Background & History

1991

• Founded and incorporated as the first postpartum doula home-care service in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
  

• Implemented postpartum doula service.

1992

• Initiated Medela breastpump rental station.

• Designed professional RN maternal-infant assessment program for early discharge.

• Added RN Board Certified Lactation Consultant to staff.

• Contracted with a local hospital to provide professional RN and paraprofessional Doula follow-up visits to their maternity patients.

1993

• Licensed by the Department of Health in Virginia.

• Labor Support Doula Program added in October.

• Began offering private in-home childbirth preparation classes.

1994

• Received accreditation by the National Association of Postpartum Care Services (NAPCS).

1995

• Family Care Assistant program added to provide non-technical support to prenatal high-risk clients to bed rest and assist mothers with their families during the postpartum period to routine household chores and activities.

1996

• Gerri Levrini is appointed President, NAPCS for 2-year term.

1998

• Expanded Breastfeeding Program to offer consultation and educational services to local corporate businesses and women in the community.

2001

• Contracted with Severn Healthcare Systems to provide postpartum doula care and lactation consultation to Kaiser Permanente Baltimore-area patients.

2002

• Affiliated with the Childbirth And Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA).

• Mother & baby Matters’ Postpartum Doula Training approved by CAPPA..

• Postpartum and labor support doula staff began certifying through CAPPA.

Quality and Assurance