Website: www.bradleybirth.com/TeacherSite.aspx?ID=C268 Phone: (973) 748-8423 Type of Practice: Partnership with 2 or more doulas Birth Doula Experience: 13 years Area of practice: Bloomfield, NJ Travel range: 40 miles Travel comments/restrictions: Languages spoken: English, some French
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers Attends home births? Some Home Births
Birth doula fee: $800 to $1200 Fee details: Deposit given at Prenatal meeting; the Balance sent 2 weeks prior to Birthing Mom's due date. Fee includes Prenatal Meeting, unlimited telephone consultations, undivided attention and assistance at Birth into 1-2 hour/s Postpartum (up to 20 hours, total, including travel --additional $150 per 5-hour increments after 1st 20 hours) and Postnatal Meeting.
$800-900 in-state NJ; $1100-1200, out-of-state.
$100 discount for clients currently attending a series of my Bradley Method Childbirth education classes. $50 discount for former clients.
Client Testimonials for Debra Cerruti
Laura Pereira
After taking Deb's Bradley classes, and speaking with her via email and phone, my husband and I knew that we wanted to hire her as our doula. Deb has a wonderful ability to make you feel calm and secure. I always felt that I was in good hands.
When it came time for the birth, Deb was fantastic. I had a truly amazing experience, giving birth to my son. I KNOW that I could not have had the same birth experience without Deb's help. She was calm, understanding, supportive. She knew just what to do, at just the right time. It was a blessing to have her there.
Deb was very inspiring to me. So inspiring that I decided to follow her lead, and I am now also a Bradley Instructor and Doula. I think that is the best type of flattery, when someone "follows in your footsteps." Thank you, Deb, for being my teacher, my mentor, my friend.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DEBRA CERRUTI'S SERVICES 100%. You won't be disappointed.
---Laura P.
Posted 2/1/2012
Laura Pereira
I first met Deb back in 2007. I was pregnant with my first child, and she was my saving voice of reason! I didn't know much about having a baby, but I knew I wanted to give birth naturally. After speaking with Deb over the phone, I knew right away that I wanted to meet her and take her Bradley birth class. She even put me in touch with a wonderful midwifery practice, who later became the misisng link to my incredible birth team. My husband and I took her Bradley Classes, and liked them so much, that we decided to take them a second time, since we finished with enough time before the birth.
Posted 2/1/2012
Melissa Cassidy
We met Deb in our Bradley Birthing class which she was teaching. We really felt so comfortable with her that we asked her to be our doula.
It was the best decision we ever made! She was a pillar of strength, very calm and her energy directed the room. I cannot say enough about Debs' talent as a doula. I think she is very gifted as well as being an amazing person. I hold a special place for her in my heart. She just knew what I needed as the labor progressed and was a voice for me when I didn't have one. Our birth was perfect and our son arrived to a room full of loving eyes waiting for him!
Posted 1/23/2012
Michelle Mehler
Deb was my inspiring prenatal Bradley Method instructor, and one of my yoga teachers, therefore it felt natural for me to choose her as my doula. I wanted to have a doula for my first birth because I felt I needed the support of another woman who is not my friend or family, and has no “opinions” about how I can deal with birth. I wanted somebody to truly support me and believe in my inner strength and wisdom, and that would be experienced enough to know how births go and how a birthing woman feels. Her connection with my husband and I was very friendly and warm from the first time we met for a prenatal visit. Deb was very open to all our ideas and requests and was truly interested in our personal stories and perception towards birth. She was extremely supportive and encouraging. I felt I can completely open up and tell her all my fears and concerns as well as my hopes and visions. Deb was the most gentle and pleasant mother figure I needed next to me with all the advantages of her knowledge and experience. During the birth Deb was so sensitive and in tune to me that she knew exactly how I felt the entire time. She spoke to me as I was going through the different stages, and made me feel that she knows, that she understands, and that I'm doing great, and that was exactly what I needed. We had an amazing and beautiful home birth, and Deb is an inseparable part of it. After the birth, Deb stayed with us and made sure that I'm comfortable with breast feeding, and that I'm able to get some rest. She even fed me soup while I was nursing the baby... She was just the right kind of match for us and I have no doubt she's going to be my doula next time again.
After taking Deb's Bradley classes, and speaking with her via email and phone, my husband and I knew that we wanted to hire her as our doula. Deb has a wonderful ability to make you feel calm and secure. I always felt that I was in good hands.
When it came time for the birth, Deb was fantastic. I had a truly amazing experience, giving birth to my son. I KNOW that I could not have had the same birth experience without Deb's help. She was calm, understanding, supportive. She knew just what to do, at just the right time. It was a blessing to have her there.
Deb was very inspiring to me. So inspiring that I decided to follow her lead, and I am now also a Bradley Instructor and Doula. I think that is the best type of flattery, when someone "follows in your footsteps." Thank you, Deb, for being my teacher, my mentor, my friend.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DEBRA CERRUTI'S SERVICES 100%. You won't be disappointed.
---Laura P.