We offer Team Doula and Solo Doula options!
Although we offer Solo Doula and Team Doula packages, we highly encourage clients to consider the wealth and benefits of our Team Doula concept. Our experienced birth doulas work as a team and share call time. We offer in-person Meet the Doula Sessions where you can meet our carefully selected doulas and interact with them as much as you want throughout your pregnancy. Attend our Meet the Doula sessions at no cost to you and receive a wealth of information in the process. We are a practice built with unbiased, evidence-based education that is the cornerstone of what we offer in regards to our services and what we do. We believe education is the key to achieving a better birth and ultimately, the best outcome.
Primarily interested in a solo birth doula? No problem! We offer the traditional birth doula concept as well where you are able to interview and hire one of the doulas on our team. She will solely provide you phone, email, and text support. She will also conduct your prenatal visit, be present for your birth, and will also conduct your postpartum visit. She remains solely on call for you for the 6 weeks surrounding your due dateIn the event she is unable to attend your birth, you will receive the benefit of a back up doula you know and trust through our team only.
OUR MEET THE DOULA SESSIONS SERVE THREE MAIN PURPOSES:
1. Afford you the opportunity to get to know our doulas
2. Allows our doulas to meet you and grow to know you and your partner
3. Get to know other expecting parents while being present for one of our topics of discussion relevant to your pregnancy.
Hmm... Having a Team of Birth Doulas is actually a great idea!
Instead of one doula being on call for up to 6 weeks at a time, several doulas are on-call for you at the time of hire (especially great for those rare chances of baby coming early), and offering you the comfort and added knowledge of combined years of experience to draw from with ease.
We don't just show up for labor. We are here for you way before that and we work with you to build a meaningful relationship with our practice. We are a community of providers dedicated to ensuring you are well cared for while you experience one of the most meaningful occasions of your life - having a new baby.
Once you hire our team of capable, compassionate women, you will receive a comprehensive and in-depth prenatal visit that includes our revolutionary Client Intake Assessment. Our Birth Concierge (a qualified, certified Childbirth Educator) will sit down with you and create an assessment and plan of care specific to you and your partner. This information is what is used to create your complimentary Birth Plan. Have ongoing questions or concerns? No problem! We maintain a confidential electronic file on each of our clients that assists us to ensure your care providers have access to your preferences and concerns 24 hours a day no matter who is on call for you at any given time. There is no need to re-tell your story to us. We promise to be aware of your needs (sometimes before you even know!).
At the time of labor, you can call or text our 24-hour on call line at 571.406.7705. The doula on call will address your concerns and work out a plan in order to decide how to best meet your needs. Our birth doula (who you have had the opportunity to meet at one of our Meet the Doula sessions) will join you in labor. This could be at home or at the place you are birthing. We can support you whether you birth at home with a midwife, with an Obstetrician (OB/GYN) at a hospital, or a birth center. You will get the benefit of continuity of care as your doula stays with you through your entire birth and shortly afterward. She will also come to your home for your postpartum visit after baby's birth day. Your doulas will follow up with you after the birth and remain available for questions and resources.
We are a thorough practice. This isn't just an agency of random doulas or providers signed up. We are not a referral service. We are truly a team. When you join our practice as a client, we follow the following detailed process:
We are proud that our doulas have better work/life balance with adequate time off by working as a Team Birth Doula. Most of these women have families just as you do and cherish motherhood but, continue to serve out of their love and commitment to women. Being on our team affords them the ability to be amazing at both without compromising their ability to do either equally well. Adequate rest allows our doulas to be fully present and well-rested for you --- in addition to having less stress from extended call time as is seen presently in the culture of being a doula. Because there are always at least 3 doulas on call each day, we can can assure you only someone you know and trust will show up for your birth and see you through it. Rest and be at ease knowing you have already met your back-up birth doula and you are fully confident that with the amount of in depth attention and education you have received, you will be completely ready for your birth journey well supported by one of us right there beside you.
Primarily interested in a solo birth doula? No problem! We offer the traditional birth doula concept as well where you are able to interview and hire one of the doulas on our team. She will solely provide you phone, email, and text support. She will also conduct your prenatal visit, be present for your birth, and will also conduct your postpartum visit. She remains solely on call for you for the 6 weeks surrounding your due dateIn the event she is unable to attend your birth, you will receive the benefit of a back up doula you know and trust through our team only.
OUR MEET THE DOULA SESSIONS SERVE THREE MAIN PURPOSES:
1. Afford you the opportunity to get to know our doulas
2. Allows our doulas to meet you and grow to know you and your partner
3. Get to know other expecting parents while being present for one of our topics of discussion relevant to your pregnancy.
Hmm... Having a Team of Birth Doulas is actually a great idea!
Instead of one doula being on call for up to 6 weeks at a time, several doulas are on-call for you at the time of hire (especially great for those rare chances of baby coming early), and offering you the comfort and added knowledge of combined years of experience to draw from with ease.
We don't just show up for labor. We are here for you way before that and we work with you to build a meaningful relationship with our practice. We are a community of providers dedicated to ensuring you are well cared for while you experience one of the most meaningful occasions of your life - having a new baby.
Once you hire our team of capable, compassionate women, you will receive a comprehensive and in-depth prenatal visit that includes our revolutionary Client Intake Assessment. Our Birth Concierge (a qualified, certified Childbirth Educator) will sit down with you and create an assessment and plan of care specific to you and your partner. This information is what is used to create your complimentary Birth Plan. Have ongoing questions or concerns? No problem! We maintain a confidential electronic file on each of our clients that assists us to ensure your care providers have access to your preferences and concerns 24 hours a day no matter who is on call for you at any given time. There is no need to re-tell your story to us. We promise to be aware of your needs (sometimes before you even know!).
At the time of labor, you can call or text our 24-hour on call line at 571.406.7705. The doula on call will address your concerns and work out a plan in order to decide how to best meet your needs. Our birth doula (who you have had the opportunity to meet at one of our Meet the Doula sessions) will join you in labor. This could be at home or at the place you are birthing. We can support you whether you birth at home with a midwife, with an Obstetrician (OB/GYN) at a hospital, or a birth center. You will get the benefit of continuity of care as your doula stays with you through your entire birth and shortly afterward. She will also come to your home for your postpartum visit after baby's birth day. Your doulas will follow up with you after the birth and remain available for questions and resources.
We are a thorough practice. This isn't just an agency of random doulas or providers signed up. We are not a referral service. We are truly a team. When you join our practice as a client, we follow the following detailed process:
- Receive a FREE CONSULTATION with one of our Childbirth Advocates to discuss your needs and desires for your birth experience.
- Attend one of our Meet the Doula sessions where we offer roundtable discussion in order to learn more about our doulas. Ask questions and speak directly with members of our team. You’ll be able to spend more time and check in with our birth doulas when you attend our Meet the Doula Discussion Groups on the 3rd Thursday of each month.
- Schedule and attend your prenatal visit either in your home or in our office. You will meet our experienced, well versed Birth Concierge (a Birth Doula who is also a Childbirth Education Instructor). She will assess how we can offer you the best care and support while learning the preferences of you and your support person/people. Need another visit? No problem! It is free. Our detailed Client Intake Assessment is confidentially maintained in your electronic chart and is used to create your complimentary Birth Plan.
- Contact our 24/7 On Call Line (571.406.7705) for your questions and concerns as much as you need.
- If you have chosen one of our Team Doulas, the one on call for your birth will be there for you in early labor to assist you in your home or wherever you choose. If you have chosen a Solo Birth Doula, she has been your only contact.
- We will use your intake assessment notes and your thoughts, ideas, and hopes we have discussed over time with you for your {BIG Special Day!} Your baby's birth day is the moment we have all been waiting for. We will be there to support you all the way through. We do not have a 12 hour clause of ANY sort. We are there to be in-person for YOU.
- Once you are settled in at home, the birth doula present at your birth will check in either at your house or any place of your choosing to catch up and offer any advice or hands on breastfeeding or bottle-feeding support.
We are proud that our doulas have better work/life balance with adequate time off by working as a Team Birth Doula. Most of these women have families just as you do and cherish motherhood but, continue to serve out of their love and commitment to women. Being on our team affords them the ability to be amazing at both without compromising their ability to do either equally well. Adequate rest allows our doulas to be fully present and well-rested for you --- in addition to having less stress from extended call time as is seen presently in the culture of being a doula. Because there are always at least 3 doulas on call each day, we can can assure you only someone you know and trust will show up for your birth and see you through it. Rest and be at ease knowing you have already met your back-up birth doula and you are fully confident that with the amount of in depth attention and education you have received, you will be completely ready for your birth journey well supported by one of us right there beside you.
"Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers ~ strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength." --- Barbara Katz Rothman
