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631-574-2205
info@lidoulas.com
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​Meetings

Check Our meetings page for the calendar of 2018 meetings.

Next Meeting:
​November 1st Thursday
​Bellmore Panera Bread
Topic: Unpacking Gender and Sexuality in Birth Work​

Workshops

Upcoming Workshops

Trainings:

Birth Doula Training
​Postpartum Doula Training
​Childbirth Education
​Business of Being a Doula
Black Maternity Wellness​

Events

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Council:

Deborah Rotunno - President

Sarah Hartman -
Vice President

Katherine Koncelik - Treasurer

Laura Siddons -
Council Chair

Stephanie Gunderson - Council Chair

Julia Kaplan-Schilling -Newsletter and Public Relations

Kaitlin McGreyes- Council Chair

Regina Iaccarino - Council Chair

S​uzanna Gatz- Council Chair
LIDA, Inc.,  is a multi-professional  organization operating on the paradigm that birth is normal and as such provides evidence based information and positive support for women in the early stages of motherhood, from conception through postpartum. 
  
LIDA, Inc., is passionate about supporting birthing families. Through our "Families in Crisis Fund" we are able to provide professional support to families in crisis at little or no cost to those in need.
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LIDAs COMMUNITY OUTREACH EXPANDS !  

​Black Maternity Wellness Collective
  • According to an article published in the NY Times (April 2018), Black women are 9 times as likely to die from childbirth-related causes as white women
  • 387 out of 10,000 black women will experience life threatening complications from pregnancy and childbirth (this is triple the rate of white women)
  • Black women with a college education are more likely to have complications in birth than white women with out a high school diploma​

This months Member spotlight:

Melanie Sumersille, CNM