Who We Are
Raychel and Kori have been working together on the board in the NYC Doula Collective since 2017. They started their doula partnership in the summer of 2019 when they realized that they work well together and share a similar philosophy. They both feel passionate that this is your body, your family, your choice. They offer their clients physical, emotional, and informational support so they feel supported, safe, and confident in their decisions throughout their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period.
700+ births
collectively attended
Kori and Raychel have collectively attended over 700 births all over NYC. They have supported families who give birth at home, in birthing centers, and in many different hospitals across the city. They provide non-judgmental support and have supported a wide variety of births including high risk, medicated, unmedicated, multiples, breech presentation, planned cesarean, VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and more. They have both completed multiple complementary trainings on many topics including comforting touch, acupressure, Spinning Babies, perinatal mental health, cloth diapering, VBAC, and pelvic floor health. Raychel is also NRP certified and occasionally fills in as a birth assistant to a local home birth midwife.
Raychel Franzen
(she/her)
Raychel is a Certified Birth Doula, a Certified Lactation Counselor, and a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator. She has been working as a full time doula since 2016. In her free time, she enjoys fantasy novels, board games, and theatre. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband.
Kori Krysh
(she/her)
Kori is a Certified Birth Doula and a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor. She has been working as a full time doula since 2012. In her free time, she enjoys being outside, riding her bike, and baking. She lives in South Slope, a few blocks away from Raychel!