My birth doula services include, but are not limited to:
- Free initial interview
- 2-3 prenatal visits
- Assistance in writing your birth plan
- Available 24 hours a day for phone support and consultation
- On call for your birth, often joining you at your home before going to your designated place of birth
- Continuous support for the mother and her partner during active labor, birth, and delivery
- Assistance in helping to create a calm, peaceful and supportive birthing environment for the mother and birth partner (lights and aromatherapy)
- Labor techniques to include, but are not limited to Position changes, relaxation, verbal encouragement, massage, birth ball, rebozo, etc.
- Immediate postpartum assistance to help facilitate bonding and breastfeeding that takes place immediately after birth
- 1-2 postpartum visits to reflect on your birth and to help you connect with additional resources following delivery
- Help the mother to feel connected to her birth experience following delivery
- Provide important references for professional support
- Access to my Lending Library
- Breastfeeding support