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How I Support

As a Doula, I accompany birthing people in labor to help ensure a safe, empowering, and memorable birth experience. I am a non-clinical provider who will draw upon my knowledge and experience to provide emotional support, physical comfort measures and education/resources to navigate your pregnancy and birth experience with confidence, joy, and power.

 

I can provide reassurance and perspective to you, make suggestions for labor progress, and help with relaxation, massage, positioning and other techniques for comfort. I will support you to my fullest in facilitating the kind of birth you have envisioned for yourself.  I am independently self-employed.  As your doula, I am working for you, not your caregiver or hospital/birth center, giving me the ability to provide you with uninterrupted care throughout your birth.

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Unlimited Phone & Email Support 

  • From the date of hire, I am available to you to be a constant companion, confidante, and source of evidence-based information, compassion, and judgment-free support throughout your pregnancy journey. Whether it be discussing pregnancy discomforts, fears, debriefing doctor's visits, or anything else, I am available by text and email, and will be happy to schedule calls throughout the duration of our time together to ensure you can move through your pregnancy with clarity, confidence, and ease.

Prenatal Support & Birth Preparation

  • 1-2 in-home visits during your pregnancy

  • Visits will focus on gathering an understanding of your desires for your birth experience

  • We will discuss goals, fears, prepare you for your birth and postpartum period, and practice comfort measures

  • I can provide support with developing your birth plan, if needed

  • Any birth partner(s) who will be present at your birth are welcome and encouraged to attend these meetings

Continuous Labor Support

From the onset of confirmed active labor, I will be available to you to provide continuous non-clinical support from the time you request my presence till the time your baby is born. I will be available to meet you at the location of your choosing, whether at home, birth center, or hospital to begin providing comfort measures. Comfort measures may include:

  • movement

  • positioning

  • intonation and sound techniques

  • massage and counterpressure 

  • breathing

  • verbal affirmations and encouragement

  • emotional support

  • maintaining a calming ambiance

  • and more

1-2 Hours Postpartum Support

After birth, I usually remain with you for one to two hours, unless you are comfortable and your family is ready for private time together. During this time, I can assist you with:

  • initial lactation consultation

  • assisting with first latch, if breastfeeding

  • skin to skin education

  • providing information about postpartum treatment for baby and healing for mother

  • photography, if requested

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Postpartum Visit 

My support doesn't end at the birth of your baby. I will contact you at least once after the birth to check on you and provide advice on postpartum healing. An in-home postpartum visit is also available within the first two weeks of your birth to see how you are healing, debrief your birth experience, troubleshoot any breastfeeding issues, and admire your new baby. Additional hourly postpartum support is also available.

All-Inclusive Investment: $1,500

Ask me about flexible payment plans! In addition to payment plans, I also offer options for low down payments to help make this investment more feasible for you and your family. Sliding scale is also available for families experiencing financial/ economic hardship, with priority given to BIPOC and/or LGBTQA+ birthing folks. As a personal value, I will never allow inability to afford my fee to prevent me from supporting folks who want a doula. Let's have a conversation, and if there is fit and alignment, we can figure out a mutually agreeable financial solution.

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Joyful Birth Package

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