Meet Us

Christina Duff, CD (DONA), CLC

Christina lives in Havertown, PA and is the mother of three adorable children. She graduated from Drexel University in 2000 and went on to graduate work at West Chester University. The birth of her first child was such an empowering experience, that she decided she wanted to help other women have their best birth experience. She has received training as both a birth and postpartum doula, and is a member of both DONA and CAPPA. Christina is an active member and certified breastfeeding counselor for Nursing Mothers Alliance. This certification requires a six week course using La Leche League International's The Breastfeeding Answer Book, and is taught by an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Christina teaches childbirth preparation at the Bryn Mawr Birth Center and is a member of the International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA). Christina is working towards one day becoming a certified nurse midwife.

Contact: Christina@wellbornbaby.com

Elizabeth Larkin, IBCLC, CD (DONA)

Elizabeth lives in King of Prussia, PA and is a mother of two precocious boys. She graduated from James Madison University in 1998, but did not find her true calling until her sons were born (in 2003 and 2005). She has received training as both a birth and postpartum doula, and is a member of both DONA and CAPPA. Elizabeth is President for Nursing Mothers Alliance, a non-profit organization that promotes breastfeeding through enlightening education and empowering support. Elizabeth completed a lactation internship at Paoli Hospital between 2007 and 2008. She is also an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and teaches childbirth preparation at the Bryn Mawr Birth Center. She is excited about helping women start strong healthy families one birth at a time. She has learned in her time as a doula that, "every birth is amazing, even if the babies aren't your own."

Contact: Elizabeth@wellbornbaby.com

Jen Brosnan, RN

Contact: Jen@wellbornbaby.com

Kate Carrera, DONA Trained

Kate is a mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, lactation counselor and doula. All of these roles have had a profound impact in her life, but being a mom of two has taught her the most by far. Kate is a two-time Bryn Mawr Birth Center mom and is an advocate of natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and the profound change it has on a woman's life. She is a certified breastfeeding counselor and has completed an 18-hour interdisciplinary breastfeeding management course sponsored by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Kate is currently pursuing her doula certification through DONA. The natural birth and breastfeeding experience of her own children has led her to this path of helping, educating and empowering moms.

Contact: Kate@wellbornbaby.com

Sarah Domis, MS, DONA Trained

Sarah lives with her son, husband, and two 4 legged children on the Main Line. She earned her undergraduate degree from Muhlenberg College and continued to study psychology on the graduate level. Sarah holds her Master’s of Science in Clinical & Counseling Health Psychology from The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Sarah enjoys using a mindfulness based approach in counseling. During her own birth experience, she realized the significant overlap of her counseling skills which could be applied to the childbirth process. With these skills she hopes to help women and their partners achieve the best birth experience they imagine. Sarah is also a co-founder of the Main Line Counseling Center.  She continues to be amazed at the strength of the mind-body connection and how much can be achieved by utilizing this relationship.

Contact: Sarah@wellbornbaby.com

Nikki Graham, CLE, CMT, DONA Trained

Nikki began her “birth and babies” career in succession with the birth of her first child in 1999. Feeling incredibly supported and encouraged, first by her own midwife, and subsequently by the La Leche League Leaders (volunteer breastfeeding counselors), who led support group meetings for breastfeeding moms, Nikki was inspired to give back. She enthusiastically pursued LLL Leadership status, and was awarded recognition as a Leader in the year 2000.

While still active as a LLL Leader, Nikki decided to further her lactation education by enrolling in UCLA Extension’s Lactation Educator Training Program in 2003. Upon completion of the 44-hour program, she was awarded the designation Certified Lactation Educator. In addition to co-leading an active LLL group and counseling mothers over the phone and in their homes, Nikki taught breastfeeding classes and led breastfeeding support group meetings at The Nurture Center in Lafayette, CA. Today, Nikki offers breastfeeding support to mothers both over the phone, and in their homes. 

In March, 2011, Nikki began pursuing birth doula certification through DONA International. She is on target to complete the requirements for certification in August, 2011.

In addition to the training and experience Nikki has received both as a lactation educator and a birth doula, she has found that her earlier training as a massage therapist and health educator has proven immensely beneficial in those roles. She received recognition as a Certified Massage Therapist and Health Educator (CMT) through the National Holistic Institute in Emeryville, CA in 1995. Shortly thereafter, she was awarded the designation Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCTMB) through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. Additionally, Nikki trained with the Foundation for Healthy Family Living in Sonoma, CA through their 30.9-hour course, Instructor Certificate Training for Infant Massage in 2003. Today, Nikki offers pre and postnatal massage to moms, as well as infant massage instruction to parents.

Contact: Nikki@wellbornbaby.com

Kim Eckler, RYT, DONA Trained

Kim has been helping women prepare for childbirth and motherhood with yoga for over a decade. She currently teaches prenatal yoga at the Yoga Garden, and will be offering postnatal yoga through Well Born Baby. She is very excited to be completing her doula training through DONA, marrying the relaxation and breath of yoga with the support and planning of a doula.  Kim is the proud mother of three children, all born at the Bryn Mawr Birth Center. As a serious student of martial arts she thought she knew her body's limits, and believed she pushed them quite frequently. Yet it was her first birth that opened her eyes to how hard the body could truly work when she relaxed and trusted it. There is power in softness. As Gayle Peterson says "childbirth requires women to develop their feminine power, a strength that is akin to the nature of water: yielding but relentless."  Kim is happy to join the Well Born Baby team, offering birth and postpartum doula services, as well as pre and postnatal yoga.

Contact: Kim@wellbornbaby.com