Massachusetts Midwives Alliance

Supporting Members

Jen Anders, Board of Medicine Licensed Acupuncturist

  • 214 Market Street
  • Brighton MA 02135
  • 617-480-1998
  • jen.acupuncture@gmail.com
  • Acupuncturist who specializes in women’s health with a focus on women in the perinatal year. Treats a variety of issues such as nausea, musculoskeletal pain, induction, and turning a breech baby.

Kelly Bancroft, Doula, Massage Therapist

Rachel Blessington, BA, LMT

  • Oxford MA
  • 508-873-9023
  • rachelblessington@me.com
  • Massage therapy for pre- and post-partum mothers. Birth and post-partum doula services

Stephanie Lee Butler, BA, Doula, Breastfeeding Counselor, Phlebotomist, Midwifery Student, Nursing Student

  • Servicing Worcester & Middlesex Counties MA
  • 508-254-5467
  • sweetlittlebundlesdoula@gmail.com
  • www.facebook.com/sweetlittlebundlesbirthservices
  • I am a DONA and toLabor trained birth doula, a breastfeeding counselor, a graduate of the MMA Basic Course – Class of 2010, a Nursing student – graduating in May 2011 with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I am a natural childbirth and VBAC advocate. I am also studying to become a Childbirth Educator. I hold a BA in Psychology & Sociology and a Certificate in Phlebotomy. I offer antepartum, labor, birth and postpartum doula support, and breastfeeding counseling to women in Worcester and Middlesex Counties.

Elia R. Cole, MPH(cd), Student Midwife

Leah Davis, Student Midwife

Pauline Delton, Apprentice Midwife

Alicia de Oliveira

Heather Dietrich Cook, Supervised Midwife, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Certified Lactation Consultant

  • PO Box 1113
  • Warren MA 01083
  • 413-436-0550
  • heathersletters@hotmail.com
  • www.insidethechrysalis.com
  • Labor Assistant, Postpartum Doula, Certified Lactation Counselor, Supervised midwifery Care, Labor/birth tub rental & belly casting. Service Area: Worcester to the Pioneer Valley

Maria Dolorico, Doula, Counselor

  • 92 Worcester Street, #1
  • Boston MA 02118
  • 617-869-4310
  • maria@amomisborn.com
  • Birth and postpartum doula services, prenatal yoga, new moms groups, peri-natal counseling

Debra Lynne Dwyer, Student Midwife, Doula

  • PO Box 8333
  • Salem MA 01970
  • 978-578-8570
  • MaternityMecca@aol.com
  • www.MaternityMecca.com
  • CLC; LMT; homebirth midwifery student; antepartum, labor & postpartum doula; lactation counseling; perinatal massage; infant massage & instruction; childbirth ed.; reiki; art/creative therapy; polarity; newborn care classes; Happiest Baby on the Block classes.

Amanda Forgit

Lois Freedman, M. Ed, CCE

  • Sharon and Jamaica Plain MA
  • 781-784-1380
  • Lois@LoisFreedman.net
  • www.LoisFreedman.net
  • Individualized counseling for anxiety, loss, grief, traumatic birth experience, cesarean, mother loss, miscarriage, infertility, death of a loved one, sexual abuse.
  • VBAC counseling/ preparation
  • Circle of Women groups/ workshops. For all women, a time to reflect, rejoice and renew

Krystina Friedlander, Doula, HypnoBirthing Instructor

Julie Geanakakis, Birth Assistant

  • 841 Parker Street #305
  • Roxbury MA 02120
  • 617-230-4894
  • doulademetra@yahoo.com
  • Birth doula labor assistance, Pre and Post Partum Support

Molly Geiger, Photographer

Shelley Harvey, Birth and Postpartum Doula

Sarah Hill, Apprentice Midwife

Jenifer Holloman

  • 234 Mayfair Road
  • South Dennis MA 02660
  • 508-843-5772
  • oceansongfarms@gmail.com
  • Professional Labor Support, Postpartum Chef, Childbirth Education Classes in the privacy of your own home, Perinatal Loss Support

Sara Howard

Chere Jalali, Certified Childbirth Educator, Midwifery Student

Elana Kahn, Doula

Beth Kinsella, Midwifery Student

Cynthia Knight, Doula

  • 147 Cedar Street, #1L
  • Somerville MA 02144
  • 617-591-2168
  • cynthiaeknight@gmail.com
  • DONA trained birth doula serving Greater Boston; lending library.

Jodi Krentzman

Jessica Lang Kosa, IBCLC Lactation Consultant

  • 244 Woodland Rd
  • Auburndale MA 02466
  • 617-821-4296 (work), 617-821-4296 (home)
  • jesskosa@gmail.com
  • www.motherfeeding.com
  • Comprehensive breastfeeding support, home visits,
    breastfeeding classes, sleep consultations.

Jocelyn Langer, Doula, Childbirth Educator

  •  94 Hale Rd
  • Hubbardston MA 01452
  • 774-314-0903
  • jdiflanger@yahoo.com
  • Labor Assistant / Doula, Childbirth Education in Spanish & English

Erika Laquer, Doula, Student Midwife

Della Lawhon, Acupuncturist, Herbalist, and Midwifery Student

  • 368 Village Street, A-6
  • Millis MA 02054
  • 508-376-5528 (home); 508-533-0808 (work)
  • gururaskaur@mac.com
  • http://metrowestwholehealth.com
  • Providing individualized care in a community setting at a sliding scale in Metrowest. Chinese medicine is used to enhance fertility, help turn breech babies, manage discomforts of pregnancy, and encourage healthy babies.

Taylor LePri, Labor/Birth Doula (CAPPA), Pediatric Nurse, Apprentice Midwife

  • A Sacred Space Doula Services
  • 61 Broadway #4
  • Quincy, MA  02169
  • 617-750-4889 (c)
  • 617-481-0123 (h)
  • maggie3341@aol.com
  • In addition to labor/birth doula, I provide postpartum care and help with both newborn and mother.  I also provide newborn education (Caring for Your New Baby) as well as lactation consultation/support.

Michelle Mills, LPN, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Apprentice Midwife

Meghan Nowland, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Herbalist, and Midwifery Student

  • Lowell MA
  • 978-397-0666
  • meghan.nowland@gmail.com
  • I teach Christian childbirth education, fertility awareness and I do placenta encapsulation.

Charity Parrott, CLD

Lia Reilly, Doula, CBE

  • North Brookfield MA  01535
  • 617-417-9816
  • lia@birth-wise.org
  • www.birth-wise.org
  • Labor Doula, Postpartum Doula, Breastfeeding Counseling, Birth Photography, Childbirth Classes, Birth Art Classes, Infant Massage Classes, Henna Application, TENS Rental

Ieeda Rico, Midwifery student, EMT-Paramedic

Linda Rosa, Birth Doula

  • Natick MA
  • Serving women from Boston to Worcester
  • 508-319-1525
  • builtforbirth@gmail.com
  • Birth Doula Services - Professional labor assistant providing physical, emotional, and informational support prior to, during, and after childbirth

Cydney Scott, Photographer

Ellen Seebacher, Certified Childbirth Educator

Danielle Shields, MMA Consumer Rep

  • 59 Commonwealth Rd
  • Watertown MA 02472
  • 413-695-7148
  • shieldsdanielle@hotmail.com
  • Consumer representative

Catherine McKeown-Lindsey Stamatos, Doula

Heather Staples, Midwifery Student

Erin Sweeney, Massage Therapist, Apprentice Midwife, and Doula

Sharon Watstein, Postpartum Doula

  • 3 Chessman Drive
  • Sharon MA 02067
  • 781-784-2990
  • www.thefamilydoula.com
  • I am a certified postpartum doula helping families adapt to the challenges of a new baby by offering knowledge and support. I specialize in twins.

Angelique Walls

  • P.O. Box 493
  • Hinsdale MA 01235
  • 413-655-8384
  • angeliquew@verizon.net
  • I am a consumer, student midwife, doula, childbirth educator, and placenta encapsulator.

Nancy Wilde

  • 105 Chestnut St, Suite 105
  • Needham MA 02492
  • 781-444-5144
  • nan.wilde@yahoo.com
  • www.nwmassage.net
  • Massage Therapy for the child-bearing year: pre-natal and post-natal massage therapy. Over 25 years experience working with mothers and others. Specializing in pregnancy massage.