I believe in a slow, intentional, and nourished postpartum period, and that care for a birthing person should amplify after the birth has taken place, not diminish. My role is to support my clients in accessing their ideal postpartum space; elevating the mind, body, and spirit of the birthing person through our work together.
As a postpartum-centric doula, my goal is to provide support to birthing people rooted in empathy and fluidity. By nurturing both the new parents and the infant in this time of significant and rapid change, my presence and services are intended to bring knowledge, experience, and comfort while reflecting the needs of the growing familial unit.
Studying Educational Theory and Early Childhood Education at the Evergreen State College, as well as my 10+ years of childcare experience in both classroom and in-home settings inspired my decision to train with Carriage House Birth and Birdsong Brooklyn in Birth and Postpartum Doula work in 2018.
I hold high importance to inclusively servicing and safely holding space for birthing BIPOC and LBGTQIA+ birthing folks.
Postpartum visits often look like:
Holding check-in’s within a safe, active listening space for the birthing person and their partner(s) to assess needs during our time together.
Thorough infant care and early childhood guidance through the lens of Madga Gerber’s RIE and Anthroposophy/Rudolf Steiner’s approach.
Breastfeeding support and guidance, meal preparation, and an extensive referral list to birth-informed bodyworkers, IBCLC’s, OT’s, midwives, doulas, and more.
Services can also include meal preparation based on a postpartum-centric menu as a separate weekly delivery, placenta encapsulation, infant sleep consultations based on the Happy Sleeper method, or Magda Gerber’s RIE method. These are not included in my postpartum services without specification, and are offered at additional rates.
My visits generally range from 4-6 hours during the first 40 days postpartum and can extend past this period on a client-to-client basis.
Herbal and nutritional guidance are both heavily embedded in my postpartum services. My extensive background in herbalism dates back to 2017, culminating in formal training in 2021, and my clinical nutrition background as a Nutritional Therapy Practioner began in 2022 through the Nutritional Therapy Association.
