My name is Brittany and I am childbirth/bereavement doula, apprentice midwife, community breastfeeding educator, birth artist, maternity/birth photographer, and soon-to-be Lamaze childbirth instructor serving the Greater Philadelphia Area. I am also the mother of two children and have given birth in both a hospital and at home. I am a DONA trained childbirth doula, having trained in NYC in 2012. I
began my doula career with the Hudson Perinatal Consortium (HPC) of North Jersey as one of 15 women awarded a fellowship grant to serve low-income families in Hudson county. During my tenure at HPC I served teen, VBA2C, and single mother clients in need. I studied under notable educators including Jill Wodnick and Debra Pascali-Banaro between March-December 2012.
- I began work with Birthing Gently NYC private doula group
- I trained as a bereavement doula through the Stillbirthday 8-week curriculum in 2012.
- October 2012 I became certified in Neonatal Resuscitation Program with Karen Strange.
- November 2012 I received training as a Community Breast Feeding Educator with the New York City Department of Health. December 2012 I received training as a Community Breast Feeding Educator *Trainer* with the New York City Department of Health.
- April 2013 I departed for the Philippines to begin an internship with Shiphrah Birth Center, a NARM international preceptor site, where I spent over 2 months living and working at the birthing center. Shiphrah provides full-spectrum perinatal and well-woman midwifery care to impoverished women of Taytay, Rizal. During my time at Shiphrah I participated in the births of 59 women, 23 of whom I served as primary midwife under supervision. I learned midwifery skills including suturing, resolving shoulder distocia, IUD insertion, pap smear, administration of pitocin and methergine for post-partum hemorrhage, fundal massage, manual removal of retained placenta, and more.
- October 2013 I gave birth to my second son in our home on the Mainline of the Greater Philadelphia area.
- February 1-3 I will participate in a Lamaze Instructor seminar taught by Judy Lothian in NYC
Professional site: http://www.sacredcirclebirth.com
