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Birth Doula Care With Annie
Comprehensive Birth Doula Care

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Comprehensive Birth Doula Care​

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  • A free, in-person pre-hiring consultation for potential new clients to decide if we are a good match (1 hour)
     

  • An in-depth intake conversation (1.5 - 2 hours)
     

  • 4 in-person prenatal visits collaboratively scheduled (1 hour each)
     

  • Weekly video visits after 37 weeks of pregnancy, up to your baby’s birthday (30 min each)
     

  • Constant support throughout active birthing, continuing for up to 2 hours after birth and spanning your baby’s first feed 
     

  • 4 in-person postpartum visits collaboratively scheduled (1 hour each)
     

  • Phone and email support available between visits.

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Unless otherwise stated above (or discussed), visits will take place in the convenience of your home. 

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Postpartum Matters 
*please ask about availability

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  • A free, in-person pre-hiring consultation for potential new clients to decide if we are a good match (1 hour)
     

  • An in-depth intake conversation (1.5 - 2 hours)
     

  • A 2-hour in-person visit twice a week over 4 postpartum weeks (16 customized visits total -- renewable. Any given week's visits can be combined into a longer 4-hour visit.)

 


This option brings consistent opportunities for postpartum support from a professional who is respectful of your autonomy and thoughtful about your priorities, and who believes that your well-being during this period matters. You might use the time to confide, ask emergent questions, or receive help with your baby while you take a break. You might also enjoy having dishes, vacuuming or laundry taken off your hands, or benefit from a session of therapeutic touch or reiki. Consistent support during the "4th trimester" can be a wonderful option as you recover physically from birthing, adjust hormonally, and adapt heart, mind, body and spirit to a new period in your life.

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At any point
At any given visit, access to: 
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  • Witnessing and accompaniment

  • Consultation around topics of your choice

  • An accepting space where anything pertaining to your experience can be discussed, including your full range of emotions 

  • Recognition and support for those supporting you

  • A grounding, calming and informed presence

  • Relaxing touch on request 

  • Energy-work on request

  • Space to consider your needs and how you might voice them to providers and loved ones

  • Referral as needed to other local professionals (e.g. childbirth educators, midwives, psychotherapists, and lactation specialists)

  • Careful measures taken in the interest of your health

    • ​I am fully vaccinated against COVID, will re-schedule if ill, and will wear a mask at your request 

  • Confidentiality maintained

 As we begin our partnership, access to:

  • A thorough intake conversation to ensure that your doula care aligns with your visions, priorities, and needs. A tiny sample of topics we will discuss include your own, and your supporting loved one(s)':
     

    • Current priorities and visions 

    • Previous experiences with pregnancy and birthing, and how we might honor these

    • Life as a whole

    • Personal birth story and early memories

    • Family and community stories and knowledge related to pregnancy, birth, and parenting 

    • Communication style(s) and needs

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As we begin
During prenatal visits, access to: 
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  • The opportunity to discuss a wide range of pregnancy- and birth-related topics, whatever is on your heart or the heart(s) of your supporting loved one(s)'.​​

  • The opportunity for you and your supporting loved one(s) to try out helpful movements, positions and interactions for birthing

  • Movements and visualization to prepare you for the birth experience you want

  • Consultation and support around:​

    • Elaborating your birth plan​

    • Communicating with your baby in-utero

    • Communicating with your baby's older sibling(s)

    • Creating an environment (interpersonal, energetic, sensory and tangible) that nurtures you in your pregnancy

    • Creating your desired birthing environment

    • Choosing and communicating with providers

  • Space to plan and debrief your visits with providers

  • Space to brainstorm the integration of cherished cultural traditions  

  • Relief from chores to make time for you

During prenatal visits
During your birthing time, access to: 

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  • Constant, holistic in-person care while you birth, and for up to two hours after your baby's arrival

  • Support with making informed decisions, voicing your needs, and honoring your birth plan

  • A range of support to bolster your innate capacity to birth with ease and ecstasy, including, with prior consent:

    • Therapeutic touch, energy work, acupressure, aromatherapy, sound therapy and hot/cold therapy

    • Movements and positions to make room for baby

    • Assistance with creating and maintaining your desired birthing environment (tangible, sensory, interpersonal and energetic)

    • Guidance around vocalization and breath

    • Centering your loved one(s) in your support

      • And relieving them as needed 

    • Assistance around remaining nourished and hydrated 

    • Assistance with blocking out the world as you birth
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During your birthing time
During your first hours with your baby, access to:

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  • Up to two hours of constant in-person care

  • Support with ensuring maximal skin-to-skin contact between you and your baby

  • Support with creating and maintaining a conducive environment (tangible, sensory, interpersonal and energetic) where you can rest and bond with your baby

  • Guidance around your baby's first feed

  • Someone to check in with you on an emotional level

  • Someone who can help bring in your chosen provider should you have medical questions post-delivery 

  • A witness with whom you can discuss your birth experience if desired 

  • Consultation and support around initiating your post-delivery recovery

  • Assistance with documenting your first moments with your newborn, if desired (e.g. photographs; videos)

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First hours with baby
During postpartum visits, access to: 
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  • Birth review: A space to remember and reflect upon your birth experience 

  • The opportunity to discuss a wide range of postpartum-related topics including and extending beyond:

    • physical recovery after birth

    • sexuality and romance

    • finding ease amid hormonal shifts

    • being with your baby

    • breastfeeding

    • nipple care

    • -- whatever is on your heart and your supporting loved one(s)' hearts

  • An accepting space for all of your feelings

  • Support around communicating with providers, loved ones, visitors, and your broader community

  • Relaxing touch and energy work for you, your baby, and partner(s)/ loved one(s)

  • Assistance in creating an environment (tangible, sensory, interpersonal and energetic) that nurtures you and your baby

  • Relief from chores or childcare to make time for you 

During postpartum visits
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We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been -- a place half-remembered and half-envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community. Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power… Someplace where we can be free."   


- Starhawk 

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