Birth Doula Services

Birth Doula support includes the following:
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Unlimited phone and email support as soon you contract with us.
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Prenatal visit to assess your needs and desires for birth where you will receive a folder of helpful information. We will review useful tools to help you prepare for labor, birth and postpartum.
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Birth plan assistance to help you clarify your preferences for birth and explain the options that are available to you.
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Access to a lending library of books and videos about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and baby care for you to borrow up to 3 months postpartum to support your learning and confidence.
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A variety of guided visualization and relaxation audio tools to help you prepare your mind and body for the experience of labor. Hypnosis for childbirth audio tools also available.
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Photos of labor and birth if requested.
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24/7 on-call labor support as well as phone & email support throughout your pregnancy and 6 weeks postpartum.
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Continuous physical, emotional, and informational support for you and your partner during labor and birth, to help you hold and move towards the vision you created for your baby’s birth.
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Initial breastfeeding support immediately after birth to help your baby latch on properly and encourage the establishment of breastfeeding.
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One postpartum follow-up visit to celebrate the birth of your baby, answer any questions you have during the early postpartum period and provide additional resources if needed.
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Baby-wearing assistance and Moby Wrap instruction, one of our favorite and most recommended tools for the postpartum period!
Wisdom used in our Birth Doula support
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Rebozo: a midwifery tool, a woven fabric used for centuries to help provide comfort and progress in birth
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Hydrotherapy: Use of hot water for comfort in labor
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Relaxation: Gentle cues to reach a trance-like state in birth: complementary guided relaxation downloads (experienced in hypnobirthing, hypnobabies, and blissborn)
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Homeopathy: a natural, gentle measure to facilitate wellness. Can help support natural inductions, comfort, progress and healing after birth.
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Herbs: supporting the use of herbs, centuries old by herbalists and midwives to support pregnancy, labor, postpartum and breastfeeding
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Acupressure: trigger points in the energetic meridian channels in the body used for natural induction, labor progress and comfort
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Spinning Babies: therapeutic positioning for comfort and progress in pregnancy, labor and delivery
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Breathwork: using the breath as a vehicle of release
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Massage: physically working muscles at their origin, insertion, and attachment to increase blood flow and relaxation
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Aromatherapy: the use of therapeutic grade essential oils to help labor
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Placenta Encapsulation: Consumption of placenta returns valuable nutrients and hormones to the mother.