Birth Sweet Brooklyn

Birth Sweet Brooklyn Jennette Selig offers preconception and prenatal consultation, antenatal/postpartum doula support, and lactation educator/counselor services in NYC. Thank you.

I am a postpartum doula certified through Doula Trainings International (DTI). I also provide prenatal consultation and "distance doula" (sometimes called "virtual doula") services for a wide variety of families and individuals. I am also a Certificated Lactation Educator/Counselor (through UCSD), trained to provide education and support with lactation and breastfeeding. Testimonials: http://doulamatch.net/profile/9609/jennette-selig

I'm currently enrolled and working toward certification in the CEA/MNY Cooperative Childbirth Educator teacher training program. My Philosophy of Care: En Face Support

What is En Face? En Face (pronounced "ahn fahs") is a term used by childbirth educators that means "face-to-face, a position in which the mother's face and the infant's face are approximately 8 inches apart and on the same plane, as when the mother holds the infant up in front of her face or when she nurses the child. Studies of maternal and infant bonding have shown that mothers seek eye-to-eye contact and that they will instinctively move the baby to an en face position." -- from Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. © 2009, Elsevier (online). What does this mean to me? As a mother tilts her face to meet and match the angle of her child's gaze, I will meet you wherever you are in your journey through and beyond birth, working to connect with you there, eye-to-eye and without judgment. Whether you are a birthing parent, partner, adoptive parent, surrogate, or identify another way, I would be happy to discuss working with you as you go through your individual experiences of pregnancy, birth, adoption, parenting, etc. -- and all the postpartum period can bring. What do doulas do, you ask? Whatever we can! "Their goal is to provide continuous physical, emotional, and informational support before and during labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum period. The intent of a doula is to help the [birthing parent] have a safe and satisfying experience, as the [birthing parent] defines it." -- Wikipedia

I consider myself a doula not only to "mothers" or "women," but to all birthing people, parents and families, however defined.

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If posting on this page, please note: I will not host comments, links, or posts that advocate violence, or that are negative or accusatory regarding personally identified birth professionals.

06/12/2026

“Remove milk to make milk” was the phrase from my CLEC program in lactation support. I now share it with everyone I teach. Great tips!

Thickened bottles are not currently recommended.
12/10/2024

Thickened bottles are not currently recommended.

I find Dr. Wickham to be a great resource on birth topics! Her new book looks like a good one to check out.
09/06/2023

I find Dr. Wickham to be a great resource on birth topics! Her new book looks like a good one to check out.

I am SO happy to have launched my Plus Size Pregnancy book into the world.

Absolutely overwhelmed by the amount of love and happy comments that we have received today.

Thank you so much.

I hope you'll buy it, recommend it, review it and help spread the word.

Together, we can help women get informed about the issues.

https://www.sarawickham.com/plus-size-pregnancy

Some great children's books recommendations at the end of this thread!
02/07/2023

Some great children's books recommendations at the end of this thread!

Most people don’t need a huge freezer “stash.”
11/20/2022

Most people don’t need a huge freezer “stash.”

“I often see pictures on social media of freezers full of breast milk. The caption always reads something like “thankful for my freezer stash” or “stocked up to go back to work”. I wanted to show moms what a going back to work stash normally looks like.

It seems as though no one is posting about their completely normal and adequate “freezer stash”. This is 16 oz of milk, and it is completely adequate for a moms first day back to work.

The average baby takes around 1-1.5oz per hour while mom is away. This means that if baby is at daycare for 9 hours the maximum amount baby should need is about 13oz. This also leaves a 3oz cushion should the parents get stuck in traffic or if some is spilled.

If mom is pumping to make up missed feedings while away from baby she will get what she needs for the next day. Preparing to leaving baby is hard enough without the pressure to fill a deep freezer.”

~ Whitney Callahan

There is no right or wrong here. small stash, huge stash, no stash...We are all doing the absolute best we can and you should be proud of yourself for that! More often than not we see the huge freezer stash pictures, I thought it was important to see the other side of that. ❤️❤❤

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It can be very hard to find inclusive language on pregnancy/birth/parenting sites and in books. I was reading a post tod...
07/15/2022

It can be very hard to find inclusive language on pregnancy/birth/parenting sites and in books. I was reading a post today on the topic and saw these two links, which I wanted to pass along:

This website has a non binary pregnancy resource library: https://transfertility.co/

This one talks about how to find support https://www.familyequality.org/resources/preparing-for-pregnancy-as-a-non-binary-person/

I am also told that the excellent website Evidence Based Birth is updating its language to be more inclusive, and that the newest edition of the book The Birth Partner has, too.

Preparing for pregnancy as a non-binary person will involve a few extra steps to ensure your mental and physical health is supported throughout the process.

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