Maria Mease

Self Employed as a Faith-based Full Spectrum Doula. Meets with clients to educate and prepare for labor. Provides continuous, personalized support, comfort, and information during labor and birth. Provides guidance with postpartum bonding and breastfeeding, as well as a follow up consultation. Suggest herbal remedies for prenatal, labor/delivery and postpartum

• Specialize in support and navigation during and after NICU stay for parents/families.
• Create birth plans for expectant parents.
• Provide partner support and coaching.
• Facilitate patient referrals to specialists for advanced pre- or post-natal care.
• Advise patients on lifestyle modifications and preventative measures for the health of mother and baby.
• Teach childbirth preparation classes to expectant parents.
• Assist with postpartum care and provided guidance on postpartum recovery.
• Cultivate interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
• Collaborate with birthing team when it comes to expectant mother's care (mid-wives, nurses and doctors)
• Provide emotional and physical support to the patient/ family in all the stages of their labor, birth/postpartum process.

• Assisted with postpartum care and provided guidance on postpartum recovery.
• Assisted in delivery of pregnancies in hospital environment.
• Attend prenatal visitations at care providers office.
• Create birth plan.
• Prep mom for baby readiness.
• Assist in getting expectant mom necessary resources (ex: W.I.C., S.N.A.P., baby necessities etc.)
• Trained in BIPOC and cultural awareness.
• Provide in home postpartum care.
• Aid in basic lactation support through initiation of latch.
• Provide emotional and physical support to the patient/ family in all the stages of their labor, birth/postpartum process.

• Facilitate monthly remote meetings
• Collaborate with former parents, hospital clinicians and staff to provide a better patient and family experience.
• Review and partner on patient education handouts and other patient communication materials.
• Attend enterprise-wide P.F.A.C. meetings.
• Assist with NICU and other Maternal Child Health events.
• Help to create a social and emotional support group for NICU parents.
• Encourage patient families to share their hospital/birthing experience at our monthly committee meetings.
• Aided in a collaborative, united N.Y.P., P.F.A.C. group to create a story-telling curriculum.
• Volunteered for Community Outreach during Breastfeeding awareness month.
• Help funnel donations to NICU and Antepartum units
• Liaison between staff and volunteers.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams (ex: chaplin, child-life specialist, social media etc.)