P A C K A G E S

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Educational & Emotional Support

I want to ensure that families feel safe, supported and loved throughout their pregnancy journey. I want to provide clarity and expertise to help you have an empowered birth.

PRENATAL SUPPORT

  • discuss process of labour and birth and the array of comfort techniques to incorporate along the way

  • common medical procedures and how to prepare for them as well as what to expect at hospital/home/suite births

  • partner support and how they can best support you throughout

  • birth preferences and informed decision making/evidence based information

  • interventions (medical and non-medical) + pain relief and management

  • breastfeeding support and resources

  • ensuring a postpartum plan is in place and how to give yourself the best recovery possible

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The Fourth Trimester; Nourishing the Mother

Childbearing doesn’t finish the moment the baby is delivered, it continues and helping the mother recover as she tends to baby is more than enough in the first few weeks after baby arrives. I believe that through nourishment, support, nurturing and TLC, the mother will have best chance to adjust to this new phase of life.

Postpartum 

  • in home care for set hours over a set block of time at an hourly rate

  • light housekeeping: empty dishwasher, load/unload washing machine/drier etc.

  • light meal prep: make a meal or snack for mom to eat while nursing, make tea or coffee

  • prepare nourishing postpartum meals in the home that support healing and comfort

  • assist in newborn care: bathing, changing diapers, breastfeeding, formula feeding, baby wearing/wrapping, baby massage

  • tend to baby while parents rest

  • breastfeeding support

  • reflect on labour and birth experience

  • baby massage (trained by Kerri-Ann Hutton RMT)

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It Takes a Village

After baby arrives much is forgotten in the way of the new mother; many want to hold the baby and visit but what is essential to healing and recovery is having a plan in place to allow it to happen. Let’s discover how to nourish your body and pause between chapters as you navigate through the ‘first forty days’.

Postpartum planning 101: 

  • Meetings designed to help you make a postpartum recovery plan (4+ hours)

  • includes tips on body recovery and healing, nutrition, postpartum rituals, nesting stations, hormones and feelings, family support, finding your village, breastfeeding support, baby wearing and sleeping

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Online Support

Live in a different city? Confined to bed rest? Other children to care for at home? Busy work schedule? Overseas? Partner working out of town and they want to be part of the process? Then this is for you! Support from the comfort of your own home or office or even your favourite café!

online offerings:

  • the prenatal side of doula care from the comfort of your own home (discuss fears, birthing options, pain management etc.)

  • postpartum visits via Skype to check in on your care, offer emotional support and evidence based care

TENS MACHINE uses:

  • Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

  • Consists of flexible stimulating pads connected by wires to a small, handheld, battery-operated device that generates electrical impulses to help with back pain associated with labour.

  • Machine can be used and controlled by the birthing person in all stages of labour. (Cannot be worn in water)

Please click here to arrange a free consultation and we can discuss in detail what doula care looks like for you and the associated fees. 

As a postpartum doula I can:

  • offer postpartum planning to ensure you have the best set up for you and your family after baby arrives

  • in home postpartum visits to help integrate baby into the home, answer any lingering questions, reflect on the birth and process the experience as well as assist with newborn care, breastfeeding and nourishment and healing

  • light meal and snack prep to ensure nourishing and healing foods for your postpartum recovery

  • light duties such as loading dishwasher and/or a load of laundry to help keep it at bay

  • prenatal planning

  • assist in acquiring the knowledge necessary to make informed decisions about your care

  • help you write your birth and/or postpartum plan and determine what to include

  • advocacy support to help you communicate your preferences and wishes

  • phone, email + text support throughout

As a postpartum doula I do not offer cleaning services. my main role is to support you throughout the early stages of parenthood as you settle in to new rythyms by offering nurturing care to the new mother/father and baby.