Services

Childbirth Series-

5 hours

$235 per couple (Sliding scale fee starts at $165 for families experiencing financial hardship)

Whether you are birthing in a hospital, at home, or at a birth center, this class will help you gain necessary information to better understand the process of birth, both physically and mentally. This class is best suited in person, preferably in the client’s home; however virtual classes can be accommodated. If you and another expecting couple would like to take this course together, I can provide 10% off for each couple. I accept payments with cash, zelle, or venmo. This course is split into two sessions, lasting 2.5 hours each session.

• 2 sessions (5 hours total)

• Course Covers

  • Stages of labor

  • Physiological birth

  • Tips for partners/birth support

  • Pain coping techniques

  • Relaxation techniques

  • Labor positions

  • Immediate postpartum

  • Immediate newborn care

Childbirth Refresher-

2.5 hours $150

Perfect for families who have already experienced childbirth

• 1 Virtual or In-person session

• Course Covers

  • Stages of Labor

  • Mental/Physical aspects of birth

  • Coping techniques

  • Immediate postpartum

Bringing a newborn home is an adjustment. Postpartum healing, bonding with baby, and getting adequate nourishment and rest is much easier with support from a Postpartum Doula. I am currently available for 3 daytime shifts a week. Shifts are 3-5 hours during the hours of 6am-8pm. Multiples are $10 extra per hour. A travel fee will be added for destinations further than 15 miles from downtown Vancouver. Cash, venmo, or zelle payments are accepted at this time.

Shifts are $45 per hour

Postpartum shifts can include-

• Support with newborn feeding

• Baby cues and care instruction

• Resources & referrals

• Setting up home for baby

• Help with creating a nurturing environment

• Help coordinating support from friends and family

• Emotional support for parents and siblings

• Birth processing guidance

• Assistance in postpartum recovery

• Assistance in preparing a healthy snack/meal

Have you been through birth and the newborn phase before and don’t feel like you need to take another childbirth class or need postpartum support, but still have some questions you’d like to discuss? If so, I offer a 1-hour consultation to get your questions answered. In this consultation I put on all my hats: childbirth educator, postpartum doula, lactation educator, and experienced parent, to help answer any questions you may have about childbirth, newborn care, breastfeeding, and up-to-date evidence-based practices.

$60 for virtual or phone consultation

$60 per 90-minute session

If you experienced high levels of stress, or even trauma, during your birth, you are not alone. Over 1 in 3 people who give birth report experiencing trauma. This can look like replaying the birth in your head and wondering if you should have/could have done something different, wishing you would have spoken up when an intervention was introduced that you didn’t feel comfortable with and/or physically still feeling trauma when re-telling your birth story. Sometimes our loved ones do not understand and try to shake off our trauma by listing all the “at least” things we should be grateful for. But guess what, you CAN be grateful AND still need to process your trauma in a real and healing way. I experienced birth trauma that persisted for the entire first year postpartum. After learning different ways that can be effective in processing and ultimately healing trauma, I decided offering this service is a must.

I offer a few different ways of processing birth trauma and usually allow the situation to unfold intuitively. For some people, simply having a non-biased listening ear is enough. For others, art or nature therapy helps with processing. The first session is 90 minutes. Each session is $60. Sessions are best done in-person; however, a virtual session can be accommodated.

*Some birth experiences are better processed with a licensed therapist. If your situation needs this, I can recommend local professionals.