Your birth experience matters, it’s a profound life altering event that deserves to cherished and supported with doula care.
A doula is a trained professional who provides non-medical, continuous physical, emotional and educational support, nurturing both the birthing person and their partner.
This care throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum helps families achieve a healthy, memorable, and satisfying birth experience.
I am passionate about providing non-judgmental, loving support, physical, emotional and informational, as well as birth advocacy. This is your birth and I am here to support and guide you as you welcome your new baby and grow as a family.
Why Hire a Doula? We are more than just hip squeezes.
During prenatal visits we talk about your hopes and dreams for your birth, and I give you the education and information you need to feel prepared. During labor, the goal is to let go of your thinking brain and tap into your intuitive side. You and your body innately know how to birth. Having a doula there allows you to do exactly that. If questions arise, I can answer them and remind you of your options. I never make decisions for you, but I am right beside you every step of the way.
Supporting your partner
I don't take the place of your partner during birth, I help them care for you in the best way possible. Sometimes that means physical support, sometimes emotional, sometimes coaching your partner to do all of it. I also help facilitate communication between your medical providers and your family. I don't speak on your behalf, but I will remind you of your birth wishes so you can communicate them to your care team as the process unfolds.
Research shows that doulas improve births.
Birth Doula Services
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A complimentary consultation to meet, get to know each other, discuss the kind of support you are looking for and to see if we are a good fit.
Two prenatal visits to get to know you, understand your priorities and hopes for the birth, create birth preferences to share with your providers, talk through pain coping and comfort measures, labor positions and massage techniques, create a postpartum plan, and cover any other questions you have.
Continuous text and phone support from the time you book through the postpartum period for all baby and birth related needs.
On call 24 hours a day from week 38 through the birth of your child.
A backup doula may be provided in the rare event I cannot attend due to an emergency, illness, or simultaneous client birth.
Continuous labor support from when you need me until 1 to 2 hours after baby is born and you are ready for me to leave.
One postpartum visit to see how your family is doing, how you are healing, talk about the birth, and discuss any newborn care, breastfeeding, chestfeeding, or feeding questions.
Birth Doula Services Start At: $1200
Sliding scale pricing is available based on household income for those in need of birth doula care with limited financial resources. Payment plans are available to all clients.
Doula & Birth Photography Services
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A complimentary consultation to meet, get to know each other, discuss the kind of support you are looking for, review my birth photography portfolio, and to see if we are a good fit.
Two prenatal visits to get to know you, understand your priorities and hopes for the birth, create birth preferences to share with your providers, talk through pain coping and comfort measures, labor positions and massage techniques, create a postpartum plan, and cover any other questions you have. We will also discuss your birth photography preferences.
Continuous text and phone support from the time you book through the postpartum period for all baby and birth related needs.
On call 24 hours a day from week 38 through the birth of your child.
A backup doula who is also a birth photographer may be provided in the rare event I cannot attend due to an emergency, illness, or simultaneous client birth. If the backup cannot provide professional photography, an additional newborn shoot will be provided along with professional editing of any amateur images captured during the birth.
Continuous labor support and photo documentation from when you need me until up to 2 hours after baby is born.
150+ digital images from your birth story, all included.
One postpartum visit to see how your family is doing, how you are healing, talk about the birth, and discuss any newborn care, breastfeeding, chestfeeding, or feeding questions.
A viewing session may be scheduled to deliver your birth story photos in person and to help you process your birth experience as we look through them together.
Packages Start At: $2800
“Words cannot describe how thankful we are that we found Kristen to help guide us through the birth of our daughter. She truly was meant to be a doula and offers the most empathetic, gentle, and respectful care."
- MARA
Postpartum Doula
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A complimentary consultation to meet, get to know each other, discuss the kind of support you are looking for and to see if we are a good fit.
One prenatal visit to get to know you, understand your priorities and hopes for your postpartum, create a postpartum plan, and cover any other questions you have.
Text and phone support from the time you book through the end of our contract for all parent and baby related needs.
In-home visits focused on mothering the mother. I help with self-care and recovery, baby care education, breastfeeding, chestfeeding and feeding support, light meal preparation, and minor household assistance including grocery shopping, laundry, and dishes. I assist you in learning to care for your baby but do not take over that care. I do not diagnose medical conditions but will refer you to a healthcare provider or IBCLC for professional feeding support when appropriate.
Community referrals.
Travel fees may apply after 20 miles.
Packages start at $550 for 10 hours of care. Additional hours available at $55 per hour, with a 3 hour minimum per visit.
“Countless scientific trials examining doula care demonstrate remarkably improved physical and psychological outcomes for both mother and baby. Doulas have a positive impact on the well-being of the entire family.”
— DONA INTERNATIONAL
