Nine Months & Beyond Doula is committed to continued learning and providing professional support. In that spirit our doula is currently training with Birth Arts International to provide Postpartum Doula services.

The benefits of a mother and her family to invest in the support of a postpartum doula are:

• Increased chances of breastfeeding successfully
• Increased earlier bonding with mother and the entire family unit
• Less chance of infant dehydration and other health issues
• Reduced amount of postpartum depression
• Partner and/or other support people can go back to work soon with less anxiety
• A more thorough understanding of a newborns emotional and physical needs and behaviors
• More care choices and helpful tools for dealing with relations and others in the postpartum period

• One free, no obligation consultation at any time during pregnancy
• One prenatal visit that includes assistance developing a postnatal care schedule that works for you and your family, based on your needs and desires
• 24/7 pregnancy support starting 2 weeks before your EDD and ending 2 weeks after your EDD - feel free to call, text or email with any questions you might have
• Up to 4 visits, 2 hours in length, assessed on your need for addition assistance, after your arrival home. These full support visits can include, but are not limited to:
• assistance in any house hold duty inside your home
• assistance in basic baby care, such as help bathing baby
• preparing meals for you and your family as well as your freezer, based on your family preferences and food needs
• care for any older children you might have, so that you have an opportunity to bond with your baby
• a positive and a listening ear if you need to go for a walk or have a coffee (24 to 48 hours’ notice is needed)
• a positive and reassuring presence in your home as you adjust to your new family addition
• Access to any books, videos and other media in the lending library
• Additional visits can be schedule for an hourly rate

• One free, no obligation consultation at any time during pregnancy
• Two prenatal visits that will include:
• assistance developing and writing a baby plan and a list of questions to ask your care provider about your care and your baby’s postnatal care at your birthing facility
• assistance developing a postnatal care schedule that works for you and your family, based on your needs and desires
• 24/7 pregnancy support starting 2 weeks before your EDD and ending 2 weeks after your EDD - feel free to call, text or email with any questions you might have
• Up to 6 visits, 2 hours in length, assessed on your need for addition assistance, after your arrival home. These full support visits can include, but are not limited to:
• assistance in any house hold duty inside your home
• assistance in basic baby care, such as help bathing baby
• preparing meals for you and your family as well as your freezer, based on your family preferences and food needs
• care for any older children you might have, so that you have an opportunity to bond with your baby
• a positive and a listening ear if you need to go for a walk or have a coffee (24 to 48 hours’ notice is needed)
• a positive and reassuring presence in your home as you adjust to your new family addition
• Access to any books, videos and other media in the lending library
• Additional visits can be schedule for an hourly rate
• Placenta encapsulation – which includes one extra postpartum follow up visit

Having a baby, and going through labor and birth is a sensitive and intimate time in a woman and couples life. As a doula, I have experienced the unpredictability that labor and birth can be, so I have developed this package in hopes to accommodate the different options that are available to women today.

There is also no time – frame restriction with the postnatal visits. The visits can be scheduled within the first year from the birth of your baby. There is no cookie cutter time frame in which every woman or family falls into, in regards to physical, mental and spiritual recovery, from any birth experience, and I do not feel that I should put these types of restrictions on your personal recovery. If you have hired me for the Standard or Premium Birth Doula Package and end up with an emergency C-section, I will work with you to re-adjust your package and pricing to include these services.

• One free, no obligation consultation at any time during pregnancy
• Two prenatal visits, starting at approx. 30 weeks to talk about your fears, concerns, postnatal needs/desires, questions and anything else regarding your cesarean birth
• Assistance developing and writing a baby plan and a list of questions to ask your care provider about your care at your birthing facility
• Assistance developing a postnatal care schedule that works for you and your family, based on your needs and desires
• 24/7 pregnancy support starting 2 weeks before your scheduled birth date – feel free to call, text or email with any questions you might have
• Full support on the day of your birth which includes:
• photos of baby with your chosen support person immediately after birth, if chosen
• support on which baby interventions are wanted, according to your baby plan
  
• photos of the new family after mom is moved out of recovery, if chosen
  
• help initiating breastfeeding
• Up to 4 visits, 2 hours in length, assessed on your need for addition assistance, after your arrival home. These full support visits can include, but are not limited to:
• assistance in any house hold duty inside your home
• assistance in basic baby care, such as help bathing baby
• preparing meals for you and your family as well as your freezer, based on your family preferences and food needs
• care for any older children you might have, so that you have an opportunity to bond with your baby
• a positive and a listening ear if you need to go for a walk or have a coffee (24 to 48 hours’ notice is needed)
• a positive and reassuring presence in your home as you adjust to your new family addition
• Access to any books, videos and other media in the lending library
• Additional visits can be schedule for an hourly rate
• Add placenta encapsulation for only $100 more – that is a $50 savings

PLEASE NOTE: All information expressed on nine months and beyond.com and the prenatal sessions, and/or consultations between the birth doula and client(s) is to be used for informational and educational purposes only. It is not providing medical advice. No responsibility will be assumed for the outcomes of each birth attended.