Services

The Very Basics

• An initial get-to-know-each-other meeting. Do I meet your vision of a doula? Can you imagine feeling completely safe with me? 

• Two in-home or virtual prenatal appointments. Topics covered include wellness in pregnancy, preparation for labor and clarification of birth preferences, review of hospital protocols and interventions, and preparation for breastfeeding and life with a newborn.

• 24 hour on-call services starting at 37 weeks gestation.

• Texting and phone support through early labor

• In-home and/or in-hospital continuous physical and emotional support, as well as informational guidance throughout active labor and up to two hours postpartum, including early lactation support.

• Photography, if desired, using the clients' camera or phone.

• Backup doula support in the rare case I am unavailable.

• One to two in-home postpartum visits. Support and guidance for nursing, newborn care, healing after birth, processing your birth experience, and adjusting to life as a new parent.

Beyond The Basics

Many issues will come up during pregnancy, beyond what is discussed in our two prenatal appointments.  We might also:

• Attend a pregnancy massage workshop together;

• Strategize for better sleep;

• Find a chiropractor near you to help with sciatica pain;

• Discuss induction and what it means for your labor hopes;

• Identify coping techniques appropriate to you with or without an epidural; 

• Attend prenatal appointments together so that I meet your birth team before labor;

• Go on a walk together to discuss a comfortable role for your mother-in-law during labor;

• Attend a breastfeeding consultation together; 

• Discuss gentle at-home induction techniques if your due date comes and goes;

• Consult a functional nutritionist together to build up your energy stores after hyperemesis gravidarum;

• Assist your partner in becoming comfortable with unfamiliar health settings.