Birth Doula Services

What’s included.

Four Prenatal sessions

1 - Pregnancy Comfort and Preparing Your Body for Birth: Covering nutrition, exercise, resources, and both mind and body preparation for labor.

2 - Birth Preparation: discussion of your birth plan, your hopes and desires, understanding procedures, medications, and options for yourself and your baby. This usually takes place after your Childbirth Preparation Classes.

3 - Postpartum Preparation: education around caring for the mother’s body during her early recovery time, newborn care, breastfeeding, and home support planning. This usually takes place after your Breastfeeding and Newborn Care Classes.

4- Labor Rehearsal: in your home, practicing relaxation and positions where you will likely spend most of your labor.

I’m available throughout your pregnancy and can provide suggestions and resources to help you stay healthy, avoid complications, and find alternatives where possible. These can be in person, phone, video chat, or a combination.

Access to my library of videos and handouts

For education, birth rehearsal, and body alignment for getting baby into the best position for birth. We can create a plan for what to watch and when in our first prenatal visit.

two Postpartum and breastfeeding visits

• I come the day of or day after you arrive home from the hospital to help you settle in and practice breastfeeding in your own space. I can help troubleshoot milk production issues and help you find a manageable feeding routine that works both for your rest, your milk supply, and baby’s weight gain and growth.

• My second visit is scheduled based on your needs - to help with perfecting latch, to check milk transfer, or support other breastfeeding needs. I have extensive resources if we need to pull in additional support. For birth clients, additional hours postpartum hours can be booked after the two included in the birth package. These are agreed to ahead of time and billed at $75/hr (usually $90/hr). 

Support whenever you need it

• Phone, text, and email support from the time you hire me through 4 weeks postpartum.

• On-call (24 hours) for the 2 weeks prior through 2 weeks after your due date.  Once you are in labor, I will come at your request and will provide continuous labor support.

What I bring.

In my bag

• Massage oils and massage tools
• Aromatherapy oils
• TENS Unit
• Chapstick, hair ties, mints
• Bluetooth speaker
• Peanut Ball as a positioning aid
• Heat pad
• White twinkle lights (atmosphere is everything!)

Other Things I Use

• Massage/ Counter-pressure/ Acupressure
• Positions (specific for both comfort and labor progress)
• Breathing techniques
• Relaxation techniques - focal points, imagery, sensory therapy
• Hot/Cold therapies
• Shower/Bath
• Birth Ball and Peanut Ball
• Knowledge of options
• Squat Bar (most hospitals have these available) and alternative pushing positions

Investment.

Total Fee $2900

If you decide my services are a fit for you, then a $1450 deposit is requested through Zelle. I also accept credit card payments with a processing fee.

I offer discounts for repeat clients, homebirths, and births at San Francisco Birth Center and Casa Natal Birth Center.

Interested?

I offer complimentary phone and video chat interviews or am happy to meet in person at a coffee shop in the South San Francisco area. Interviews usually last between 40-60 minutes.