Stacey J. Rees, CNM, MA
srees|at|clementinemidwifery-dot-com
Stacey J. Rees, CNM, MA is a graduate of Barnard College, Princeton University, Columbia University School of Nursing, and the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. She has been a midwife since 2001. Stacey is a long-time reproductive rights and health activist. Along with her clinical work (at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn and later at Elizabeth Seton Childbearing Center) she was part-time Program Director of the Soros Reproductive Health and Rights Fellowship at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health prior to starting Clementine. Stacey did all of her midwifery training at the Elizabeth Seton Childbearing Center; she also worked there as a nurse and a midwife before ESCbC closed. Although she was born in California she considers herself a native New Yorker. She lives in Brooklyn.
Nicole Meade, Apprentice
nicolemeade928|at|gmail-dot-com
Nicole Meade is a nurse-midwifery and women’s health nurse practitioner student at Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. She is thrilled to be completing the final portion of her studies at Clementine, providing care at the office and attending births with Stacey. Stacey and Nicole share health care and birth philosophies and have been planning this apprenticeship for quite some time. Nicole is also a labor and delivery nurse at NYU and has been involved in women’s health care as a practitioner, researcher and activist since 2002, both in the United States and abroad.
Cori Pleune, Office Manager and Birth Assistant
cori|at|clementinemidwifery-dot-com
Cori Pleune is so happy to be helping Stacey out in the Clementine office and at homebirths! She is a co-founder of Dos Doulas and is a DONA Certified Birth Doula, certified Lamaze Childbirth Educator, and trained Postpartum Doula. She has attended midwifery assistant trainings at The Farm in Tennessee and with Stacey Rees in Brooklyn. She is certified with the American Red Cross in adult/child/infant CPR, and has completed workshops to help women breastfeed successfully. Cori attended her first birth in 1996 and has been hooked ever since. Her hobbies are knitting, reading good books and playing fetch with Gerdie the dog. She is the proud mama of Oliver "Ollie" Cash Pleune born at home in May of 2009.
Leda Ward, Assistant Office Manager
leda|at|clementinemidwifery-dot-com
Leda is a DONA-certified birth doula and certified lactation counselor. Before becoming a doula, she spent many years studying birth from a sociological and feminist perspective. She even conducted research on maternal mortality for world-renowned midwife Ina May Gaskin and Amnesty International. In addition to helping out at Clementine Midwifery and attending births, she also volunteers with The Doula Project and provides in-home babywearing consultations through the expert babywearing boutique, Metro Minis. In her free time, she loves knitting baby hats and embroidering funky pillows. She hopes to someday become a homebirth midwife.
Sarah Kaylor, Birth Assistant
sarah|at|dosdoulas-dot-com
Sarah Kaylor is a co-founder of Dos Doulas and a DONA certified Birth Doula and trained Postpartum Doula and Hypnobirthing instuctor. She has attended midwifery assistant trainings at The Farm in Tennessee and with Stacey Rees in Brooklyn. She has also trained as an End of Life Doula and is certified with the American Red Cross in adult/child/infant CPR, and has completed workshops to help women breastfeed successfully. Sarah birthed her son, Jacob, 20 years ago and has supported women in labor ever since. Her hobbies are Aikido, drawing, making sock creatures and snuggling with Django the uber mutt.
Sarah Moore, Birth Assistant
sarahmoore44|at|yahoo-dot-com
Sarah Moore has a BA from Brown University, an MA from NYU and has been teaching and working with families in New York City for 14 years. Her work in the childbirth community began after the births of her two children, Lola and Oscar. She is a certified labor support doula and childbirth educator and has served as secretary on the board of the Childbirth Education Association of Metropolitan New York (CEA/MNY). In addition to teaching childbirth prep classes in Brooklyn, Sarah provides colic support for families throughout the city.
Terry Richmond, Birth Assistant
terryrichmond|at|gmail-dot-com
Terry Richmond is an experienced birth doula and childbirth educator who is honored to have attended over 300 births since she began this work in 2002. Formerly a broadway actress, Terry now devotes her time to serving on the board of Choices in Childbirth and raising her magnificent son ( and inspiration), Emory.