What is a Doula?
A DOULA IS A PROFESSIONAL WHO PROVIDES NONJUDGMENTAL SUPPORT PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY TO FAMILIES DURING PREGNANCY, BIRTH, POSTPARTUM AND EARLY PARENTING.
What does this mean?
We guide you through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period, ensuring that you know what to expect, and feel prepared, confident, and in control.
We are experts in a variety of birth and parenting philosophies, techniques and procedures, so that you can understand all of your options and have reliable resources that are right for your family.
We work to improve your communication with your health care providers.
We create an environment that promotes bonding between you, your baby, and your partners and family members during birth and the postpartum period.
We help you design your birth plan and postpartum plan, and carry out your wishes. You can delegate tasks to trusted professionals, so that your birth and postpartum period are easier.
We take the pressure of significant others, family members and loved ones to meet your needs in birth and postpartum. We are experts in birth, and allow them to be experts in you.
Basic Doula Services Package
$750
Two prenatal visits to assess your needs and desires for birth, define, and understand our expectations of one another, and provide you with useful tools for labor and birth.
Birth preferences assistance to help you clarify your preferences for birth and explain the options that are available to you
Access to lending library of books and videos of pregnancy, birth and baby care, to support your learning
Continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to you and your partner for the duration of labor and birth, to help the you hold and move towards the vision you created for your baby's birth.
Initial breastfeeding support immediately after birth help your baby latch on properly and encourage establishment of breastfeeding.
One postpartum follow-up visit to celebrate the birth of your baby and answer any questions you have during the early postpartum period.
Unlimited phone, text and email support to answer your questions and offer suggestions and support throughout pregnancy and early labor.
Enhanced Doula Services Package
$850
All services in the Basic Doula Services Package
One 60-minute additional Prenatal Coaching Sessions to address concerns around pregnancy, birth, and creation of a personalized birth plan of action.
Premium Doula Services Package
$1,000
All services in the Basic Doula Services Package
Four 60-minute Holistic Nutritional coaching sessions
Three Breastfeeding Counseling Session
Four 45-minute Prenatal Coaching Services to address concerns around pregnancy, birth, and parenting, and create a plan of action to support the various transitions that occur with the birth of a child.
A La Carte Services
We also know that birth is about so much more than the safe delivery of a baby. We want to see you and your family thrive, and we believe that it can begin from before your baby’s very first breath.
Birth Plan Development • $35
Breastfeeding Support • $50-$120
Postpartum Support • $25-$200