Stephanie Heintzeler Birth Doula in Brooklyn, NY

About Stephanie

Stephanie Heintzeler is a German educated midwife and acupuncturist as well as US-educated doula and Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She was born in New York City but raised in Germany, where she found her enthusiasm for midwifery already when she was 12 years old- thanks to her “not-so-little-anymore” brother who was born then. She became a midwife at the midwifery school Black Forest in 2000 and worked in Frankfurt for several years after as well as in Munich from 2008-2012. Stephanie and her team care for women with all kinds of births- whether her clients choose a hospital birth, birthing center or home birth; she wants them to follow their own intuition about which birth place feels best. Stephanie has seen it all- breech births, many successful VBACs (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean), planned and unplanned c-sections, vaginal twin births and LGBTQ-families. With her “former midwife-approach” her clients feel taken care of from a holistic-medical perspective. She uses breathing techniques, TENS and positions to open the pelvis as well as her acupuncture background and massage techniques to make birthing as comfortable as possible- whether it is a natural or medicated birth. Using evidence-birth-techniques she makes sure their clients have continuous support during pregnancy, birth and the postpartum weeks. As a lactation consultant (IBCLC) she cares for families in the early weeks with their little one at home. Stephanie holds a lactation counselor as well as lactation consultant certification as well as a certficate in First Aid, infant and adult CPR. As of 2026 Stephanie has delivered over 2,500 babies and attended over 3,300 births. She is the founder of the New York Baby where she puts expecting parents/mothers in touch with doulas and baby nurses.

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Welcome to The New York Baby! We provide certified, highly trained and vetted birth doulas, postpartum doulas, baby specialists and lactation consultants. Founded by a former midwife, our agency understands physiologic birth across hospital, birth center, and home settings. This means our families feel prepared and supported throughout their pregnancy, birth and post-partum experience. We offer: Birth doula services in hospitals, birthing centers or in your home. Postpartum doula services- including daytime and overnight. Night nanny or live-in baby specialist services. Clinical lactation consultant services.

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DONA International Certification verified · Nov 2026 View Lactation Consultant certification Certification verified · Nov 2026 View American Red Cross Certification verified · Nov 2026 View German midwife diploma Certification verified · Nov 2026 View

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Service area

Stephanie is based in Brooklyn, New York.

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