My goal with every woman is to support her pregnancy, her birth, and her choices

Contributing what I can to her memory of a healthy, powerful, and proud birth day

We have a secret in our culture, and it's not that birth is painful. It's that women are strong.

-Laura Stavoe Harm

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I founded Holistic Doula NYC because I know that birth can be a positive transformative experience when mothers and their partners have good information, the right resources, and continuous labor support. As a former labor and delivery nurse in one of Manhattan’s busiest hospitals, my focus with women in labor was not only on their physical safety, but also on assisting mothers and birth partners to trust the process, find their strength, and surrender to the rhythm of birth—three essential components of empowered birthing.

I teach the private, personalized Truly Holistic Pregnancy and Childbirth Series, a First Things First Early Bird Course, and a Newborn Care, Breastfeeding, and Postpartum Class. I also provide holistic RN services and labor doula support for women having home, birth center, and hospital births, including cesarean deliveries. I love to write and speak about health, wellbeing, pregnancy, and birth every chance I get and do so frequently on the HDNYC blog. If you are interested in any of the above drop me a line: hello@holisticdoulanyc.com.