BIRTH DOULA SUPPORT SERVICES:

Complimentary meeting to see if we mesh well together

Up to three (3) prenatal meetings around 60 mins each to:
- Discuss your birth philosophy and preferences, labor support techniques, postpartum plan and more
- Provide informational support to ensure your care providers, birth plan and preparation create the best experience that meet your birth wishes.
- Help create and establish a postpartum plan and support team
Continuous email/phone/text support from the time of contract signing
On-call support starting at your 38th gestational week
In-person labor support from the time you feel you need it and through the birth of your baby (and for your partner/support person)
Up to two (2) hours of immediate postpartum support for hospital births and possibly longer for home births
One (1) in-person postpartum check-ins (60-90 minutes) for vaccinated folks, virtual for those that are not
- This postpartum check-in is to talk about and unpack your birth story and the events that happened around it; to support you in recovery, make sure everything is going ok and to provide you with the additional resources you may need.
Availability through phone/email/text support for reassurance and to answer questions that arise during your postpartum.
Continuous phone/email/text support up during the postpartum period

Fee for the above service is: $2300

Community support & Sliding Scale

*I offer sliding scale community support in the following situations: single parents, teen parents, people who are unemployed and members of the BIPOC or LGBTQia2s+ community. When you pay my standard fees, you are supporting a fair, living wage aligned with my level of experience and education. When you pay a sliding scale, you are allowing your community to hold and support you. Both are acceptable ways of participating and we are honored to be a part of your journey. Everyone deserves a doula’s support and care. REad more about sliding scale **here**.

I bring with me:

• A non-judgmental approach towards clients and their choices in childbirth

• Patience, staying grounded in the present moment and allowing the process to unfold as it may without putting pressure or time restrictions on clients or the birth process

• A beginner’s mind, allowing us to view things with an open mindset and as they really are, in the present moment, and using our past experience as support, rather than doctrine.

• Trust, supporting all clients in their inherent ability to give birth and parent as they know is right for them, teaching them to trust their intuition in pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum, and supporting them in this process

• Non-Striving, allowing you to move through your birth process and preparing you for all you may encounter without trying to force an outcome or result.

• Holding acknowledgement, first, and then moving towards acceptance for the outcome of each birth, even if things do not go as planned

• Letting Go, or Letting Be, resting with all outcomes, with whatever our clients experience, without rejecting what is unpleasant or striving to what is pleasant

Occasionally taking on birth with this lovely doula and friend of mine.

Rachel and Sherraine - Two Birth Nerds. Photo credit to my 7-year-old.