My name is Erica Cecil,

I am a registered nurse with over 20 years of experience in labor and delivery, childbirth education, lactation consulting and postpartum care. My journey in this field started with the birth of my first son (he’s 21 now) and attending the birth of my nephew a few months later.

Discovering my calling I decided to go to nursing school. I received my first nursing degree with Brockton Hospital School of Nursing and my Bachelors in the Science of Nursing at UMass Boston.

I am a certified Lactation consultant. I did my certification training with The Healthy Family project of Cape Cod. I am Doula trained with DONA international through Birthing Gently of Boston. I also have certifications in NRP, ACLS and BLS. I taught Childbirth Education for South Coast Health for 6 years. I have studied Hypo-Birthing and Spinning baby techniques and as a nurse have assisted in hundreds if not thousands of deliveries. I have strengths in high risk pregnancy and Diabetes management. I have a strong interest in decreasing health disparities in underserved communities and am presently working per diem with a not for profit organization doing postpartum home nurse visits with new moms and babies in the Fall River area

In the past 20 years, I have had a variety of experiences with labor and delivery in hospital, birthing center and home birth settings. I have been working in the Family Centered and Labor & Delivery unit at St Luke’s hospital for the past 15 years. I made the challenging decision to leave the hospital last year in hopes of finding a way to advocate more for laboring mothers and families. I wanted to have more time and space to give really good care emotionally and physically to families going through one of the most challenging and rewarding moments of their lives. As a doula and birth advocate I have the ability to take the time to really get to know families and their needs . It is a gift to be involved in such a special moment and to be able to help families advocate for the experience they desire.