Karla

  • Basic Birth Package: $3750

    • 2 prental sessions

    • Birth Support

    • 2 postpartum checkins

    • Generous phone, text, email support throughout

    Birth + Extended Postpartum Package: $4300

    • 2 prental sessions

    • Birth Support

    • 4 postpartum visits

    • Generous phone, text, email support throughout

  • Daytime Postpartum Visits: $200/each

    • 2hr visits over the first 6 weeks. Min booking of 6 visits.

    • Generous phone, text, email support throughout

    Lactation Package: $850

    • Private, virtual lactation class

    • 3 lactation visits. Additional visits $200 each.

    Add-ons:

    • Private, virtual infant care class: $200

    • Private, virtual lactation class: $200

    • Co-founder of NYC Birth Village

    • Veteran Birth and Postpartum Doula

    • Lactation Counselor

    • Single parents

    • LGBTQ families

    • Immigrants

    • Twins

    • Premies

    • Hypnobirthing

    • Spinning Babies

Karla, co-founder of NYC Birth Village, is proud to be an expert birth and postpartum doula as well as certified lactation counselor. After a decade working in politics focused on advocacy and mobilization, she was struck by the experiences she had supporting her sister through her birth journeys. Karla wanted to continue to see the lasting impacts of her care on the start of a new family. Since becoming a doula she has supported hundreds of families in over 10 years and has co-created a successful doula agency.

Currently, she is focused on supporting families through birth as well as the challenging first months postpartum. She offers evidence based knowledge, options and proven tips and tricks while she encourages parents to draw on their own natural instincts. Whether your sessions are focused on preparing for labor, addressing breastfeeding challenges, a mother’s recovery or soothing techniques like babywearing, you can expect a warm and objective coach to guide you through. She loves the intimate relationships she builds with her families and hopes leave a lasting impression that will be with them for years to come.

She speaks English and Spanish and is an excellent cook!

  • “At the beginning we weren’t sure exactly what we wanted from a doula, but Karla has the experience and wisdom to know the best uses of her and our time. As new parents without much family around, we most needed and wanted help with the vast amount of responsibility dropped in our lap on day one: breastfeeding, sleep habits, bathing, using slings and carriers, soothing techniques, etc. Karla was a fantastic resource for all these things, but even more importantly has a quiet calmness and confidence that made it easy to turn to her for help. Karla is also a fantastic cook and squeezed in grocery shopping and meal preparation in addition to the other help we asked for.”

    Maggie

  • "Karla was incredibly helpful and encouraging in support us through breastfeeding challenges. It was immediately apparent that she is super passionate about her work and lactation specifically. She was so knowledgeable and insightful which gave me the confidence boost I needed to move forward. I was able to implement a lot of the tips and tricks Karla provided and saw results immediately! I don’t know where we would be in our breastfeeding journey without her help and guidance."

    Samantha

  • "As my postpartum doula, Karla helped with the basics while I was recovering (breastfeeding help, how-to everything!) but more importantly, helped me to trust my mama instincts even though I felt completely lost. Every day felt easier after she came and I truly think I am a better mother now because of her!"

    Jaci

  • "From soothing a newborn, adjusting a latch and figuring out a breast pump - Karla helped me feel supported and safe. I really looked forward to my time with her. I felt more confident in myself after every session. My husband and I are profoundly grateful for Karla. We continue to tell everyone we know that Karla's confidence, compassion and care worked to get us the birth we hoped for. She is truly wonderful and the "secret weapon" of our birth team. "

    Marisa

  • "Her postpartum visits were always extremely helpful, whether it be helping me breastfeed, teaching me how to pump, answering the bevy of questions. I always had, providing my husband and I with a much needed extra set of hands for laundry, preparing food, teaching us to swaddle, teaching us about baby wearing, and walk us though our room full of baby supplies that we had no idea what to do with, until Karla showed us. There were so many things we didn't know we would even need to know, and Karla being there for the first few weeks as a person to call and to help us physically and emotionally, is invaluable."

    Misha

  • "As new parents without much family around, we most needed and wanted help with the vast amount of responsibility dropped in our lap on day one: breastfeeding, sleep habits, bathing, using slings and carriers, soothing techniques, etc. Karla was a fantastic resource for all these things, but even more importantly has a quiet calmness and confidence that made it easy to turn to her for help. Karla is also a fantastic cook and squeezed in grocery shopping and meal preparation in addition to the other help we asked for."

    Maggie

  • "Karla has been my postpartum doula since I brought my 5 day old twins home from the hospital. She has been an unwavering source of support and advice. "Whatever you need" is her recurring phrase and she has shown at every turn that she means it. I can't fully express how lucky I feel to have found Karla. Our twins turned our world upside down. Her genuine care, thorough professionalism, conscientiousness and the fact that she has the rare balance of being both proactive and supportive in her approach, helped us go from fledgling new parents to parents who have found their groove. My babies are thriving and I would have been completely overwhelmed without Karla. We are forever grateful."

    Narelle

  • "We very highly recommend Karla for a postpartum doula. She was great. She walked in and (literally) immediately gave my wife a very calming feeling. She did everything we asked, and gave us great suggestions, as well. She helped my wife breastfeed, helped with the baby (of course), helped us organize our baby's room and many baby-related papers that were just piling up, etc., but did not take control beyond what we wanted. She assisted with menus for us, which were healthy, and we still make them today. We call it Karla Pippa's chicken."

    Ben

  • "I had a wonderful experience working with Karla following the birth of our son. She's extremely caring, compassionate, and knowledgeable, and provides invaluable help and resources to the first-time mom -- on everything from feeding to sleep/soothing techniques to making sense of the endless array of baby gear to simply connecting with other new moms in the neighborhood. She's a great doula, and I'd recommend her without hesitation to other new parents."

    Hellen