My role as a birth supporter is to ask, "what do you need right now?" to ensure that your needs are met while laboring. We do an in depth pre-consultation so I am aware of your prior experience (positive, negative, and neutral) with pregnancy, birth, the medical system, anxiety, relaxation, and anyone else who will be there with you, so I have a full picture of how to support you. I love that I have the opportunity to give support to someone who is about to spend years supporting this new human life, and that my presence can help kickstart that from a place of positive empowerment in choice. I feel I work best in a hospital setting, where consistent staff support may not always be possible, so that I can be that consistency and the one who is always about the person who is laboring.

I offer two pre-consultations, then I am on-call, ready to help from 37 weeks, on. I stay about an hour after your delivery to make sure you have everything you need, make sure you feel settled, then check in with lactation goodies about a week or two later. I also provide an infant massage class either in-home or at my office a few weeks/months after your baby has arrived. I like to say that my job is just to ask, "what do you need right now?", and that can mean physical and emotional support, a break-down of medical jargon, supporting your partner in supporting you, and a myriad of other things that may pop up. During labor, so many people are focused on your health and that of the baby, and I'm there to make sure you have an experience that feels like it was your choosing, an empowered birth experience.