Robin Gibson-Douthit, LCCE, CD(DONA), CLC, MA Program Director
Robin is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, a Certified Birth Doula, and a Certified Lactation Counselor living and working in New York City. She teaches for a major NYC hospital system and in her own practice Flourishing Birth, which she founded in 2019. Robin has participated on the “Meet The Experts” panel and as a speaker at the New York Baby Show, and enjoyed being a podcast host in season three of The Lamaze Podcast. Robin loves teaching and mentoring while serving as Program Director of the NYC Lamaze Childbirth Educator Program. She served as President of Lamaze International’s Board of Directors in 2025 and currently serves as Immediate Past President in 2026. A native New Yorker, she shares a home with her family in the heart of New York City.
About New York City Lamaze Childbirth Educator Program
The New York City Lamaze Childbirth Educator Program is a Lamaze educator training program that has launched the careers of hundreds of childbirth educators for over two decades. Under the leadership of Robin Gibson Douthit, Program Director, the program’s mission, to train and mentor Lamaze childbirth educators who will spread the powerful message of the Simple Story of Birth, continues.
Are you ready to take the next step and add value to your career as a birthworker by gaining certification from a well-known, trusted global leader in childbirth education?
Lamaze International is the “Gold Standard” in childbirth education certification and has been active in promoting safe and healthy pregnancy, birth, and early parenting through evidence-based education for over 60 years!