Three Phases Doula
Mothering, Postpartum, & Sleep Support Services

Postpartum doulas are trained to care for new families in the first weeks after birth providing guidance with newborn care and infant feeding, emotional support, and answering all your questions. Postpartum doulas generally either provide daytime services or nighttime services.

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​As your postpartum doula I provide:

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Sleep Support: Creating the sleep environment, circadian rhythm, lighting, sleep disruptors, challenges and solutions, assistance in establishing a nighttime routine, transitions, sleep support for baby and parents.  Night doulas provide overnight care so parents can rest.

Newborn Care Instruction: Feeding, burping, diapering, swaddling, bathing, umbilical care, milestones, the language of crying, colic and possible red flags and nursery organization.  

Twins Care: Logistics in caring for twins; tandem feeding, schedule regulation, sleep issues, comforting two crying babies at once.  

Breastfeeding: Engorgement care, positioning, establishing supply, troubleshooting, routine, a pumping, feeding your baby at night.

Postpartum Recovery: Rest/sleep issues, nutrition/hydration, exercise, guidance for wound care, priorities etc. Emotional support including birth experience processing, and adjustment into motherhood. 

Newborn Comforting Techniques: Swaddling, positioning, burping techniques, massage, benefits of skin to skin.  

Coping Skills: Mother baby relationship, attachment, crying in arms vs. cry it out, switch parenting, and time out (self/couple self-care).  

Infant Development: Milestones, verbal development, small and gross motor skill support etc. 

Support for the Baby Blues: Recognizing signs of postpartum depression and other PMAD’s, referrals for PMAD support in your area.  

Appropriate Resources and Referrals as Needed: In the event a service is needed outside of my scope of practice, appropriate referrals are made.​​

Motherhood can seem daunting, and first-time moms have many questions and concerns. Seasoned parents may just need an extra set of hands.

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I will teach you tried and true methods and will help inform and guide you to confidence. 

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Postpartum doulas have been shown to:

• Ease stress and anxiety in new mothers

• Increase mom's satisfaction in her experience as a new mother

• Aid in faster recovery from the rigors of birth

• Increase confidence in parenting and childcare

• Reduce incidence and severity of anxiety and depression. 

• Increase the likelihood of breastfeeding success and longevity

I am currently booking daytime shifts. My minimum is 4 hours per shift/ 2 shifts per week. I am available* for shifts between 6am and 10pm** to assist when I am most needed. I am available for shifts Monday through Friday.

*Please call for current availability and schedule openings.

** Distance traveled may affect shift end time. Please inquire for specifics.

Typical bookings are 6 - 12 weeks, 2-5 shifts per week, but can be booked as short-term coverage too (2 weeks) during a transition or crisis, or for basic newborn education. They can also be as long as 6 months to aid in recovery and adjustment; or to provide colic care or sleep training. We will work together to determine your needs and the right amount of care for you. I am open to many requests and needs, please ask.

It is not unusual for me to book out three - six months in advance. Please call early for availability.

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Pricing is hourly. Please call for current pricing. Payment plans available.  I am open to budgeting concerns, please ask. 

Doulas do not come into a family with an agenda. It is my duty as a doula to support the wishes and parenting choices of each individual family. I will work with you to support your baby's needs, while honoring your family values. It is my goal to provide education and resources for each family so that each is able to make well informed choices. It is my goal, that each family feel they are no longer in need of a doula, as I am then assured of my success!