Birth Doula Services | Your Beautiful Birth Awaits

Specializing in Home Birth, Military Families, Lactation, Partner Support and Connecting You with Resources

 

Your Birth Doula

I welcome clients to contact me for a free consultation. I am called to this work out of service to expectant parents, in order to support you in the best way possible, it is important I understand YOUR vision for your ideal birth. In our initial meeting I cover my contract and answer any questions you have.

SOME OF WHAT’S INCLUDED:

  • 12 hours of in person or virtual labor support

  • 2 prenatal and 2 postpartum visits with lactation support

  • Support for your partner

  • Birth plan assistance

  • Home birth planning

  • 20% discount on childbirth education for doula clients

  • Discounts for teachers, first responders, and military families

What You Can Expect From Me

 

Informational Support

  • Lactation Resources and Assistance

  • Referrals to community birth workers such as pelvic floor physical therapy, chiropractic care for mama and baby (yes baby!), and health care providers

  • Birth Plan assistance

  • Information about placenta encapsulation

  • Parenting styles

  • Infant care

  • Baby wearing

  • Sleep solutions

  • Postpartum recovery

  • Perinatal Mental Health Support

  • Evidence based care practices

  • Media; books, podcasts, film, social

  • If I don’t know the answer, I will help you find it!

 

Emotional Support

  • Creating your birth vision

  • Soothing during labor, gentle affirmations and encouragement. I am your best friend in birth!

  • Supporting your birth partner with their new role, offering suggestions, encouragement and reassurance, boosting confidence, and giving them a break

  • Validating YOUR experience

  • Mirroring YOUR birth values

  • Normalizing birth and postpartum

  • Assistance in processing your birth experience, to include birth trauma if desired

  • Assistance in grief and infant loss

  • Identifying health boundaries

  • Identifying coping skills

  • Prayer and meditation

  • Guided visualization techniques



Physical Support

  • Fitness Resources

  • Nutrition Resources

  • Pregnant body education

  • Birth preparation

  • Labor support; positioning, movement, sensory management

  • Labor comfort measures; temperature needs, sensory needs, nutrition and hydration needs, optimizing birth space

  • Non-medicinal pain management

  • Aromatherapy and massage

  • Hydrotherapy

  • Light housework and clean up after birth

  • Practical tips for adjusting to life with baby

  • Return to work planning