Postpartum Services
Daytime Support
In-home postpartum care for four to six-hour shifts between the hours of 8am and 6pm, including help with:
Infant care: feeding, changing, cleaning, playing, massage practice (guiding parent), sleep support.
Client care: breast/chestfeeding support, pumping support, postpartum education, creating time for rest/adult conversation/body movement, mental health screening.
Household organization: meal and snack preparation, tidying, laundry, dishwashing, grocery shopping en route to house, strategies for post-doula life.
Referrals: research and/or outreach to existing network for further community, specialist, or medical resources as-needed.
Overnight Care
In-home postpartum care for eight to ten-hour shifts between the hours of 8pm and 8am, including help with:
Infant care: feeding, changing, sleep support.
Client care: breast/chestfeeding support, pumping support, mental health screening, creating time for uninterrupted sleep.
Household organization: meal and snack preparation (typically ingredient prep or other quiet breakfast prep), tidying, laundry, dishwashing.
Referrals: research and/or outreach to existing network for further community, specialist, or medical resources as-needed.
Postpartum Planning
In-home or virtual 1 to 2-hour daytime session(s) to:
Review lactation education, postpartum recovery, and newborn care basics.
Discuss and evaluate care team options: family, friends, providers, doulas, etc.
Consider options/needs for infant feeding and develop a plan to help whichever method be successful.
Review typical newborn and infant sleep development and strategies for supporting whole-family sleep.
Help decide what supplies may or may not be most useful postpartum, in context with home environment.
Discuss mental health factors to identify strategies and resources for everyday wellness and for times of greater support need.
Fees and Starting Contract
I provide weekly invoices for my services, charged at an hourly rate. To start a client contract I require a minimum commitment of 24 hours of postpartum doula support. This does not apply to virtual or in-person postpartum planning sessions that are not part of a larger postpartum contract.
Daytime Rate starting at $60/hour
Overnight Rate starting at $65/hour
Looking for free or lower cost care? Try: Open Arms Perinatal Services, Global Perinatal Services, NAPS doulas Reduced Rate List
Interested in learning more?
There are a wide range of possibilities for postpartum doula care. I’ve described key types above, but am happy to combine and recommend a plan based on an individual family’s needs.