Support through breastfeeding, baby care and soothing, adjusting to parenthood, mother and family care, and postpartum issues, like postpartum depression.

A Postpartum Doula’s job, is to be with you, supporting you and your new family, until you feel confident and secure enough to stand on your own. To truly get the most out of this wonderful yet complex time, we need support, and lots of it!
  
As a Postpartum Doula, I can offer support by:

• regularly visiting at your home during the early days after birth, and into the first few months postpartum, or longer as needed
• being available by phone and email
• demonstrating and teaching baby care
  • bathing and dressing
  • baby wearing
  • baby soothing, etc..
• help with sleep issues
• offering breastfeeding support, working with both parents until you feel confident. I will also help with any difficulties you might encounter
• offering emotional support
• being knowledgeable about newborns and babies
• being aware of the changes taking place in the mother and partner, and in how their views of themselves and each other may have changed
• giving you information (ideally in pregnancy) to help you to prepare for the postpartum period
• helping you reduce the chances of developing postpartum depression, or recover from it should it develop
• provide handouts as needed
• provide a postpartum story

Please note that so much of the preparation for the postpartum period can be done during pregnancy! By meeting with your doula before the birth or early in pregnancy, you can be much better prepared for the baby's arrival and the postpartum months.

Please also remember that we ALL need help in life, most particularly in the first couple of years after having a new baby! Reaching out for help is part of parenting!