I serve women who are planning an unmedicated birth, epidural during labor, vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), or cesarean birth. I believe every woman deserves a doula!
1-3 prenatal visits 1 -3 hours each (FREE initial visit):
-Prenatal support and education
-Help to write the birth plan
-Discuss options available for labor, birth, immediately after birth
-Discuss comfort measures for labor
-Discuss the benefits of breastfeeding
1 visit with mom to her clinical care provider (If she wishes)
Attendance during labor:
-Phone contact in early labor and available in early labor at home, hospital, or whenever needed
-Continuous, uninterrupted support and guidance
-Physical (non-medical), emotional, and informational
-Help and advice on comfort measures such as relaxation, massage, positioning, birth ball
Birth support
1-2 hours postpartum:
-Assist with breastfeeding and encourage skin to skin contact
-On-call for breastfeeding support during the next 21 days
2 postpartum visits within 21 days of birth:
-Discuss the birth and answer any questions
-Give timeline of labor and birth events
-Discuss newborn care and answer any questions
-Assist with breastfeeding
Unlimited phone and email contact
Fee:
I provide my Birth Doula services on a sliding fee scale and/or payment plan. My fee is $0 - $450. I accept cash, check, or credit card (processed through PayPal). I provide free Birth Doula services to teens, mothers giving their child-up for adoption, and to women whose partners are deployed overseas. I believe every woman deserves a Doula. Please talk to me before you decide a Doula is NOT for you because of financial concerns. We can work it out!
To view my Birth Doula Contract click here
Lending Library:
Pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, babycare, and parenting books and videos available for check-out to all clients. I also highly recommend all books approved by La Leche League.
Books to Avoid:
Warning: These books could sabatoge a mom's breastfeeding relationship with her baby! (For the book reviews visit www.kellymom.com.)
On Becoming Babywise
by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer:
How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
by Tracy Hogg
The "What to Expect" Series
by Arlene Eisenberg, et. al.
The New Basics : A-to-Z Baby & Child Care for the Modern Parent
by Michel Cohen, MD
The Contented Little Baby Book
by Gina Ford
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and
it's not that birth is painful.
It's that women are strong."
Laura Stavoe Harm
