COMMUNITY BIRTHING SERVICES
Learn more about HHFC community birthing services and eligibility.
Overview
​Community birthing services provide continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and after birth. Studies have shown that when doulas attend births, labors are shorter with fewer complications, babies are healthier and they breastfeed more easily.
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Community birthing services at HHFC offers:
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Birth plan creation and assistance
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Assistance with unmedicated birth (doula services)
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Support with unexpected circumstances
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Physical and emotional assitance
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Eligibility:
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Mothers must be at least 4 months pregnant.
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Mothers that are less than 4 months pregnant must be on a physician ordered: "bed rest” (with documentation). ​
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We also accept minors with parental consent.
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Must reside in the Brownsville, East New York, Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant or other neighboring Brooklyn communities
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Birth plan creation and assistance
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Assistance with unmedicated birth (doula services)
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Support with unexpected circumstances
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Physical and emotional assitance
