In-Home Postpartum Doula Care
While the primary care I provide will be during the beginning weeks of postpartum, we will also spend some time together before your official transition into motherhood. The time we spend together before birth is our time to begin weaving your blanket of care. We will build TRUST, set intentions, listen, and prepare for the transformational time ahead. I will listen to what it is you need and together we will explore how I can best support you. Some of the things we may discuss during these visits include:
The pillars of postpartum
Establishing your community and village of care
The role of family, friends and visitors
Appropriate food for the PP time
How to set healthy boundaries
Matrescence and your new brain
The placenta
Hormones
Rites of passage and ceremony
Sleep
Songs for mother and baby
After your birth, I will be visiting your home to provide loving care and support. This will look different for each visit as your needs will change daily. However each visit may look, the intention is to support you so you can REST, REJUVENATE, HEAL and be NOURISHED.
These visits after birth may include:
Preparing and serving postpartum appropriate foods/meals
Massage and touch
Herbal baths and steaming
Meditation and breath work
Closing of the bones and/or belly binding
Help with light domestic duties
Sincere listening and holding space to allow for integration
Text, voice note and email support throughout our time together
Investment
Hourly rate
If you wish for any additional in-home visits, beyond the eight that are offered, these visits will be offered at a rate of $100. Each visit is approximately three to four hours.
“In the first forty days after delivery it can seem that all the world wants to come and hold your baby. But to fully inhabit your new role as a mother - with its astonishing requirements for giving energy, attention and love - it is you who must be held.”
Heng Ou