Alaska McFadden
Carriage House Certified Birth Doula
Hypnobirthing Certified Doula
Certified Lactation Counselor
Certified Childbirth Educator, Birthing Advocacy (BADT)
Education:
Pratt Institute: BFA in Writing for Publication, Performance & Media GPA 3.97, Graduated with Distinction, Pratt Circle Award
Training & Certifications:
● Certified Childbirth Educator, Birthing Advocacy
● Certified Lactation Counselor
● Experienced with Spinning Babies
● Trained Home Birth Midwife Assistant with NRP Certification
● Trauma-Informed Tools for Birth Workers, Tara Tonini 2021
● Induced Lactation & Combo Feeding Education, Lea Rivera (Empire Lactation)
● The Pelvic Floor: A Workshop for Doulas, Sonia Reiter 2021
● Understanding Fetal Monitoring For Doulas by Manhattan Birth, 2021
● NRP Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certified, July 2020
● Infant CPR Certification: American Red Cross, April 2021
● BreastFeeding For Doulas: Birth Day Presence, May 2019
● Intuitive Doula Work: Carriage House, April 2019
● Childbirth Education: Carriage House, April 2019
● Homebirth for Doulas: Carriage House, May 2019
● Birth Doula Certification Training Program: Carriage House, June 2019
● Carriage House Case Studies: Using Your Superpowers
● Carriage House Case Studies: Induction & Augmentation
● Carriage House Case Studies: Common Medical Terms
● Carriage House Case Studies: Home Birth Basics
● Cornerstone Doula Seahorse & Unicorns: Trans & Non Binary Support
Skills:
Improv Comedy, Yoga & Meditation, Driving (manual/automatic), Cooking, Bookbinding, Organization & Administration, Hospitality.
Birth Experience: Home births, Hackensack Meridian, Jazz & Brooklyn Birthing Center, Kings County, Methodist, Metropolitan, Mount Sinai East, Mount Sinai West, NY Langone, NY Presbyterian (Downtown), Weill Cornell ( & Alexander Cohen New Location), NYU Winthrop University, NY Presbyterian (Queens), Woodhull, Wycoff, and virtual support among others. Experienced in High Risk, Induction, VBAC, HBAC, Home Birth, Water Birth, Trauma Informed Care, and Queer Family Support.
References: Available upon request.