supporting your family as it grows

postpartum services

Every pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period is unique. Your needs will be unique to you and your family too. As a postpartum doula, I have a big bag of tricks and will support your family by offering evidenced based information where you need it… whether it’s on infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from birth, nourishing foods, mother-baby bonding, infant soothing, sibling supports and newborn care (or all of the above).

Even though the types of help will vary and will be impossible to predict, you can depend on me as your postpartum doula to be a supportive confidant who will tune into your needs and help navigate those first few weeks and months after the baby’s birth day. My role will be to help your family seamlessly ease into parenthood.

 
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A postpartum doula is familiar with the challenges that new parents face.  Some of it is stuff people don’t really talk about. It’s certainly not “made for social media,” and therefore some of the hurdles feel surprising and unnerving. It can be disconcerting when you begin to experience how long it takes to heal, the lack of time for yourself, the changes to your sleep patterns and the questions you didn’t think to ask.

Daytime support is about meeting those immediate needs.  It can be a to-do list.  It can be a pile of laundry.  It can be hands to hold your child and freedom to eat, shower, and sleep.  It can be holding space for you to process all of the change.

We will check in when I arrive about:

  • What is causing you stress today?

  • What is one thing you want to get done for you, your house, and your baby?

  • How is sleep going?  

  • Is everyone getting enough to eat? 


We’ll work toward establishing healthy rhythms and facilitating your healing as your growing family transitions in the first three months of life, and beyond.

 

When I leave your home, my goal is to leave behind:

  • a peaceful home

  • a well rested and well fed family who had the chance to attend to their own needs and feels confident in caring for their baby’s needs

  • a baby that is feeding well and beginning to learn how to sleep outside the womb

  • a partner that is also able to enjoy the transition and feels confident in caring for baby.

Families consistently say that the support of an experienced and calm postpartum doula can make the difference between an overwhelming experience and an enjoyable one.  

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packages

Packages can be tailored to meet the needs of your family.  

Popular time periods include early mornings to let you catch up on sleep while I take care of the baby and household needs, midday self-care breaks to catch the elusive shower or let me pamper you with a nap following a healthy lunch so you can decompress from your morning.  

I typically work with a family for 20, 40 or 60 hours per contract. I typically work 2-4 hours per day, and 2-4 days per week during daytime hours. There are always exceptions to that pattern, so we’ll discuss your needs and go from there to come up with a schedule that works for everyone.