Abigail Iovine (BAIcd)
Phone: 610-216-2910 Email:abigail.iovine@gmail.com
Emmaus Pa 18049
Professional Labor support, Pregnancy and Childbirth Education,
Maternity & postpartum care
I am an experienced certified doula providing comprehensive pregnancy and childbirth education, on call, continuous labor support, and professional, compassionate postpartum and breastfeeding care.
I possess practical knowledge in pregnancy/maternal physiology and public health and maternity care, both in hospital and out of hospital.
I provide patient advocacy and concierge services to the community, applying extensive knowledge and hands on experience, to offer evidence based information to women and their families.
Core Competencies include:
Anatomy & physiology • Nutrition • Reproduction • Fetal Growth and development
Pregnancy and Birth • Lactation • Prenatal Care • Continuous Labor Support
Public Health/Maternity care • Child Development • Pre- perinatal psychology • Post postpartum care
Neonatal resuscitation • Basic Life Saving • Birth emergency protocols • Management of normal labor and delivery
Professional Experience:
2017-present
Apprentice Midwife
My Birth By Design
2016/2017
Midwife's assistant
Beautiful Beginnings Homebirth
2012 – Present
Doula
Traditional Birth Services & Professional Labor Support
I have attended births and served women in the following settings:
water births • home births • hospital births • cesarean births • vaginal births
unmedicated/ natural births • medicated births • inductions • multiples • single mothers • trauma
addiction/recovery • bereavement/pregnancy loss
Formal Training and Education
Formal midwifery apprenticeship 2017- ongoing
Neonatal Resuscitation renewal 2017
Stillbirthday training 2017-ongoing
Birth Doula Certification 2013 (Birth Arts International)
Neonatal Resuscitation Certification 2012 (Karen Strange Midwifery Management of Neonatal Resuscitation)
Art of Midwifery 2012 (The Art of Midwifery)