MEET JANET + DANIELLE
JANET BOGARDUS
LCCE, CD(DONA) CLC
Janet Bogardus is a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator, DONA-certified birth doula, IYI-certified prenatal yoga teacher, and a certified lactation counselor awarded by the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice (ALPP), a premier national, ANSI-accredited credential in the US.
Janet has helped thousands of families over the past 30 years. She offers private Lamaze childbirth classes, VBAC classes, childbirth counseling, and private prenatal yoga classes online or in people's homes in the New York City area.
Janet comes to the world of birth with a background in dance, yoga, and performance (The Jon Stewart Show, PBS, Lincoln Center). She became very interested in the process of childbirth during her first pregnancy over 20 years ago.
In 2006, Janet became a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and, in 2008, received her doula training and subsequent certification from Debra Pascali-Bonaro through DONA International. She earned her Certified Lactation Counselor credential in 2014 through Healthy Children's Center for Breastfeeding, which has enabled her to provide evidence-based lactation support to her clients. To date, she has helped thousands of families better understand and engage with the entire birth process, which includes pregnancy, labor, and postpartum.
From 2006-2020, Janet was on faculty at Mt. Sinai West (formerly Roosevelt Hospital). She currently teaches online Childbirth Education, Comfort Measures, and Lactation classes for Mt. Sinai Hospital in NYC. Janet is also a consultant with Maven, an online healthcare platform, assisting families nationwide. When Janet isn't helping people welcome babies into their lives, she enjoys pickleball, hiking, dancing, writing, and spending time with friends and family.
I knew Janet was special when we attended our first birth together, nearly a decade ago. I was an RN working in the Roosevelt Birthing Center. She was the sharply dressed doula - wearing red Swedish tie clogs! - making everyone feel part of the team.
The close bond between Janet and the expectant parents was obvious - the way they interacted, the look of trust in each others eyes, and the way they managed each contraction together. Janet, in her loving, quiet way, was making me, the OBGYN (who the patient had only met once before), and everyone feel part of the whole experience. I was so impressed that Janet spent time giving gentle encouragement and support to the birth partner, which empowered them to be a more active participant in the birth of their child. This spoke volumes about Janet's philosophy of the childbirth experience and how inclusive and special it can and should feel.
Since then, I've seen Janet in action (still wearing those clogs!), teaching birthing classes with a knowledge base to which every health professional should aspire - sometimes using her corny jokes to make the anxious parents-to-be feel at ease - but always conveying solid and important information clearly and concisely. The bottom line is there is no-one else I would want to partner with than Janet. She reminds me and every mom or mom-to-be why birth is the most special, significant and transformative event of our lives."
- Danielle
DANIELLE JACKSON
RN, BSN, PGDipHSc (Midwifery), IBCLC
Danielle holds a BA in Nursing and a Postgraduate Degree in Health Science (Midwifery) at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is also an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
Danielle has worked in Maternal-Child Health Care for 33 years, with experience in NICU, Labor and Delivery, and for 12 years in the midwifery-based birthing center at Mount Sinai West. After its closing, she transitioned to a full-time hospital Lactation Consultant and now works at both Mount Sinai and New York Presbyterian Health Care Systems.
She has dedicated her career to helping women and their families, and takes pride in her role as an educator, informing mothers and partners about breastfeeding, newborn care, sleep and settling, and newborn behavior.
Danielle has two beautiful red-headed children and lives in Brooklyn with her musician husband.
I recommend Danielle to families I work with not only because of her vast and varied experience as a midwife, labor and delivery nurse, lactation consultant and mother.
I tell people about Danielle because she has a heart of gold and spot on intuition when it comes to babies, parents and families. Everyone who meets her, loves her and knows she is special. It doesn't hurt that she's from Australia and has the cutest accent in the world.
Danielle cares about the people she works with, and goes beyond the prescribed consultation visit. She checks in with the families she is working with by text or email or even popping by when she happens to be in the neighborhood. Danielle is always making sure things are ok.
In sum, when it comes to early parenthood, a time of anticipation and new beginnings, there is no one I trust more than Danielle in terms of giving the right amount of care and expert attention."
- Janet
I recommend Danielle to families I work with not only because her vast and varied experience as a midwife, labor and delivery nurse, lactation consultant and mother.
I tell people about Danielle because she has a heart of gold and spot on intuition when it comes to babies, parents and families. Everyone who meets her, loves her and knows she is special. It doesn't hurt that she's from Australia and has the cutest accent in the world.
Danielle cares about the people she works with, and goes beyond the prescribed consultation visit. She checks in with the families she is working with by text or an email, and even popping by when she happens to be in the neighborhood. Danielle is always making sure things are ok.
In sum, when it comes to early parenthood, a time of anticipation and new beginnings, there is no one I trust more than Danielle in terms of giving the right amount of care and expert attention."
- Janet
I knew Janet was special when we attended our first birth together, nearly a decade ago. I was an RN working in the Roosevelt Birthing Center. She was the sharply dressed doula - wearing red Swedish tie clogs! - making everyone feel part of the team.
The close bond between Janet and the expectant parents was obvious - the way they interacted, the look of trust in each others eyes, and the way they managed each contraction together. Janet, in her loving, quiet way, was making me, the OBGYN (who the patient had only met once before), and everyone feel part of the whole experience. I was so impressed that Janet spent time giving gentle encouragement and support to the birth partner, which empowered them to be a more active participant in the birth of their child. This spoke volumes about Janet's philosophy of the childbirth experience and how inclusive and special it can and should feel.
Since then, I've seen Janet in action (still wearing those clogs!), teaching birthing classes with a knowledge base to which every health professional should aspire - sometimes using her corny jokes to make the anxious parents-to-be feel at ease - but always conveying solid and important information clearly and concisely. The bottom line is there is no-one else I would want to partner with than Janet. She reminds me and every mom or mom-to-be why birth is the most special, significant and transformative event of our lives."
- Danielle
