Birth Doula Support
1-2 Prenatal Meetings
Building relationships with both parents
Discuss birth preferences (vaginal and cesarean), interventions, comfort measures
Provide evidence based information, tips for optimal fetal positioning, tips for supporting your body as it prepares for labor, and postpartum planning information
Address fears and anxieties
Provide resources as needed (childbirth education classes, lactation support, mental health support, pelvic floor therapy, chiropractic care, etc.)
Available via email, phone or text from the time of hire extending into several weeks postpartum
On call for your birth from 37 weeks - 42 weeks gestation
Serving you and your spouse, partner or support person at your labor and birth physically, emotionally and informationally
Serving you during your immediate postpartum
1-2 hours after baby is born
Photography
Up to 25 photos of your labor and birth (cesarean, too!) are captured, edited and provided to you via a private, online gallery as my gift to you
1 Postpartum Meeting
Providing "birth notes" I've compiled to help process and discuss the birth experience
Checking in on physical recovery, breastfeeding, pumping or formula feeding, as well as mental health
Providing resources as needed
Planned Cesarean Birth Doula Support
1 Prenatal Meeting
Building relationships with both parents
Discuss the cesarean process, preferences and comfort measures
Provide evidence based information and postpartum planning information
Address fears and anxieties
Provide resources as needed (lactation support, mental health support, pelvic floor therapy, chiropractic care, etc.)
Available via email, phone or text from the time of hire extending into several weeks postpartum
Serving you and your spouse, partner or support person at your cesarean birth physically, emotionally and informationally in triage and operating room
Serving you during your immediate postpartum in recovery
1-2 hours after baby is born
Photography
Up to 25 photos of your birth are captured, edited and provided to you via a private, online gallery as my gift to you
1 Postpartum Meeting
Checking in on physical recovery, breastfeeding, pumping or formula feeding, as well as mental health
Providing resources as needed
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