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While there are a lot of elements to birth that we cannot control, having a doula on your team can help explain your choices and protect your space, while adding comfort and compassion to the ENVIRONMENT you birth in. Plus, evidence shows HAVING a doula on your team statistically leads to a better birth! Whether it’s your first and you're looking for the best guidance, or you don’t want to repeat any regrets from your last birth - you deserve to feel supported.
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Birth Doula Package
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Doula (n): a person trained to provide advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to parents before, during, and after childbirth. With more than a decade of experience helping countless families, I am here as an educator, advocate, coach, confidant, and overall support person for ALL parents. This package includes supporting you wherever you are, from fertility through postpartum. Here's more of what you get:
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Sometimes you have the perfect birth team all lined up and then realize you don't have anyone to care for your other children while you're giving birth. That's where my sibling doula service come in!
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Sibling Doula Package
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Having more than 2 decades of nanny and childcare experience, and supporting families through all sorts of births in all different birth settings allows me to confidently offer safe and compassionate childcare whenever you call until you're ready to rejoin your other kids. This can include preparing and serving meals, answering questions about the situation in an age appropriate manner, keeping up your daily routine, or simply being there to play and comfort your other little ones while you welcome their new sibling. Available in your home or birth facility (when permitted).
$300 - up to 12 hours (hourly rate after) |
When it comes to preparing for a baby, so much of the attention is put on the prenatal time and the birth that we end up neglecting to prepare for the personal changes that come along with being a postpartum parent. Let’s talk all the prepping, gentle yoga, meditation and other healing modalities, preparing for nourishing yourself while you nourish your new baby, things to look out for if you're feeling off, and more!
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Postpartum Doula Session
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With this completely custom session I'm here to offer guidance and answers for all the questions that arise when you bring home a brand new baby. This can include newborn care basics or refresher, early bodyfeeding guidance, nourishment and healing guidance for Parent(s), preparing meals for you and/or doing meal prep, light housekeeping and organization, suggestions about products or local services, and so much more! This is about more than information and education though, let's use some of our time together as a break time for you and baby while you let me walk the dog or read a story or make some art with your older child(ren). Or let's spend some time cooking a meal or drinking coffee together while we debrief on your birth, talk honestly about the struggles of Postpartum, or whatever else. I am also available to deliver your groceries and/or favorite take-out, and I rarely show up without homemade treats!
$30 per hour - 3 hour minimum session |
Lactation can be an unexpected journey for many parents, we often assume it will come naturally and we’ll easily adjust, but sometimes that just isn't the case. When things aren't easy, getting professional guidance can be the difference between success and giving up your dream to bodyfeed.
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Lactation Counseling Session
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I'm here to assist you in meeting your nursing goals, whether that's 4 weeks, 6 months, or 2 years and beyond with education and support through all of the hurdles feeding can bring. Maybe you are a first time nursing parent, or even a seasoned veteran, regardless most parents can benefit from lactation education and counseling. I can help assess your feeding relationship, address any questions, and evaluate your feeding needs, including pump coaching, bottle prep, and alternatives feeding methods. Weighted feed, post-appointment plan, and one week of follow-up included.
$100 - up to 2 hours |
Abortion is a deeply personal choice and can sometimes feel very isolating. I think no one should have to go through abortion alone if they don't want to.
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Abortion Doula Support
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Believing deeply in the right to choose, I have specially sought out training and resources to be able to help all folx through this experience. I provide evidence-based information and preparation advice before the procedure, support while you wait, during the procedure, and immediately after (as long as your clinic allows a support person in all these settings), and after care support and education.
Pay what you can |
