​Contact Us: BuffaloDoulaCollective@gmail.com
(917) 974-9021
Rebecca Mercurio
Licensed Massage Therapist, Khalsa Way Prenatal Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master, Infant Massage Instructor, Birth Doula, Young Living Essential Oils Raindrop Therapy
A perpetual student of anatomy and bodywork, Rebecca has been working as a licensed massage therapist since 2005. A lifetime of travel and curiosity inform her work. Her yoga practice began in India in 1998. She studied and was attuned to the traditional Usui and Karuna healing systems in Japan and became a Reiki Master in 1999. While pregnant with her son she trained under Gurmukh Kuar Khalsa and became a prenatal yoga instructor in 2012. Rebecca holds a BA in Communications from Fordham University in addition to professional certifications in Essential Oils Therapy, Infant Massage Instruction, Infant CPR and is a DONA trained Birth Doula. She is fiercely dedicated to supporting women and their families throughout the powerful transformations of pregnancy and birth.
(703) 731-4471
Pauline Goulah
Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, Birth Photographer
Pauline believes in a woman's ability to birth her baby and became a doula to support, educate and empower women and their partners in the journey to parenthood. Birth is beautiful and peaceful and spiritual when given the calm, sacred space it needs and deserves, and that's what she works to protect. Pauline believes a positive birth experience instills confidence in the next steps of parenthood.
Angel Kulczyk
Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
Angel is a birth and postpartum doula certified through LIfeCycles and The Collective Doulas. She has devoted her practice to helping women become empowered by their birth journeys. She feels truly blessed to serve women during their transition to parenthood, and to find herself working alongside the most amazing, strong, powerful women. She has truly found her calling. "To accomplish great things, we must also dream, not only plan, but also believe." Angel lives in Buffalo with her husband and three children.
LuAnn Conte
Childbirth Educator, Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, L&D nurse, Birth Assistant, Breastfeeding Counselor, hypnobirthing certified and Placental Encapsulation Specialist
LuAnn was a labor and delivery nurse for 23 years and is currently a birth assistant at the Birthing Center of Buffalo and Buffalo Midwifery Services. She is hypnobirth certified and a DONA trained birth doula, a childbirth educator, breast feeding counselor (PCE), and a postpartum doula. She is certified in advanced neonatal resucitation and trained in placental encapsulation (Life Cycles). LuAnn is currently an apprentice midwife. She has served hundreds of families in WNY and has made it her life's work to provide the best care, always striving to meet the individual needs of each woman by supporting every family with committed, compassionate care. She is also now training doulas as a Life Cycles Collective Doulas (LCCD) certified trainer. LuAnn is the mother of four and lives in Niagara Falls with her husband and two dogs.
(716) 478-5764
Gina Varney
Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, Placenta Encapsulation Specialist, Co-leader of the WNY chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
Gina believes that by empowering woman to own their birth, creating a plan that fits their individual needs, and by giving newborns respectful evidence-based care, we can dramatically improve our future. She is a DONA-trained birth and postpartum doula and a placenta encapsulation specialist. She started Own Birth in 2008 and is committed to helping families become educated, supported and empowered. She is the co-leader of the Western New York chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) and facilitates the monthly VBAC support group at The Birthing Center of Buffalo. Gina is also mentoring and training doulas as a certified doula trainer for the Life Cycle Collective Doulas (LCCD). She has three children, and lives in Kenmore, NY.
our DOULAS
The doulas in our Collective, while maintaining their individual practices, work closely together and provide backup and support for each other, so when you hire a doula from the Collective you are accessing the skills, care, and knowledge of us all.
