Postpartum Doula Services
As you evolve and adapt in your new role, it’s important to have the support, nurtured care, knowledge, and an extra set of hands to feel empowered and fulfilled. I will encourage, reassure, respect, and honor your feelings and postpartum needs by intuitively providing a warm, calm, and comforting environment so that you can focus on enjoying your new precious baby.
When I leave after a visit, I hope you feel rested, nurtured, and confident.
Daytime Support
Postnatal support I can provide:
Assess the needs of your family
Provide evidence-based information
Facilitate your physical and emotional well-being
Breastfeeding and pumping support
Bottle feeding tips and cleaning
Allow time for you to take breaks to rest, shower, or go for a walk
Help you develop ways to become self-reliant and confident in your new role
Newborn education and care including diapering, bathing and soothing tips, and understanding baby’s cues
Provide trusted recommendations and referrals to specialists
Provide a listening ear and sounding board
Be a safe place to process your birth story
Babywearing assistance
Accompany you on first outings or appointments with your baby
Light meal preparation and food shopping
Light housework
Assist with sibling adjustment
Minimum hours per visit: 4
Daytime rate: $45/hour
Overnight Support
Sleep deprivation and bringing home a baby go hand in hand. If you are looking to maximize your sleep to get through the day and feel restored, you may want to consider overnight support. These 8-10 hours shifts can help you settle into bed, knowing you can get a solid rest.
I will physically, emotionally, and informationally support you with all aspects of infant feeding, whether it’s exclusive breastfeeding, pumping, formula feeding, or a combination.
Once I change and soothe your baby back to sleep after nighttime feedings, I can help with folding baby laundry, tidying, and other quiet tasks.
Minimum hours per visit: 8
Overnight rate: $50/hour
Benefits of a Postpartum Doula
The first few months at home with your new baby are filled with incredible moments but also some major adjustments. A postpartum doula helps you ease into your new parenthood journey by making you the primary focus, so you can be better equipped to care for your sweet new baby.
The ways in which parents, baby, and siblings make the transition to a new family unit have a long-term impact on their physical and emotional health. Research shows that parents who receive additional support during the postpartum period feel more confident and cared for in their new roles, have greater breastfeeding success, and have lower incidences of postpartum depression.
We’ve all heard “it takes a village to raise a child” but our culture today doesn’t support that. A postpartum doula helps fill in the gap by physically, emotionally, and informationally supporting new parents.