Birth Support

Empower, Support, Advocate

A birth doula nurtures and supports a birthing person and their partner throughout labor and birth, providing continuous unbiased, nonjudgmental care that is based solely on the clients needs. This will include physical support, emotional support, advocacy, and educational support, which includes body sovereignty and empowerment through presenting all options and explaining each option with evidence-based research.

A woman labors next to the hospital bed. She is wearing a green gown and her blonde hair is in a ponytail on top of her head. She has 3 hospital bracelets and one IV

Investment

$1000

I will focus on helping you have the best birth as you see it

  • One free consultation

  • Two or Three prenatal appointments focused on helping you to feel prepared for labor and birth.

  • Access to helpful resources and the right referrals.

  • 24/7 on call support from 2 weeks before your due date until the baby is born.

  • Hands on support throughout the entire labor and birth, no matter the length.

  • One postpartum visit

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  • a woman sits cross legged in a white tub while she labors. Another woman is over her, gently placing a hand on her back

    Physical Support

    -Creating a calm environment through music(or silence), adjusting lighting, and minimizing outside noise or talking

    -Assisting with walking, swaying, changing position

    -Offering water, ice, food, other comfort items

    -Touch — massage, acupressure

    -Hydrotherapy — warm shower or tub

    -Applying heat or cold

    -Giving your partner a break when needed

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    Emotional Support

    -Continuous presence throughout labor

    - Verbal encouragement, praise and reassurance

    - Mirroring your experience and matching the feeling and tone

    -Remaining calm and steady, showing a caring attitude

    -Empathizing with you, supporting what you want

    -Talking through fears and self-doubt with you and your partner

    -Help you reframe circumstances to view yourself and your situation more positively

    -Processing the birth story postpartum - empathizing and clarifying when appropriate

  • A woman with glasses sits on an armchair with a laptop on her lap and a breastfeeding book in her hand.

    Informational Support

    -Multiple prenatal meetings to discuss all aspects of childbirth

    -Help with creating a birth plan(s)

    -Providing resources and evidence-based information for making decisions throughout pregnancy and childbirth

    -Guiding you and your partner through labor with relaxation, breathing, movement and positioning techniques

    -Helping explain medical procedures before or as they occur, facilitating communication with care providers

    -Answer your questions about birth plans, home births, hospital births, birth center birth and water births.

  • a new father is handed his newborn wrapped in towels by a person with gloved hands

    Advocacy

    -Ask you what you want, and unconditionally support your decision

    -Ask you about the level of intervention you would like me to take, how early and how often.

    -Encouraging you and your partner to ask questions, verbalize your preferences, and creating space to make unpressured decisions

    -Amplifying your voice if you feel you are being dismissed, ignored, or not heard by the care providers “Excuse me - I believe she is trying to say something, I’m not sure if you heard her…"

“I do not care what kind of birth you have...a homebirth, scheduled cesarean, epidural hospital birth, or if you birth alone in the woods next to a baby deer. i care that you had options, that you were supported in your choices and that you were respected.”

-January Harshe