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Mother and Newborn Inc.

Elaine Gerber
Lawrenceville NJ 08648

609-771-1368

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Mother and Newborn is a Doula/Nanny service, started in 2001. Our company specializes in Postpartum Infant Care/Prenatal Care and Part Time Nanny Care. Mother and Newborn serves Mercer County and the surrounding areas including parts of Pennsylvania. We are also fully trained and experienced in home and hospital births, helping women recover after “C” sections and work successfully with clients with postpartum depression. Our extensive experience with twins has allowed us to help multiple families through trying times.

I have many years of experience with children of all ages from infancy through preschool including my own successful home-based day-care business. Several years ago I decided that my strongest interest was in helping mothers with newborns. So, I decided to become a Doula and part time Nanny. My labor Doula training was received through the University of Pennsylvania. Since then I have continued my education with childbirth classes at Capital Health Care in Trenton, New Jersey and at Princeton Medical Center, Princeton, New Jersey. My continuing education includes lactation classes and ongoing Doula training. Further, I have been CPR certified. Mother and Newborn and our staff are available days, nights and weekends. An extensive listing of our references is available on request. Mother and Newborn looks forward to helping you.

What is a Doula?

The word "Doula" comes from the ancient Greeks and is now used to refer to a woman who helps other women. It has been applied to childbirth to refer to "a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth." (Klaus, Kennell, and Klaus, in Mothering the Mother).


A postpartum Doula provides care to a family with a newborn baby such as:
Personal Care
Breastfeeding/Formula
Care for the New Baby
Care for an Older Sibling
Physical and Emotional Support
Helping to Recognize Postpartum Depression
Light Home Care (including Food Shopping, Errands, Laundry, and Meal Preparation).


A birth Doula recognizes birth as a key life experience that the mother will remember all her life.

understands the physiology of birth and emotional needs of a woman in labor.
assists the woman and her partner in preparing for and carrying out their plans for the birth.
stays by the side of the laboring woman throughout the entire labor.
provides emotional support, physical comfort measures, an objective viewpoint, and assistance to the woman in getting information she needs to make good decisions.
facilitates communication between the laboring woman, her partner, and clinical care providers.
perceives her role as one who nurtures and protects the woman’s memory of her birth experience.



The acceptance of Doula’s in maternity care is growing rapidly with the recognition of their important contribution to improve physical outcomes and emotional well-being of mothers and infants.
Lawrenceville NJ 08648

609-771-1368

Please contact us at



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