I support You in your decisions
on how you want to birth.
Doula: |noun|
A trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to their client before, during and shortly after childbirth to help them achieve the healthiest, most satisfying experience possible. -DONA
Relationships
Doulas spend an average of 36 hours with their clients between prenatal visits, texts/phone support and check-ins, labor and birth, and postpartum visits.
During this time, we build a lasting relationship with our clients. We have meaningful conversations and learn the ins and outs of the decisions you are making about birth. We learn the little things that will make you feel supported through labor like your favorite snack or drink. We pack our bags with those favorite snacks, cooling towels, fans, chapstick, scrunchies… anything to make you feel safe and comfortable.
We sit in quiet support or keep you distracted by talking about your pets or favorite things. We encourage you through the uncomfortable and the unknown. All of these things possible through the relationship formed through pregnancy.
Support
All birth doula packages include two prenatal visits to discuss the birth you envision, continuous phone/text support from your date of hire through birth and two weeks postpartum, access to my library of resources, continuous labor support, and one postpartum visit (in person or virtual).
*A typical prenatal visit is an average of two hours long. During these visits, we discuss any fears or anxiety that you may have towards birth and learn together the ways we can work through them during pregnancy and labor. We will work on using our BRAIN to make informed decisions, work through birth options available at your birthing facility, and questions to ask your provider(s). We decrease decision fatigue by discussing interventions, newborn care options, and postpartum life. Lastly, we will walk through support techniques, breathing methods, and positioning— allowing you to relax and feel pampered. During our postpartum visit, we will chat about your birth story, the healing, the sleeping, and the feeding.
Scroll down to learn more about the doula packages I offer.
Birth Support and Placenta Encapsulation Package*
$1600
Includes everything in the Birth Support Package plus:
Placenta Encapsulation Services, a customized supplement made for your postpartum experience with our professional encapsulation service (capsules, cord keepsake, placenta prints)
Birth Support Package*
$1350
At least two prenatal visits with you and your labor support person to learn about support techniques, breathing methods, positioning, birth options and more (each ~2 hours long).
Assistance with understanding/navigating options and writing your birth plan/preferences customized to the location of your choice and the options that are available there.
Phone/text support from date of hire through birth and two weeks postpartum.
Continuous support throughout your labor and up to 2-hours postpartum.
One postpartum visit with you and your family between 3-5 weeks post-birth.
Concierge Virtual Birth Support Package
$325
At least three 90-minute phone or video chats while you're pregnant to explore your options, unpack your fears/anxieties about labor and birth, and learn about comfort measures, support techniques, and breathing methods.
Birth plan evaluation and regular feedback over email, phone, and texts.
Continuous & unlimited virtual support no matter how long you labor + 2 hours after birth. Texts, phone calls, video chats -- all answered right away, no matter what time of day.
2 weeks of virtual support after baby is born including one virtual meet-up postpartum
Mini Child Birth Education
$100
(1) 2 hour class or (2) 1 hour classes focusing on:
Physological Labor Progression and Birth
Interventions
Decision Fatigue Birth Preference Activity
Birth Plan Creation
Comfort Measures and Support Techniques
*In the belief, that everyone deserves support regardless of ability to pay, I offer a sliding scale, reduced Ohio Valley rates, payment plans, and bartering. Ask about any of these options.