Pregnancy & Birth Support

This package starts with 2-3 visits before baby comes, discussing your ideas around birth; think of it as ‘birth brainstorming support’ — sharing labouring & birthing wisdom, offering non-pharmaceutical pain management alternatives, helping you work through your preferences for birth and mentally preparing you for bub’s arrival. We’ll talk about the value of intentional birth planning, looking at such topics as:

• the physiology of birth (a brief overview)

• the differences between care provider & birth location types

• induction and what it can mean for your labour

• coping with pain

• practical tools for labour & birth

• preparing your mind & body for labour

You’ll receive materials and information which we can accommodate to vaginal or caesarean, hospital, birth centre & homebirth wishes. 

We’ll be in close touch throughout your pregnancy, then I’ll be on call for your labour from 38 weeks (37 weeks for multiples) and give you & your partner my full, in-person support during your labour & birth. I’ll visit with you once more after baby’s born, to check in, help you process your birth experience, answer questions and help you with any baby or other support needs.

Investment: $1400CAD *$1000CAD introductory rate → plus an additional 10% discount for homebirths

VBAC special: Vaginal birth carries so many benefits, so I love to help moms try to achieve their VBACs! If your previous birth was by caesarean section and you’re keen to have a vaginal next birth, I’m  happy to offer you an additional 15% discount on the pregnancy & birth support package → that means $1400CAD $1000CAD *$850CAD! → plus an additional 10% discount for homebirths

Multiples special: I have yet to support a mom birth twins or more, but I sure would love to! If you’re carrying more than one baby and are keen to birth them vaginally, I’m happy to offer you a 15% discount on the pregnancy & birth support package → that means $1400CAD $1000CAD *$850CAD → plus an additional 10% discount for homebirths

Birth Basics Support

Have you given birth vaginally before, know pretty well what’s going on, just want some extra support during labour & birth? This basic birth support package does away with the prenatal & postpartum visits: it consists solely of labour & birth support, that’s it.

Investment: $750CAD *535CAD introductory rate → plus an additional 10% discount for homebirths

Birth Brainstorming Support

This birth brainstorming package consists of one 3-hour pre-birth planning visit to talk about your options and preferences for birth. [See details under ‘Pregnancy & Birth Support’ package, above.] 

Investment: $300CAD *$215CAD introductory rate

*If you decide to book my birth support services after this session, the cost will be deducted from my doula fee.

Sibling Birth Support

If you have older child(ren) whom you’d like present at your homebirth, I can be their dedicated buddy, someone who is knowledgeable about birth and about young children, who is invested in their well-being, helping to prepare them and dedicating my attention to them amidst the flurry of activity around labour & birth. This package consists of 2 visits before baby comes, to get to know each other and learn what to anticipate (with age-appropriate information), I’ll be on call for your labour from 38 weeks (37 weeks for multiples) and provide full support to the sibling(s) throughout labour & birth, then we’ll meet once more after little sister/brother arrives to catch up on how things are going.

Investment: $750CAD *$535CAD introductory rate

Postpartum Daytime Support

The goal of postpartum support is to help you adjust to motherhood. I can help with soothing your baby, breast- or bottle-feeding, bathing, swaddling, baby-wearing, infant massage, I can help around the house with light chores (laundry, dishes e.g.) or light food preparation, I can mind baby so that you can look after yourself, if you’ve got other kids I can mind them while you spend time with bub, I can be a sounding board, give you a shoulder rub, accompany you to appointments or running errands,…. I can be an extra pair of hands or a shoulder, just about wherever & however you need it.

Investment: $45CAD/hr *$35CAD/hr introductory rate with a 3-hour minimum per visit → plus an additional 10% discount for birth clients

Postpartum Overnight Support

This service is for families struggling to get decent sleep in the early days postpartum. I will come to your home and spend a full, 9-hour night (10pm-7am) with your baby, caring for him or her in-between feeds, so that you & baby can (hopefully!) get solid chunks of sleep. I will wake you to feed when baby needs it, then take him/her back to change diapers & settle afterwards — or however much or little of that you want me to do.

Investment: $405CAD/night *$360CAD/night introductory rate (for a 9-hour night) → plus an additional 10% discount for birth clients

→ Additional night hours can be tacked on for $45CAD/hr *$35CAD/hr introductory rate