Postpartum Support
As a postpartum doula, I am first and foremost here to support YOU: your choices, your body, your wishes, and your autonomy. My mission as a birthworker is to offer compassionate, responsive, and creative care for clients and their families through all outcomes of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. My work with clients is a collaboration guided by curiosity. This practice is firmly rooted in trust building, consent, and creating individualized care that is unique to what you need.
I lead with the belief that societies, families, and relationships are stronger when birthing parents are well supported and have the nourishment they need. My desire in this practice is to provide families the support they need to navigate this adjustment with dignity, safety, and holistic care. I love working with clients of all genders, backgrounds, and family sizes and structures.
The postpartum period is a precious time full of changes and deserving of reverence. My priority is to create as much space as possible for you to rest, heal, and focus on bonding with your baby. As your postpartum doula, I’m here to listen, answer questions, and encourage you in finding what works for you and your family as you integrate. I’m here to tend to your home, offer resources, and help you to stay nourished through this transition.
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All postpartum care includes:
initial complimentary consultation and introduction for us to see if we’re a good fit via phone or video call
1 prenatal visit to help us get to know one another, build trust and relationship before your birth. Prenatal prep can include but is not limited to: answering questions and providing information, looping in family & friend support, discussing and creating postpartum support plans
encouraging, family centered care that respects your choices and preferences without judgement
access to referral and resource list
Daytime postpartum care includes but not limited to:
$40-60/hour | 3-4 hour visits | between 9am-5pm
newborn care - swaddling, diapering, bathing, babywearing
preparing meals and snacks
light home and pet care - tidying, dishes, laundry, trash, dog walking, etc.
breast/chest/bottle feeding support and guidance
education - answering questions, offering resources and referrals
connection - listening, time to talk through birth experience, a calm presence
giving you a break to rest, nap, do what you need to take care of yourself
Nighttime postpartum care:
I do nighttime postpartum care on a case by case basis. If you are interested in receiving postpartum night care, please reach out through my contact page.
Service area includes East Bay and San Francisco
Commitment to intersectionality, inclusivity, and social justice:
We are sensitive to the needs of diverse families and work with all orientations, ethnic backgrounds, religions and gender identity.
Honoring choice:
We embrace all birth choices with utmost respect.
Reverence for birth:
We identify birth as a momentous experience for both the laboring woman/person and their partner(s).
Advocacy for the baby:
We recognize that birth is also a vital experience for the baby.
Respect for care providers:
We maintain the utmost professional integrity in all birth settings. We have strong professional relationships with Obstetricians, Midwives and Nurses spanning across the Bay Area and beyond.
Continuity of care:
We are 100% committed to each family we work with and make sure that we are available for every birth by not over-scheduling. In the rare case of an emergency, we always have a backup ready to step in that our families have met and feel comfortable with prior to labor.
- Cornerstone Doula Trainings
