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Gina has been working with families-to-be since 2003. Her specialties include labor and postpartum doula support, newborn care, breastfeeding support, and childbirth education. Gina is a certified Birth and Postpartum Doula through DONA and a certified Lamaze Childbirth Educator. She is a current member of the Metropolitan Doula Group where she serves on the council as Co-Director and is the Director of The Brooklyn Doula Group. Gina's passion for birth began at a very young age. As the oldest of five children, she helped her mother through pregnancy, childbirth, and raising her younger siblings. She knows and respects the need for constant love and support to create a family. As a doula, Gina will provide information and constant support that is necessary to assist the woman and her partner through labor of their choice, and postpartum care. |
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Sarah Moore has a BA from Brown University, an MA in playwriting from NYU and has been teaching and working with families in New York City for 12 years. Her work in the childbirth community began after the births of her two children, Lola and Oscar. She is a certified labor support doula and childbirth educator and has served as secretary on the board of the Childbirth Education Association of Metropolitan New York (CEA/MNY). In addition to teaching childbirth prep classes in Brooklyn, Sarah provides colic support for families throughout the city.
Tara Brooke has been working with pregnant women since 2000. Her expertise include counseling, labor and postpartum doula support and teaching childbirth education. She is a DONA certified doula and has been heard speaking about the role of the doula at New York City events hosted by Big City Moms, Baby Bites, Destination Maternity and Mom Talk Radio. She has been listed in several resource guides and news articles including City Baby, MyCityBaby.com, Urbanbaby.com, TimeOut Kids New York, The New York Guide to a Healthy Birth, The New York Times, Babble and The Family Groove. Tara lives in Manhattan with her partner, Ari, and is expecting her first child.