-owned, queer-run organization that centers anti-oppression and reproductive justice for all people, Heidi approaches birth work through an affirming and trauma-informed lens. She will provide unbiased information and support so you can make decisions that make sense for you and your family, and tap into the grit and grace needed to birth, nurture, and raise a human being. Heidi has also experienced the transformative power of becoming a parent, and will help you access your parenting intuition in the postpartum period, coordinate logistical support from your village, troubleshoot infant feeding and sleeping, and maximize your rest and recovery. She will help you move past survival mode to embrace the fourth trimester as an opportunity to focus on healing your body, tending to your mental health, nurturing your baby, and laughing at the ridiculously steep learning curve (cliff?!) of caring for a newborn.

Heidi is a former Peace Corps Volunteer (South Africa), a single parent by choice, and an amateur seamstress.

Caitlin

Caitlin is a birth and postpartum doula, a registered nurse, and mom of two. For the past 13 years she has worked as a nurse in the cardiology & intensive care, but birthwork always called to her. In 2016 she took the first steps on her journey and attended the birth of her best friend's first child. She’s been hooked ever since, and after taking a detour into nurse leadership, finally decided to become a birth doula in 2022. She gave birth to her first child later that same year. During her own postpartum experience she became passionate about lactation and is now in the process of becoming an IBCLC.

NYC Birth Village Birth and Postpartum Doula Kate

Kate

Kate (she/her/hers) is a certified Birth + Postpartum Doula, Integrative Lactation Feeding Specialist and a Childbirth Educator. She is absolutely honored that she gets to support and witness folks in this incredibly beautiful and vulnerable time. Kate's favorite part of birth work is that she is always learning something new! No two births or postpartum experiences are exactly alike and helping people navigate this precious time is so special.

She wants to meet people where they are and support their choices while providing evidence-based information and emphasizing respect and informed consent as crucial elements of the birthing journey. As a former bartender and improv comedian, she likes to bring joy to the birth space. As a mother of two herself, Kate knows just how important having the right connection is when it comes to your support team.

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    • 2 Prenatal Sessions

    • Birth Support

    • 2 postpartum checkins

    • Generous phone, text, email support throughout

  • Heidi:

    • Certified Full Spectrum Doula

    • Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist

    • CPR certified

    • PMAD Training

    Caitlin

    • Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula

    • Trained Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist

    • Certified in Infant CPR

    • Trained in babywearing

    • Offers postpartum meal prep

    Kate:

    • Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula

    • Certified Childbirth Educator

    • Breast/Chest feeding Counselor

    • Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist

    • CPR Certified

    • PMAD Training

    • VBAC

    • Single parents

    • LGBTQIA+ families

    • Hypnobirthing

    • Preemies

    • Twins

    • Unmedicated birth

    • Home birth

    • High risk families

    • People with mood disorders

    • Single Parents by Choice

    • IUI/IVF