“Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers-strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.”
Birth Doula Services
Basic birth doula package, $700
Two prenatal visits to assess your needs and desires for birth, define and understand our expectations of one another, and provide you with the tools needed for labor and birth.
Birth preferences assistance to help you clarify your preferences for birth and explain the options that are available to you.
Access to lending library of books and videos of pregnancy, birth and baby care, to support your learning.
Continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to you and your partner for the duration of labor and birth, to help you hold and move towards the vision you created for your baby's birth.
Initial breastfeeding support immediately after birth to help your baby latch on properly and encourage establishment of breastfeeding.
One postpartum follow-up after birth to celebrate the birth of your baby, help you process your birth story and answer any questions you have during the early postpartum period.
A virtual check in or home visit around two months postpartum to see how you and baby are adjusting to your new normal.
Unlimited Voxer and Zoom support to answer your questions and offer suggestions and support throughout pregnancy, early labor and postpartum.
HypnoBAbies Doula Package, ask for details
Unlimited and continuous hypnobirthing support in addition to any package.
*offered exclusively for My Hypnobabies students
Massage Birth Doula Package, $850
All services included in the Basic Doula Package.
A comprehensive plan using simple exercises and Spinning Babies techniques to prepare your body for a smoother gentler birth.
One 60-minute Nurturing The Mother prenatal massage to promote relaxation and stress relief.
One Nurturing The Mother postpartum massage at postnatal appointment to help bring your body back to a state of balance.
Massage Therapy, Accupressure, Aromatherapy, Rebozo Counter Pressure during labor. Use of my Tens Unit, Birth Sling and Massage Gun also available to massage doula clients (ask for details)!
3 invaluable newborn/infant massage digital lessons to calm and comfort your new lovebug: Massage & Reflexology for Bonding & Sleep, Happy Tummy Massage for Colic and Constipation and Massage & Reflexology for Colds & Congestion
* ADD on service prices for my doula clients only
In Home Pregnancy Massage: 60 min - $60, 90 min - $90
In Home Induction Massage Therapy: 60 min - $60, 90 min - $90
In Home Postnatal Massage Therapy: 60 min - $60, 90 min - $90
Placenta Encapsulation - $200
Infant/Child Massage Therapy: 30 min - $35
Everyone deserves a doula! Do you know that you can use your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) to reimburse all or part of your doula expenses or that your insurance may help cover the cost of your doula care? (I currently accept Security Health’s Medicaid/ Badger Care Insurance) Plus I am open to payment plans if needed. And remember to put Blessed Belly Wellness on your shower registry! I am happy to issue gift certificates for your doula care and prenatal/postnatal massage fund.
Frequently Asked Questions
I think I would like a doula, but not quite sure. Can we talk or meet up before I decide?
Absolutely. Our first meeting is free and with no obligation or we can talk at length by phone. It's a chance for you to ask any questions you have on the role of a doula and decide if I am the right doula for you. It is so important that you trust your doula.
My husband/partner is worried that a doula would take a part of the experience away from him, is that likely?
Not at all, in fact a doula supports both you and your partner and allows your partner to be there as the father rather than take on a variety of roles that a single birth partner would have to. A woman in labor needs as much support and nurturing as possible and having both partner and doula forms a complementary team, with each bringing unique skills to the labor and birth.
I don't know if I can afford to pay for a doula at this time with all the other baby expenses coming up?
I am happy to work out a payment plan that works best for you. Keep in mind that a birth doula makes a wonderful gift from someone who loves you and wishes for you to have the best birth experience. It makes a great shower/birth gift from grandparents and/or co-workers too.
With the cost of deductibles and co-pays on insurance policies, you may be able to save the costs of many interventions that in turn you may be paying for completely or in form of a 20% co-pay on your hospital bill. As an example - the savings on avoiding having to pay 20% of expenses totaling an additional $3,000 is already $600.00.
Top Ten Reasons to Hire a Birth Doula
A doula is someone to ask prenatal questions. She is there to listen to pregnancy complaints, emotional concerns, and to share the excitement.
A doula assists couples in creating their birth plan. She then assists the mother in achieving the birth experience that she desires.
A doula provides continuous care and nurturing to the mother. She does not leave during shift changes, as does the hospital staff. A doula provides one on one care that medical staff cannot give due to caring for other patients.
A doula provides suggestions for position changes that may help aid the progress of labor and/or make the mother more comfortable.
A doula helps the mother to relax using touch, massage and words of comfort.
A doula provides peace of mind in knowing that she will be there for a mother in case things are harder than expected.
A doula has knowledge of many various comfort measures such as hot or cold packs, counterpressure for the back, and use of a birth ball.
A doula can give empathy and reassurance to the mother that the process of birth she is going through is normal.
The doula nurtures and protects the memory of the birth for the mother. She helps couples process their birth story and helps fill in the blanks or answer questions.
Research has shown that the presence of a doula lowers the incidence of medical interventions. Women who have had continuous labor support have shorter labors, less need for forceps, a lower risk of a cesarean section, and interact more favorably with their newborns.
~The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association
“If a doula were a drug,
it would be unethical not to use it.
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