The birth and labor of your baby is one of the most beautiful days of your life that you will experience. On par with weddings, engagements, and other key moments and milestones in a budding family’s life, having a new child and meeting them for the first time on their day of birth is a day that will create memories that lasts a lifetime. Like these other huge events in our lives, they take many months and weeks of preparation for things to go smoothly and be as beautiful as they have the potential to be, the trouble is most expecting parents do not have the guide assisting them to prepare for this big day. Because of this parents end up feeling totally out of their depths with the steep learning curve and can feel overwhelmed with having to learn how to navigate the months of pregnancy, hospital politics, and the nature of their own desires during these weeks of day to day changes. As your doulas, we help you plan and prepare for your birth so that not only can it match the environment you feel most comfortable in to have the healthiest outcome, but we also help make sure your decisions are respected, voice is heard by not being overpowered, and that you’re able to have a birth you can cherish and not feel traumatized by.

Now unlike the other life events I have brought up with all of it’s beauty and wonder, the event of your baby’s birth is also very much about making sure you and your new baby have the best start to the health of their life and your maternal health postpartum. Even more so than any thing else, the foundation of your newborn’s life is impacted by the process of birth and delivery. Luckily nature’s design has given us a great natural support system in our bodies to be able to birth our babies in a healthy way as long as we work with our baby and body, as well as honor how we feel and how things are going throughout the pregnancy and birth. As your doula, I will help guide you during your pregnancy and birth to balance the natural methods you can use to feel at ease as you welcome your baby into the world and the other comfort measure you have available to you. I will be there throughout your labor, the birth, and immediate postpartum to assure your birth has someone present who is there for you consistently throughout and has the insight about the birth industry to help you as you are making those key decisions at the start of your new baby’s life.

what’s included with your birth doula care:

solid support prenatally, throughout your pregnancy, during labor, at your birth, and immediate postpartum

attendance of your early labor, birth through to a bit after baby is born

support with nursing and breastfeeding immediately after birth (additional daily breastfeeding support postpartum before you return home can be organized)

guidance with natural comfort measures that allow your body’s physiology to support the birth of your baby as well as insight into other comfort measure choices during your labor

labor and birth meal support for you throughout your birth

professional correspondence and engagement with your birth team throughout your labor and birth

guidance on common pregnancy discomforts, nutrition, and strengthening your body in preparation for the birth

guidance on planning postpartum care and support for yourself once baby is born

Price: 3300-4000