Website: www.babylovedoulacare.com Phone: (617) 645-9976 Type of Practice: Solo practice Clients per Month: 1 to 1 births and 1 to 2 postpartum families Birth and Postpartum Doula Birth Doula Experience: 1 years and 0 births attended Postpartum Doula Experience: 3 years and 22 families served Area of practice: Framingham, MA Travel range: 20 miles Travel comments/restrictions: I will travel 20+ miles in any direction. Languages spoken: English
Postpartum Doula Certifications
DONA (DONA International)
Other Credentials
Adult, Child, and Infant CPR certified, Birth Doula trained(DONA) and working toward Birth Doula certifcation. If anyone is interested in a no cost or low cost birth doula please contact me!
College Education
BA/BS
Specialized training or previous experience:
Over 40
Families conceiving with ART and IVF
Multiples
Prematurity
Twins
Cesarean birth
Special services available:
Parenting consulting
Reduced rates for military members/spouses
Reduced rates for women considering adoption
Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
Antepartum doula
Miscarriage Support (Before, During or After)
Relevant volunteer or advocacy work: Volunteer for the Mentoring Moms program at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital.
Postpartum limits/restrictions: No smokers
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers Attends home births? No Home Births
Birth doula fee: $50 Postpartum doula hourly rate: $25 to $35 Fee details: I charge between $25 and $30/hr but I am willing to be flexible in certain situations. I have worked with many families with twins! I am currently working towards my Birth Doula certification through DONA. I am looking for people who would like a no cost or low cost Birth Doula!
Client Testimonials for Susan Joslin, PCD(DONA)
Pam Teja
Susan was our doula for about 6 weeks when our twins were about 1-7 weeks old. She was a wonderful resource. She provided excellent care for the twins, and for our toddler as well, and for me as well. She was very knowledgeable about various newborn and post partum topics. I found her to be open minded about all topics we discussed, and interested in helping me in the ways I was most comfortable with. She also was willing to do just about anything to help, even accompanying me to exercise classes with the babies. And on car rides with the babies for me to find office space as I geared up to return to work. I found her lovely to work with and talk with, so much so that we still get together from time to time now with the babies already 9 months old.
Posted 2/18/2012
Erin Fortunato
Susan was a wonderful resource for my entire family when my second child was born. She has a very comforting, calm, caring manner about her and is very good about helping out without being at all intrusive. She provided logistical help in terms of laundry, light cleaning, figuring out how to work baby gear, etc. She also took care of my newborn so I could sleep, eat, shower, pay bills, etc. She was a great source of emotional support for me and was great with my older child, who was 3 at the time. I highly recommend her!
Posted 5/5/2011
Audra Murray
Susie helped me out for about 5 months when my twins were newborns. Her experience and services were invaluable during a very difficult time. She gets much of the credit for helping me keep my sanity during cholic, mastitis, learning to nurse twins, sleep deprivation, and exhaustion. Susie is very positive and super helpful. She assisted with all baby care tasks, including feeding, changing, rocking, singing, soothing, etc. AND she took great care of me too - preparing meals, running errands, researching local resources and support groups, doing laundry and dishes... she even offered to help clean the house! Susie is a wonderful, loving, caring doula, and a true baby whisperer.
