Serving Durham, NC and Surrounding Area
Postpartum
Doula
Services
Free Interview
Our doula-client relationship starts with a free 30-40 minute interview. This gives us a chance to get to learn about each other and to discuss what's most important to you in doula support.
Customizable Packages -
Depending on availability, I may be able to provide:
Postpartum Doula Rates -
$32-40/hour
Variable, depending on the day and time of the shift.
Please inquire for more information.
Postpartum
Doula
Services
What Does a Postpartum Doula Do?
A Postpartum Doula will help you through the transition as you recover from birth and adjust to life with an infant. A Doula is a generalist who can do many things, including referrals to specialists when something is beyond her scope. Specific things a doula may do include:
- Empowerment through listening, validation, and emotional support for parents, older siblings, and extended family
- Aid in processing your birth experience
- Assistance in self-care and recovery measures
- physical
- mental
- emotional
- Assistance with newborn care:
- Feeding (breastfeeding support, help with bottle feeding, alternative methods)
- Sleep
- Bathing, hygiene, and basic health
- Diapering
- Baby-wearing
- Infant massage
- Playing with your baby
- Infant-sibling relationship
- Etc.
- Older sibling care
- Running errands
- Meal preparation
- Light housework
- Referrals to specialists
- Help with advocacy and finding questions to ask specialists
- Take baby/family photos
- Mediation in conflict resolution (parent-parent, parent-child, or with extended family)
- ...And much more!
A Postpartum Doula does not take over care of housework, older siblings, or the baby. Instead, the Doula strives to provide just the right amount of scaffolding to the parents so that they can have an enjoyable, low-stress, yet empowering postpartum experience.