Doula services
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prenatal sessions
Prenatal visits are designed to prepare you for childbirth and ensure you and your partner feel confident and informed. You can expect to develop a birth plan, practice comfort measures, positions, and exercises, and get educated on labor, birth, and postpartum.
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labor & delivery
I provide unwavering support from the onset of labor until after the birth of your baby. This can include joining you at home during early labor if desired and accompanying you to the hospital/birth center. I provide comfort and pain relieving measures like massage, counter pressure, position changes and movement. I will also help you think through decisions and help you stay informed and confident. I will guide your partner or other birth support on how to best support and care for you and stay involved and allow them to take breaks as needed.
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Postpartum
I will visit you in your home in the postpartum period to help process the birth experience, work on breastfeeding if any issues arise, and ensure you are being well cared for and recovering.
Packages
2 Prenatal Visits
Unlimited labor & birth support + 1 hour postpartum
1 Postpartum visit
2 Prenatal Visits
Unlimited labor & delivery support + 1 hour postpartum
Professional birth photography
1 Postpartum Visit
Professional labor & birth photography
Receive 30+ fully edited digital photos within 2 weeks of birth
Other offerings
If the packages above do not meet your needs, I offer several other flexible options, including the examples here. Please contact me if you have something else in mind and we can work together to meet your goals.
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2 prenatal sessions, to cover topics like:
Birth plan development
Labor positions and comfort measures
Pre-labor exercises and stretches
Breastfeeding education and prep
Postpartum planning
$300
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Planning for a VBAC, or Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, requires extra preparation, discussion, planning, and emotional and physical work.
2 prenatal sessions, to cover topics like:
Discussing the details of your Cesarean birth
What a redemptive birth looks like for you and your partner
Ensuring you have a supportive provider and environment
Practicing exercises and stretches to target pelvic opening and giving baby room to engage in the pelvis
Education on VBAC, labor and birth, navigating interventions, and postpartum
Birth plan development
$300
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Whether this is your first or eighth baby, if you are planning for a Cesarean birth, thoughtful preparation and discussion can help you and your partner get ready for the experience and postpartum care.
2 prenatal sessions, to include topics like:
expectations for pre-op, surgery, and post-op
your preferences and options (Gentle Cesarean, Family-Centered Cesarean, Maternal-Assisted Cesarean, pain relief options, etc.)
postpartum care and recovery process
incision care and scar massage
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Did your doula plans fall through? Just moved to the area and looking for labor/birth support? Getting closer to your due date and interested in working with a doula?
If you are 37 weeks along or later, please contact me to discuss last-minute doula availability! If time allows, we will meet in person or virtually once to discuss your birth plans. I will then accompany you at your desired birthing location.
$700
