Cordelia Hanna, Birth & Postpartum Doula, Lactation & Childbirth Educator, Located in South Pasadena
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Cordelia Hanna, MPH, CHES, ICCE, CLE, CBA, is a Certified Childbirth Educator (ICEA), Certified Birth Assistant (ALACE), Certified Lactation Educator (CAPPA), Certified Health Education Specialist (NCHEC), who has a Master’s in Public Health in Health Education and Promotion/Maternal Child Health from Loma Linda University.
Cordelia is a Birth and Postpartum Doula, Childbirth & Lactation Educator and Assistant Midwife located in South Pasadena, CA. She has attended hundreds of births in hospitals, birth centers and homes since 1991 as a Monitrice, Doula and Assistant Midwife and Apprentice Midwife.
Special Skills: Childbirth Education, Lactation Support.
Cordelia is a mother of two home-born, breastfed, family-bedded, attachment parented children.
Her Ethnicity is Caucasian, and her age is 45+
Languages: She has basic working proficiency in Spanish and French.
Cordelia is the Executive Director of The Association for Wholistic Maternal and Newborn Health; she coordinates their childbirth education and birth support services.
Philosophy:
“Pregnancy can be a time of personal growth and childbirth can be an empowering and transformational experience for women. I feel this goal is achieved through education and support. I have over 24 years experience helping women through the process in multiple settings: home, hospital and birth center. I love helping expectant families gain trust in birth and make informed choices while cultivating acceptance of unexpected outcomes. I work with diverse families from many backgrounds, including African-American, African Immigrants, Lesbian Mothers, Jewish Families, Single Mothers, etc.
I believe that motherhood is a sacred journey and a new mother deserves to be nurtured and supported in the first weeks postpartum so she can bond with her precious newborn. I have over 24 years experience helping mothers through childbirth and in the postpartum period as a Doula and Assistant Midwife. I am also a Certified Lactation Educator & Counselor. It is my pleasure to help new mothers and father/partners gain confidence to care for their newborn babies. I am also an excellent cook and can customize meals to suit the families taste, and help with the newborn and new mother care. Hourly, daily and weekly rate. Also can provide overnight care, and can help with twins and post-cesarean recovery. I promote attachment parenting practices (co-sleeping, baby-wearing, on-demand laid-back breastfeeding, etc.), Kangaroo care (Nils Bergman) and Biological Nurturing (Suzanne Colson) and The Happiest Baby (Dr. Harvey Karp) approaches to infant care.”
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Phone: 626-388-2191
Email: cordeliahc@wholisticmaternalnewbornhealth.org