My doula services are customized depending on my clients’ wishes.

I have been  working with parents-to-be as a birth doula since 2006.

I am also a certified childbirth educator, postpartum doula and trained home-birth midwife. As my clients, you get more experience and education when you hire me than you would get from a typical doula.

My extra knowledge and experience are particularly valuable for clients with special concerns about their pregnancies. For them, I offer the extra time and support wanted and needed. I am by your side in labor and birth to give  continuous emotional and physical support.

More and more birth professionals agree that continuous doula support improves labor and delivery outcomes for the birthing person and baby.

In February 2014 the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said, “Continuous labor support, including support provided by doulas, is one of the most effective ways to decrease the cesarean rate.”

Birth Doula package

I will provide the following doula services before birth: 

• Meet with you several times before your birth
• Spend the time needed to discuss your medical history and birth preferences … whether this takes one or two hours or more. I want us to know and trust each other during this special time
• Show you and your partner how to cope with changes and pain in labor … so that you maximize the chances you will have the birth you want
• Help you develop a postpartum care plan … so that you and your new family have the best beginnings possible.

During your birth my services include:

• Being available when you need me in labor, on the phone, text or in person
• Making your physical environment calm and comforting  … so that you feel protected and honored.
• Reminding you of non-medical techniques for pain relief
• Helping you consider your options if something unexpected occurs
• Staying with you throughout labor and birth
• Helping establish skin-to-skin care and breastfeeding

Birth Doula care after your baby is born includes:

• At least one hospital visit – to check in with you and your baby and to discuss the birth
• At least two visits in your home after the birth so you get hands-on help in the “babymoon” period
• Help locating new parents’ groups and professional resources to help you fully recover from birth

Birth Doula Services for Complex Pregnancies Include:

• Medical high-risk clients, with gestational diabetes, history of prematurity or previous PTSD, anxiety and other emotional challenges
• First Time Birthing Parents, older people giving birth, teenagers.
• Extra prenatal visits and reassurance by phone or text
• Attending appointments with your provider if permitted

View a selected list of courses, seminars, and trainings I have attended.