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Site last updated on:
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Nicole Benson,
Birth and
Postpartum Doula
(in training) |
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I believe that
the experience a
woman has during
her pregnancy
and especially
during her labor
and delivery
resonates with
her throughout
the postpartum
period and
beyond. My
goal, as a doula,
is to provide
information and
support during
all of her
decisions in the
threshold moment
of her life.
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Nicole Benson
Newmarket,
NH |
Phone:
603.292.5079
Email:
nicolebenson@comcast.net
Web:
www.bbdoula.com
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Beth Brown,
CD (DONA) |
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Beth is a DONA
certified birth doula who feels
that all women
deserve the
feeling of
empowerment,
pride and joy
that accompanies
birth. She
believes in
helping parents
learn about
their choices
and clarifying
their desires
before labor.
Beth provides a
calm, caring and
relaxing
environment
allowing a woman
and her partner
to discover the
beauty and
inspiration of
birth. She
understands that
each woman, as
well as every
birth, is unique
and therefore
each family’s
choices and
decisions are to
be respected.
Beth delights in
pregnant women,
birth and
babies. It is
an honor for her
to share in the
miraculous
delivery of a
new life. Beth
has experience
with
Hypnobirthing
and water birth
and is willing
to work with
natural,
medicated and
Cesarean
births.
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Beth Brown
Hampton Falls,
NH |
Phone:
603.772.1092
Email:
Bbdoula@comcast.net
Web:
www.bbdoula.com
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Carol DeStefano,
CD (DONA) |
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Carol is a
DONA
certified
doula
providing
both labor
support and
post partum
care. Carol
gently
guides women
and their
partners
through the
birth
process and
into the
world of
parenting.
She believes
that giving
birth is a
rite of
passage, a
sacred
moment in
every
woman's
life. Birth
doulas
recognize
this and
work to
create a
safe and
comfortable
place for a
woman's
birth story
to unfold.
Partners are
honored as a
vital part
of the birth
process and
are never
replaced by
a doula's
support.
Carol has
been trained
to teach
parents how
to soothe
their babies
using Dr.
Harvey
Karp's
Happiest
Baby on the
Block
methods. She
is available
for in home
consultations
days and
evenings. As
a mother of
two, Carol
brings a
real life
perspective
and a
healthy
sense of
humor to her
practice.
Carol has
been working
as a doula
since 2003.
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Carol DeStefano,
CD(DONA)
Greenland, NH |
Phone:
603-427-0933
Email:
cwdoula@earthlink.net |
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Liz Gaudette,
RN, LCCE, CD
(DONA) |
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Believing
that all
women
deserve the
comfort and
peace of
dependable
labor
support, Liz
became a
self-employed
birth doula
in 1997,
certifying
with DONA
International
in1998. She
is honored
and
qualified to
support
families in
a variety of
situations
including
natural
birth,
HypnoBirth
and birth
with
medication
or
anesthesia.
Liz has a
special
interest in
working with
depressed
mothers or
those who’ve
experienced
postpartum
depression.
She teaches
in-home
childbirth
classes, a
good option
for parents
preparing
for natural
birth, those
with
difficult
schedules or
mothers on
bed-rest.
Liz’s
service also
includes
birth-planning
and
breastfeeding
preparation.
She is also
a member of
the Southern
Maine
Breastfeeding
Coalition
and is a
co-facilitator
of the
Seacoast
Postpartum
Adjustment
Group.
Liz and her
husband
moved to
York four
years ago
after
raising
their son
and daughter
in southern
NH.
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Liz Gaudette,
RN, LCCE, CD
DONA
York, ME |
Phone:
207-363-1379
Email:
lgaudett@maine.rr.com |
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Lisa Goulet,
RN, IBCLC |
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Lisa is an
experienced
maternity
nurse and
mother to 4
amazing
children. She
has
personally
experienced
the
challenges,
joys and
rewards of
natural
childbirth,
exclusive
breastfeeding
and
parenting
her own
children. She
feels she
has valuable
life
experiences,
a broad
knowledge
base and the
passion
needed to be
with
families
during
pregnancy,
labor &
birth,
breastfeeding
and the
postpartum
period.
Lisa's
primary role
is
non-clinical:
to mother
the mother,
nurture the
newborn and
support the
family unit
through
information,
guidance,
understanding,
encouragement,
support,
assistance
and
advocacy. She
is
attentive,
compassionate,
nurturing,
gentle,
sensitive,
supportive,
respectful,
resourceful,
intuitive
and a great
listener.
Because Lisa
is an RN,
IBCLC she
has the
ability to
do clinical
assessments,
care and
lactation
consultations
within her
scope of
practice
when
necessary,
however
Lisa's
practice is
built on a
preventative
or wellness
model. She
feels that
preventing
problems
before they
start is so
much more
productive
than trying
to fix them
once they
occur. For
this reason
Lisa offers
individualized
prenatal
support and
information,
non-clinical
labor &
birth
support
services and
unique in
home
mother-baby
postpartum
care
services:
scheduled,
overnight,
and/or last
minute care.
Lisa lives
in Southern
ME and is
currently
offering her
services in
ME &
NH.
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Lisa Goulet,
RN, IBCLC
Mothering Moon
Biddeford, ME |
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Amy Hopkins, RN, LMT |
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Amy
is an
experienced
Labor and
Delivery
nurse,
prenatal
massage
therapist
and prenatal
yoga
instructor
with
experience
in both
private
practice and
clinical
settings.
She has
provided
birth and
postpartum
doula
services,
and is a
perinatal
educator.
With a
unique blend
of skills
and
expertise,
and a
genuinely
supportive
nature, Amy
offers her
clients
extraordinary
perspective
and insight
into the
childbearing
year.
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Amy Hopkins, RN,
LMT
York, ME |
Phone:
207-641-7353
Email:
pregnancyplace@yahoo.com |
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Ellen Kunkle,
CCE, CD (DONA),
CLC |
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Ellen has
been a doula
and
childbirth
educator
since
1996. Her
knowledgeable
and gentle
approach
nurtures and
builds
confidence
in the new
family
during the
first days
and weeks
after the
baby's
birth.
Ellen
offers breastfeeding
support,
guidance and
education
with baby
care, meal
preparation,
light
housekeeping,
sibling care
and
resources
and
referrals.
She also
teaches
birth,
postpartum
and siblings
classes and
is available
for
birthplanning
consultations
and
bellycasting.
Ellen is
the mother
of two
wonderful
daughters
and it is
through her
own
experience
of being
pregnant,
giving birth
and the
evolution of
parenthood
that she
discovered
her passion
for supporting
birthing
women,
babies and
their
families.
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Ellen Kunkle,
CCE, CD (DONA),
CLC
Kennebunk, ME |
Phone:
207-985-3452
Email:
ellendoula@roadrunner.com |
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Krista Maltais,
CPD
(DONA) |
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Krista is a
postpartum
doula
certified
through DONA
International
and is a
member of
the Seacoast
Doula Group.
She also
holds a
degree in
Family
Studies with
a Religious
Studies
minor from
the
University
of New
Hampshire.
Krista has
worked with
newborns
(including
multiples!),
siblings,
and parents
for over ten
years in a
variety of
settings
both in the
United
States and
abroad in
New Zealand.
She has a
strong
background
in
parent-child
attachment,
family
dynamics,
growth and
development,
and family
support;
additionally,
she
understands
the impact
of religion
on family
life.
Krista’s
services
include
parenting
education
regarding
feeding,
baby care,
coping
skills,
sibling
adjustment,
and
parent-child
attachment.
Krista
assists with
sibling care
and various
household
organization,
such as
doing the
dishes,
laundry, and
light meal
preparation;
she also
provides
non-
judgmental
support and
companionship
for all
family
members. A
recent
client
described
Krista in
the
following
way: “Krista
is clearly
experienced
in working
with infants
and displays
a confident
and very
calm manner
which is
invaluable.
(She) is
mature,
professional
and
knowledgeable
and I would
say the
words calm
and
consistent
describe her
working
style
perfectly.”
Krista
believes
that all
families are
unique and
deserve
compassionate
support
during such
an important
life
transition;
her job is
to help
parents
create a
solid
foundation to
build their
families on
and she is
honored to
be a part of
that
process!
“New Life,
Growth,
Strength,
Peace” –
Koru Care
Postpartum
Doula
Services
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Krista Maltais,
Postpartum
Doula
Hampton, NH |
Email:
Kristadoula@gmail.com
Website: Under
construction
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brochure
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Maria Miles,
CD(DONA), CLC,
HBCE |
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Maria
believes
that every
woman
deserves to
enjoy her
birth and
postpartum
experience
and
considers it
an honor to
assist each
family
through this
journey.
With her
unique
talents
Maria has
supported
many
families
from the
beginning
stages of
preparing
for birth,
through
birth and
into the
postpartum
months to
follow.
Maria began
assisting
women in
2004 and
became a
Certified
Birth Doula
through DONA
International
in 2005.
She is now a
Certified
HypnoBirthing®
Childbirth
Educator,
and conducts
in-home
classes. She
is the
backup
HypnoBirthing®
instructor
for
Wentworth
Douglass in
Dover, NH.
Maria is
also a
Certified
Lactation
Counselor.
In 2007
Maria
combined all
of these
talents to
start her NH
based
business:
Harmonious
Beginnings,
offering
Birth &
Postpartum
Support for
the Whole
Family.
Maria is
currently
pursuing her
Postpartum
Doula
Certification
with DONA
International.
She enjoys
the
opportunity
of
nurturing,
guiding and
educating
new families
as a
Postpartum
Doula. If
you & your
partner are
interested
in a FREE
three-hour
in home
educational
postpartum
session,
please
contact her
directly.
"My dream is
for all
families to
have a
Harmonious
Beginning!"
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Maria Miles, CD
(DONA),
CLC, HBCE
Strafford, NH |
Phone:
603-664-5727
Email:
harmoniousbeginnings@metrocast.net |
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Susan Remillard, CPD
(DONA) |
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Susan
Remillard is
a postpartum
doula having
been
certified
through DONA
with
additional
training at
The Ballard
House in
Portland,
Maine. She
is a member
of The
Seacoast
Doula
Group
and is a
co-facilitator
of the
Seacoast
Postpartum
Adjustment
Group.
Susan is
uniquely
qualified to
help your
family,
having
experienced
childbirth
five times
at very
different
intervals of
her life –
at 18, 20,
23, 37 and
45 – she
brings a
range of
knowledge to
her
practice.
Whether
becoming a
new mother
as a teen or
later in
life, she is
aware of the
differences
AND the
similarities,
with over 30
years of
experience
with babies
and
children.
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Susan Remillard,
CPD(DONA)
Kittery Point,
ME |
Phone:
207-439-3033
Email:
susanremillard@hotmail.com |
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Andrea
Rutherford, CD
(DONA), CLC |
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Andrea
Rutherford
is a birth
doula who
supports
women during
pregnancy,
labor and
birth, and
through the
postpartum
journey.
Andrea
believes
that
pregnancy
and birth
are both
natural
processes
and that
every woman
deserves to
be cared for
and nurtured
with
compassion.
She creates
a nurturing
and
compassionate
experience
in any birth
space –
home,
hospital or
birth
center.
In addition
to birth
Doula
services,
Andrea
offers
unique and
holistic
pregnancy
and
Childbirth
Awareness
classes.
She provides
several
options to
foster the
mother’s
innate
abilities
and help
both parents
make
confident
choices in
pregnancy,
childbirth,
and
parenthood.
Andrea’s
classes and
workshops
are offered
for
expectant
mothers and
fathers in
small groups
or private
sessions.
Andrea also
holds a
weekly group
for new
mothers to
support
mother and
family and
to
facilitate
mother-to-mother
connections.
She provides
prenatal
breastfeeding
education,
lactation
support and
counseling.
Andrea has
been a
certified
birth doula
since 1996,
she is also
a certified
lactation
counselor, a
childbirth
educator,
and is a
co-facilitator
of the
Seacoast
Postpartum
Adjustment
Group.
Offering an ongoing series on Childbirth Awareness
at Whole Life in Portsmouth
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Andrea
Rutherford, CD
(DONA)
Kittery Point,
ME |
Phone:
207-439-9824
or 603-431-6677
x245
Email:
andreanh@comcast.net |
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Lyndi Sargent,
HBCE |
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Lyndi is a birth
doula and certified HypnoBirthing
Instructor whos
committed to
working with
families to make
birth a safe and
joyful
experience.
Lyndi teaches an
ongoing
HypnoBirthing
series at
Wentworth
Douglas Hospital
and also teaches
private
childbirth
classes to
couples and
individuals.
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Lyndi Sargent
Lee, NH |
Phone:
603-397-5546
Email:
lyndigotr@yahoo.com |
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Sara Schultz,
CD (DONA) |
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Sara is a
DONA-certified Birth Doula. She
believes
that the
birth
process is
one of the
most
powerful
experiences
in a woman’s
life. Every
birth is
unique and
regardless
of how a
baby is born
feelings of
empowerment,
connection
to the
process and
a sense of
accomplishment
are vital
and need to
be
supported.
Every woman
deserves her
best
possible
birth. Sara
considers it
an honor
when
families
choose her
to provide
them with
emotional
and physical
support
throughout
the birth
process.
Sara works
with her
clients to:
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Clarify
expectations
of both mom
and her
partner.
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Empower
clients to
be as
prepared as
possible for
their birth
experience.
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Provide
consistent
and
compassionate
support
prior to and
during
labor.
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Utilize
comfort
measures
that meet
the needs of
the birthing
mom.
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Sara Schultz
Stratham, NH |
Phone:
603-773-9202
Email:
schultz6@comcast.net |
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Stacy Swain,
CD (DONA), CCCE
(CAPPA), AHA
certified
CPR/First Aid
Instructor
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Stacy Swain is a
DONA approved
birth doula and
the mother of
three children.
She lives in the
Hampton, NH
area. She became
interested in
birth doula work
after a seven
year struggle
with infertility
and the births
of her
daughters.
Pregnancy and
birth are
miracles, and
Stacy has a deep
respect for
women and trust
for the process
of birth. Every
birth experience
is unique and
precious and
should be
honored. She
strives to
empower women &
families during
the birth
experience.
Stacy also has
over 10 years
experience as a
certified
teacher and
holds a BS in
Education and
Master of Arts
in Teaching
English degree.
She seeks to
continue her
work as an
educator by
providing
quality maternal
wellness
programs to
expectant
mothers and
their families.
Stacy also hopes
to promote the
overall health
and wellness of
families. After
a choking
incident with
her own
daughter, she
saw the
importance of
learning CPR and
First Aid
skills. Stacy
offers private,
in-home adult,
child, & infant
CPR and First
Aid classes as
well as small
group classes to
the general
public. She also
provides private
childbirth
education
classes as well
as small group
classes. Stacy
provides service
to the Seacoast
NH, Northshore
MA, Southern ME
and Merrimack
Valley region.
Stacy's
Brochure:
StacySwain-Proof.pdf |
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Stacy Swain,
CD (DONA)
Hampton Falls,
NH |
Phone:
603-501-9837
Email:
divinedoula@comcast.net
Website:
www.naturallynewborn.com |
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Sandy Tufts,
CD (DONA) |
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Sandy is a birth
doula with an
enduring
commitment to
supporting and
nurturing women
along the most
powerful journey
of their lives.
Her goal as a
doula is to help
each client
recognize and
develop her own
confidence and
ability to give
birth, as she
defines it.
Sandy lives in
Eliot, Maine
with her husband
and two
beautiful little
girls and also
holds a Master's
Degree in Social
Work. Finding
the experience
of birthing her
own babies to be
such a magical
time, she is
honored to
inspire other
women to enjoy
this profound
event as well.
She has an
immense respect
for the natural
process of birth
and strongly
believes in the
amazing ability
of a woman's
body to birth
her baby.
Her services
include: initial
interview (free
of charge), 1-2
prenatal visits,
on-call from two
weeks before due
date until the
birth, one
postpartum
visit, and, if
desired,
photography of
labor and birth.
An album
containing your
photos will be
provided at the
postpartum
meeting to help
preserve the
memory of this
special day.
Sandy is
certified as a
birth doula
through DONA (Doulas
of North
America).
Please contact
her at any time.
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Sandy Tufts
Eliot,
ME |
Phone:
207-439-1969
Email:
sandytufts@gmail.com
Website:
www.sandytufts.com |
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Gwen Davis
Vesenka, IBCLC |
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Gwen has been
passionate about
helping mothers
and babies
breastfeed since
giving birth to
her own first
baby in 1993.
That
life-changing
event changed a
career scientist
into a staunch
breastfeeding
supporter. Gwen
truly believes
that many of the
world’s problems
could be
eliminated if
all babies were
breastfed and
she will work
hard to help
mothers achieve
that goal. She
became a La
Leche League
Leader in 1997
and a Board
Certified
Lactation
Consultant (IBCLC)
in 2004. Gwen is
an active member
of the Southern
Maine
Breastfeeding
Coalition.
Although her own
three boys are
now weaned, she
continues to
lead LLL
meetings in
Kennebunk,
Maine, as a way
to offer ongoing
breastfeeding
support to
families.
In order to help
those who need
one-on-one
assistance, Gwen
is offering
lactation
consultation
through her
private
practice,
Lactation Works.
Based in
Kennebunkport,
Maine, Gwen is
available for
in-home visits
throughout much
of Southern
Maine and
Seacoast New
Hampshire. Her
services include
packages for
prenatal,
postpartum and
telephone
consultations.
These are
usually a
one-time fee so
that
breastfeeding
and not cost,
will be the
focus of the
time spent
together. A
physician’s
report and
written care
plan are
included, as are
any necessary
follow-up calls
related to the
original
problem. She
would be honored
to help mothers
achieve the
life-long
feeling of joy
and empowerment
that comes from
successfully
breastfeeding
her baby.
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Gwen Davis
Vesenka, IBCLC
Kennebunkport,
ME |
Phone:
207-590-8233
Email:
gvesenka@yahoo.com
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“Friendship is born
at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?
I thought I was the only one.” |
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