Birth Doula Services

We provide unconditional support to laboring moms and their birth partner(s), if present. Our goal is to support you in whatever way you desire to help ensure a satisfying, empowering experience.

Please contact us for details or to discuss your situation.

During your labor, we:

- Offer massage, counter-pressure, heat, ice, and other comfort measures
- Encourage and support you in using whatever birthing techniques and coping methods you have chosen
- Suggest positions to enhance your comfort, and (if needed) suggest techniques to encourage your bab(ies) into a more optimal position to facilitate a shorter, easier labor and reduce the likelihood of a Cesarean
- Facilitate communication between you and your medical caregivers to ensure understanding and informed consent
- Create a safe environment for processing fears
- Hold space for the emotional journey of through pregnancy, labor, and new parenthood

Hiring one of us means:

Prenatal Care
- Complimentary interview
- 2 prenatal home visits
- Hands-on workshop on Comfort Measures for Pregnancy & Labor
- Assistance creating a birth plan
- Unlimited phone and email support, which continues postpartum
- Access to an extensive library of films, books, and CDs to prepare for the birth of your baby

Labor Support
- 24-hour, on-call support beginning two weeks before your due date and in any emergency
- Continual, caring presence during your labor, birth, and up to 2 hours postpartum
- In conjunction with your caregiver, assistance deciding when to go to the hospital or ask your homebirth midwife to come join you
- A guaranteed backup doula

Postpartum Care
- Breastfeeding support
- Preparation of Sitz bath herbal infusion for a soothing postpartum soak
- 1 or 2 postpartum home visits (depending on need & desire)
- Unconditional emotional support
- Referrals as appropriate

As doulas, we do not:

- Perform medical tasks
- Make decisions for you, or have an agenda about how you should make them
- Take the role of your partner(s), if present, but rather work to compliment his or her strengths

During our prenatal visits, we get to know one another, go over relaxation techniques and comfort measures, and envision and prepare for your birth. During your labor, we are with you from the time you feel you want more support to offer massage, suggest positions for laboring more comfortably, offer information, and provide emotional and relaxation support. We work as a team with your birth partner(s) and medical caregivers and do our best to ensure a satisfying, empowering birth experience.

You may also request these optional services:

- Record of your labor and birth, written as a letter to your baby
- Birth photography (digital photos on a CD)
- Your own birth ball to keep (helpful during pregnancy, labor, and for soothing newborns)

What we charge


> Contact us for details or to discuss your situation.

Meet the doulas:

Lindsay K. Germain - on leave	Audrey Muto
Denise Lew - On leave

> return to services