Postpartum Doula Services
What is a Postpartum Doula?
Like a birth doula, a postpartum doula provides informational, physical, and emotional support during the postpartum period. Whether it's your first child or your fifth, this time can be transformative for you, your body, and your family. While a doula can certainly assist with newborn care, their primary focus is on the birthing parent and their family.
As your postpartum doula, I offer support and reinforcement during the early stages of this new life chapter, and that support can look very different depending on the parent and the week or day. Support may include:
- Tips for soothing a newborn and navigating the confusing early days of parenthood.
- Preparing placenta capsules and cooking nourishing meals to have ready in the fridge for the next few days.
- Providing breastfeeding and pumping guidance, along with care for the birthing parent.
- Playing with older children and taking the dog for walks.
- Changing linens and light cleaning.
- Engaging in discussions about childbirth and recommending other helpful services for families, like massage therapists or osteopaths.
What I do as your postpartum doula during your unique postpartum experience is entirely based on your wishes and needs. The question is, what do you want?
What are the benefits of a Postpartum Doula?
Having a doula present during your postpartum period is a wonderful and necessary addition to your support network. You can ask me all those seemingly silly questions and share the most embarrassing stories or incidents. No bodily fluids will faze me as a postpartum doula—been there, done that.
As a postpartum doula, I can help alleviate any anxiety or stress you may feel in those early stages of parenting. You are your baby's best expert, and I will help you recognize the power and skills you already possess as a parent. The same goes for your partner. By taking care of small household tasks and preparing meals, I allow you both to focus on resting, learning, and bonding with your baby.
Sometimes, the postpartum period can bring strong feelings of loneliness and isolation, and a postpartum doula can help ease those feelings.
Research shows that doula support during pregnancy and the postpartum period increases families' willingness to breastfeed their newborns, leading to longer breastfeeding durations. As a trained breastfeeding specialist, I can support you in preparing for breastfeeding and navigating any challenges you may face right after your baby is born.
As your doula, I walk beside you and take care of you.
When should You hire a Postpartum Doula??
In my opinion, always! A postpartum doula can be an essential part of your support network during the postpartum period, bringing a deeper understanding of the challenges that come with this time—such as hormones, processing the birth experience (whether it was ecstatic or traumatic), postpartum depression, and breastfeeding, along with any related issues.
Additionally, a doula can serve as your "village" when other support networks may be hard to reach.
I recommend starting our collaboration before your baby arrives. This way, we can prepare for a postpartum period that reflects your unique needs and preferences. We can organize beautiful, energizing, and confidence-building Blessingway celebrations before the birth, and, of course, I'll be there to support you and answer any questions you have throughout our journey together.
I want you as my Postpartum Doula, what do I do?
To get started, please reach out to me through my contact form or via email. I'll call you back as soon as possible! We'll have a brief, completely free phone conversation to discuss your needs and wishes. If everything sounds good to you, we can finalize the contract details.
If a 15-minute call feels too brief, we can schedule a virtual meeting to talk everything through in more detail. I charge €80 for this virtual consultation, but if you decide to hire me, that amount will be deducted from the total cost of your doula package.
Postpartum Doula Packages
Small Help - 590€
If you need an extra pair of hands on the threshold of a new life phase, want calm breastfeeding guidance from your own sofa, or discuss your birth experience with a birth professional, this package is for you.
Package Contents
- 2 x 3-hour meetings at your home
- Breastfeeding guidance
Basic Help - 1090€
Do you want someone to take some of the everyday responsibilities off your shoulders when the baby arrives? Do you want to focus on nesting and resting? This package is for you.
Package Contents
- 4 x 3-hour meetings at your home
- Breastfeeding guidance
- Postpartum goodie bag
Full support - 1590€
When you want to ensure that you have support and care during pregnancy and postpartum. We will prepare together for your personalized postpartum period, and when it arrives, I am ready to care for you and your newborn family.
Package Contents
- Organizing a Blessingway celebration before birth
- 6 x 3-hour meetings at your home after birth
- Breastfeeding guidance
- Postpartum goodie bag