Birth A Mi Manera
Bronx, NY Serves families in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens
If applicable, Travel Fees will be discussed based on distance
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Birth Fee
$2000 to $3500
Postpartum Rate
$50 to $65
Availability Remarks: 3-4 hour shifts available, a minimum of 2 shifts required
Birth Fee
$2000 to $3500
Postpartum Rate
$50 to $65
2 years and 36 births attended
2 years and 14 families served
Type of practice: Partnership with 1 other doula
Clients per month: 2 to 4 births and 2 postpartum families
Postpartum limits/restrictions: Allergic to cats - can still support families with cats, but ask that they be in another room during home visits
Attends hospital births? Some Hospitals
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Attends home births? Any Home Birth
I focus on supporting autonomous birth choices - from homebirths to unassisted/freebirths.
MA/MS
Doula for community-based programs: The Bronx Health Link Conscious Birth Collective Doulas en Español Lower Hudson Valley Perinatal Network Citywide Doula Initiative - NMPP
Birth Doula All pregnancies are different, so I work with each client to develop a customized plan for pregnancy, birth, and beyond. I offer below: Package 1: One virtual, One in-person prenatal session Continuous in-person support during labor One in-person postpartum session Individual-Resource Lists Phone/email/text support Partnered Doula Support One virtual, One in-person prenatal session Continuous in-person support during labor Two in-person postpartum sessions 3-hour childbirth education intensive course Individual-Resource Lists Phone/email/text support with both doulas Available Add-ons - Birth Story, Childbirth education I focus on making birthing options feasible for BIPOC folks and offer a sliding scale in addition to payment plan options.
Bronx, NY Serves families in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens
If applicable, Travel Fees will be discussed based on distance
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8/27/2023
I highly recommend Estefany. Estefany was my birth doula for the birth of my second child. After going past my due date, I had a very fast labor and an unmedicated hospital birth. Estefany supported me emotionally and practically from before my labor began, on the way to the hospital, and all the way through the birth process. Estefany's wealth of experience was invaluable. She has a great personality and worked well as a team with the professionals at the hospital. I felt empowered after my birth and would recommend Estefany to any expecting parent.
3/3/2023
Despite having started my search for Doulas in my 37th week of pregnancy (actually I searched much earlier but none returned my calls) finding Estefany was the best thing that could have happened to me. I am a single mother and I have no family in the US, so being accompanied during the birth process was very important to me. And above all, having someone with Estefany's knowledge and experience by my side was essential.
Unfortunately, after almost 12 hours of labor and a few hours of pushing, my exhaustion led me to request a cesarean section. Estefany was by my side the whole time, suggesting special breathing techniques and comfort positions, communicating my decisions to the nurses and doctors, and supporting me in my decisions. Without a doubt, my first experience of having a baby would have been very traumatic if I had not had Estefany with me. The peace and security that she transmitted to me at all times helped me through labor. And it didn't end there, she kept giving me and my baby her support even after having had my baby more than a month ago! With Emma (my baby girl) we love Estefany!
3/2/2023
From the Birthing Partner:
I am so grateful to have had Estefany as our doula. She agreed to take us on when my wife was 37 weeks pregnant, and the way she showed up for us from that point to the birth and then postpartum has been really special. On the professional end, Estefany is highly organized, informative, and thorough. On the personal end, she is responsive to your needs and vision, she is super dependable, and her own positivity and excitement for our child’s birth was so contagious and reassuring for us. My wife and I planned to have a homebirth but had to transfer to the hospital at the beginning of labor, and Estefany came to the hospital and was with us for over 30 hours, helping us manage my wife’s contraction pain, helping us advocate for ourselves and make informed decisions, and everything else to make sure we were okay. As a partner, I feel like Estefany equipped me with skills to help my wife, which gave me some confidence heading into it. She taught me about counterpressure before the birth, and then she was there during labor helping me apply it and taking over when I needed a break. She was our rock. I trusted Estefany with my world in my wife and our child, and I am so happy that I did.
3/2/2023
From the Birthing Person:
I have nothing but deep, deep gratitude and love for Estefany for all that she has done for me and my family in the lead up to and birth of our daughter. She has an incredible way of showing up with easy, positive energy, while still leaving all the space you need to process and have your own feelings. I was a first time mom, and didn’t know what to expect or how I would show up in labor and I left every interaction with Estefany believing in myself and that things would go well, as well as gaining practical knowledge and skills that we used in labor and birthing. It was invaluable support.
Labor was long. Because we transferred to the hospital from a home birth (suspected meconium), we arrived much earlier than I would have planned to, and Estefany showed up, supporting my husband (or hands on me herself) through each and every contraction, all the way to the end. Despite the plan changing - as it does, Estefany knew our birth plan and adapted to the hospital context without skipping a beat. She did everything I had asked for in our conversations before birth, and at each stage of labor, she talked me through my options (both in birthing positions and movement, as well as medical options), offered questions I could ask, and affirmed me advocating for myself. She was our rock. She never brought pressure or judgment, just support.
I know I can’t quite capture the holistic nature of the support that she provided, but whenever the next child comes, we will 100% be looking to have Estefany on our team again. She brought real love and real belief in the work she’s doing to the birth of our daughter, and I will forever be grateful that she was part of our birth story.
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