FAQs
What does hands on labor assistance include?
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Hands-on labor support is focused on your comfort, confidence, and preferences. After learning your birth preferences, I use them to guide support throughout labor using comfort measures like massage, counterpressure, position changes, breathing guidance, and reassurance. I also help you and your partner advocate for your needs and work collaboratively with your care team to support the best possible outcome for you and your baby.
What do the postpartum support hours include?
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Postpartum support focuses on recovery, adjustment, and easing the transition into life with a new baby. Support hours may include infant care assistance, feeding support, recovery support for the birthing parent, emotional check-ins, light household support, helping establish routines, and answering questions as they come up. The goal is for you to feel supported, rested, and confident as you recover and adjust.
Do I need a doula?
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If you’re looking for clarity instead of overwhelm, hands-on support during birth and postpartum, or someone to help you and your partner feel confident in your decisions, a doula can greatly improve your parenthood experience. Doulas have been shown to reduce stress, increase satisfaction with birth, improve breastfeeding success, and help parents feel more supported and empowered throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Do you only support unmedicated births?
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No! I’ve supported all types of births! My role is never to push a specific type of birth, but to support your informed preferences. Whether you are planning an unmedicated birth, an epidural, or something in between, my focus is on helping you feel prepared, supported, and respected throughout the process.