Postpartum Doula Care
Create gentle space & find support to bond with your newborn and ease into parenthood
Postpartum Services Offered
Overnight Doula Care
8 or 10 hour visits available
Sometimes referred to as a “night nurse”, “newborn nanny” or “baby nurse”, our team of professional postpartum doulas and newborn care specialists provide support for you and your baby throughout the night to ensure a restful and joyous transition after birth or adoption.
Your overnight doula will help with everything from your baby’s evening bath and bedtime routine, feeding support and tips for healthy sleep habits. She will care for your baby while you dream peacefully, promptly meeting all your little one’s needs during those night wakings; including feeding, burping, diaper changes, and soothing back to sleep. We provide overnight care to all parenting styles, including those that are breastfeeding, bottle feeding, co-sleeping or have a nursery. Bottom line, we support you! Those with twins or multiples love the extra hands on support and guidance to introduce a routine for their babies.
Daytime Care
4-8 hour visits available
Our professionally trained postpartum doulas and newborn care specialists can help you with everything you need to create a positive and encouraging first few months with your baby.
The ways in which your daytime doula can support you are endless and are customized during each visit. A doula’s services can include nurturing care of your baby; so you can nap, shower and eat a warm meal, along with nursing and bottle feeding support. She provides newborn care tutorials such as bathing, calming techniques and swaddling to boost your confidence. She’ll make sure you are well cared for with light meal preparation and grocery shopping, along with steadfast emotional support of your birth and parenting experience. You stay in bed and bond with your baby, while your doula helps wash the bottle & pump parts, brings in the groceries and restocks the nursery. We’re also experts in helping the sibling transition and help your other children adjust to the new addition.
Our approach to doula care
01 — Connection
Becoming a parent is a big transition and it can leave you feeling in your own world of diapers, 2am wake up calls and spit up. We focus in on you, the parents, to create connection and make sure you are feeling heard and validated as you shift into this season of change. Encouragement is our love language and we make sure to pour it on you during pregnancy and these first months with your little one.
02 — Confidence
Between the birth plan, the ring sling, birth classes and breast pumps, the gadgets and the all of the advice for pregnancy and postpartum; there’s a lot of information to sort through. As perinatal experts, we’re here to show you the abc’s of birth & baby care so that you feel confident in meeting your newborn’s needs and following your instincts. We’ll walk you through comfort measures, baby’s first bath, help you master the swaddle, get comfortable in the ring sling and learn all about the best calming techniques. We bring zero judgment, only support for your unique style of care and the learning curve that all new parents go through.
03 — Rest
Rest is essential for wellness, for healing and for bonding. Our modern society often leaves little margin for the importance of rest. Your body may be physically mending from birth, recovering from a cesarean or adjusting to sudden transition of adoption. Our doulas are passionate about ensuring that your only two jobs postpartum are to stay in bed and cuddle your baby or carve out time to fill your cup - mentally and emotionally! We will handle all of the tasks that pile up after baby including nursery restocking, baby laundry, sanitizing bottles and pump parts, setting up baby gear and light tidying of the home. Our overnight doula care focuses primarily on rest for the whole family. We will help establish gentle sleep associations for baby from day one and ensure that their every need is met while you sleep soundly.
04 — Nourishment
There’s nothing like a comforting plate of food and some hot tea to nourish the body. When you have a new baby, you often forget or literally have zero time to take care of yourself. We know the value of nourishment on all levels, especially birth & postpartum. Our doulas will share information on prenatal nourishment, make sure that grocery shopping is done and postpartum meal prep completed. Not only that, we’ll remind you to eat regularly and hold your sweet baby while you enjoy your meal with two hands. Nourishment also comes in the form of renewing yourself in ways that speak to you. When you are feeling overwhelmed or exhausted, we’ll take nurturing care of your newborn so that you can take a nap, a hot shower, visit with your partner, read a book, talk to a friend, have an in-home massage, journal or do some living room yoga.
05 — Community
We are firm believers that parenthood shouldn’t be an island. We are meant for community on this path as we navigate this new role. Our goal is to ensure you have all the information at your fingertips to find support groups, events and local professionals that provide ongoing services and classes for families in Oregon. Need a chiropractor for pregnancy, a pediatrician for your baby or a gathering to meet other new parents? We’ll make you’ve got the information you need!
Postpartum Packages
Each of our doulas are independent business owners that set their own rates and packages. Please share information about your budget and care needs when inquiring and we’ll match you with a doula to interview!