Services
Birth Doula Services include (more Doula info):
- 2 private prenatal visits (time permitting)
- Unlimited group prenatal meetings with my back-up doula as time and schedules allow
- On-call availability for your labor & the birth of your baby
- Continuous labor support both in your home and at the hospital
- 3 postpartum visits in your home (1 visit to discuss your birth and 2 additional postpartum visits)
- Once your baby is born you may attend unlimited group postpartum gatherings
- Referrals to community resources
- I have a close working relationship with a back-up doula - Kara Engelbrecht
In
addition to the private and group meetings outlined above, I am
available via telephone and email for support throughout your pregnancy
and immediate postpartum. During your labor I will be a continuous
presence to reassure and encourage you and provide/suggest comfort
measures including, massage, acupressure, aromatherapy, guided
relaxation, hypnobirthing and more. I will join you in labor at your
home as soon as you would like me to be present and remain with you
until your baby is a few hours old.
Postpartum Doula Services
(my postpartum work is limited to my birth doula clients who live in San Francisco)
If you have chosen me as your birth doula and would like additional
postpartum care beyond my birth doula package then you may hire me on
an hourly basis. I provide care in your home during your postpartum
adjustment period. I have experience with physical, emotional, and
informational support including breastfeeding assistance, mothercare,
babycare and practical support (meals, laundry etc). We can figure out
together how much assistance you will need during this time. For
postpartum work I have a minimum of 3 hours a day, Monday through
Friday from 9-6, (I do my night and weekend work at births).
Childbirth Preparation Classes
I teach a
six-week childbirth preparation series at a San Francisco Pregnancy,
Childbirth and early parenting resource center - Natural Resources www.naturalresources-sf.com. I helped design the curriculum and am very excited about the depth of this series.
Aside
from educating expectant moms and their partners on the anatomy,
physiology, hormones and emotions of birth, we practice lots of
different coping techniques from relaxation, guided imagery,
visualizations, theories of Hypnobirthing and Calm Birth, positions, to
a wide variety of other comfort measures for labor and birth. Our 18
hours of class time includes a video in each class, discussion of
Informed choice, common interventions, pain relief options,
(pharmacological and non pharmacological), hospital birth, birth center
birth and homebirth.
The course fee includes a copy of Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin and a binder of local resources, web resources, diagrams, drawings and articles from Michel Odent, Pam England, Jean Sutton, Penny Simpkin, Henci Goer, Mothering Magazine, CIMS, ICAN and many more.
Additional Services:
- Private Childbirth Preparation classes in your home*
- Private Breastfeeding and/or Newborn Care classes in your home*
- Breastfeeding and/or Newborn Care classes at Natural Resources*
- Group prenatal sessions with my back-up doula and other expecting parents
- Group postpartum gatherings with my back-up doula and other expecting parents
- Photographs of your birth and/or new baby
- Accompany parents to meet with midwife or OB*
- Written timeline of the labor and birth*
- Belly masks/casts and other birth art*
- Breastfeeding preparation, information and support
- Referrals to other doulas, midwives, OBs and other birth professionals and local resources
* additional fees may apply
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