Midwifery of Manhattan, PC

Caring for Women
Cherishing Birth

Meet the Midwives:

Sylvie Blaustein, CNM, opened Midwifery of Manhattan in June of 2003 after practicing midwifery for over 15 years in hospitals and freestanding birth centers. She received her graduate midwifery degree from Columbia University and began delivering babies at North Central Bronx Hospital. She then practiced at Maternity Center's Childbearing Center prior to joining a private practice at Beth Israel Medical Center where she stayed for five years. Sylvie joined a Faculty practice at Columbia University New York Presbyterian Hospital where she stayed for six years before making the move to St. Luke's-Roosevelt and opening her own practice. She and her husband have three daughters, two who have graduated from college in the last three years. When she is not delivering babies, you'll find Sylvie watching her youngest daughter rehearse at the skating rink.

Rosanne Cosentino, CNM, graduated from the midwifery program at SUNY Downstate in 1987. She received her Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University in 1994. Rosanne has provided midwifery care in a variety of settings in New York City, both in hospitals and at the Maternity Center, a former free standing birth center. She has a strong interest in the health care needs of adolescents, and has provided primary care and reproductive health care services to young people in school-based clinics and in the hospital. She lives with her husband and their two teenaged daughters in Manhattan, and Sylvie was her midwife when both of her children came into this world.

Amanda Segilia, CNM, is a graduate of Columbia University’s nurse-midwifery program. She worked as a Labor and Delivery Nurse before choosing a career in Midwifery. Amanda is proficient in basic conversational and Labor and Delivery Spanish and brings with her diverse healthcare experiences in Namibia, South Africa, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Her interest in anthropology inspired her travel experiences, which exposed Amanda to women of many cultures and cemented her desire to care for women. Most recently, she provided midwifery and family care to Amish and Mennonite families in rural Pennsylvania.

Laura Zeidenstein, CNM, is Director of the Graduate Midwifery Program at Columbia University, and was one of the founders and clinical directors of the Elizabeth Seton Childbearing Center. She received her graduate midwifery degree from Yale University in 1988. Laura has provided midwifery care in a variety of urban settings both in hospital and in freestanding birth centers. She was an editor of the Journal of Midwifery and Women's health. Laura helps us on a part-time basis. She lives in Brooklyn with her partner and their teenaged son.