Birth doulas improve outcomes and satisfaction
Your Baby Deserves a Birth Doula
The Role of a Birth Doula
To Enhance & Strengthen Your Team
Support Wherever You Give Birth
I support new families in hospitals, birth centers, and at home, whether you’re working with a midwife or an obstetrician. The space for doulas is foundational, working in cooperation with your partner, parents, providers and medical staff. We are a source of evidence-based information in the prenatal period, building a trusted relationship with you, so you and your partner feel supported and safe in the birth space.
your pregnancy or parenthood journey to start looking. The ideal time to hire is once you find someone you connect with, who’s available for your due date, and who meets the qualities that matter most to you.
A doula is a great resource for confirming information, learning comfort measures for early labor, and building trust that strengthens your birth experience. Instead of turning to Google, turn to your birth or postpartum doula.
Breastfeeding Support
Once your baby arrives, clients planning to breastfeed receive immediate, hands-on support. As a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), I provide this support in the birth space at no additional charge, helping ease the transition to successful breastfeeding. This support continues at our complimentary postpartum visit — no need to leave your home.
The Birth Doula Package
$2800 in NJ | $3700 in NY
Services & Support Available to Clients
To Enhance & Strengthen Your Team
- The service and care described above are part of an inclusive package, which is beneficial to clients who intend to use a benefit like Maven, a company that covers only fees outlined as Labor & Delivery. Our Invoice will reflect your covered benefit language whenever possible, making reimbursement efficient.
- At least 1 in-person prenatal meeting, ideally 2 and sometimes 3 may be better. We will discuss & create a Birth Plan during these meetings, go over comfort measures for early labor at home with your partner, and suggestions for helpful stations to make recovery easier..
- One complimentary consult with a certified Prenatal & Pregnancy Specialized Nutritionist.
- Virtual support throughout your pregnancy, including a preferred provider resource list, reading & food prep recommendations, baby-related product recommendations that come without corporate influence or endorsement. You will have a folder with helpful handouts for easy referral when the time is right.
- On-call availability from week 38 to week 42, with back-up support when needed.
- Virtual support in early labor, consistent in-person support at your chosen place of birth.
- In the case of induction, we follow the virtual model until your labor has begun or you feel that you need me.
- As a client, you are welcome to use one of my TENS units for no additional charge – a proven pain-relief tool with no harmful effects on your baby.
- I will remain with you and your partner throughout your labor, offering physical comfort, emotional encouragement, and support through options until your baby is born.
- Support of your baby’s first latch, amateur pictures (on your phone), and virtual support until you are discharged.
- A 1 1/2 hour postpartum visit to talk about your birth, topics related to mother’s recovery and newborn care.
- Virtual support for the times you hear or see something for the first time that you want to ask about.
The Next Big Move
Knowing that you want to explore adding a birth doula to your team is smart. Arming yourself with the options for reimbursement of the cost through insurance, FSA or HSA is even better. Speak with your provider to talk about a birth doula, ask if they have a letter of medical necessity that you can submit to your HSA or FSA account to reimburse the fees you spend retaining her services.
When you move along in your search for a birth doula, keep in mind that social media presence is a marketing tool that some people or agencies leverage to attract you to them. As a busy, self-described vintage doula, I challenge you to research who is actually behind the page – the person who will comfort you in labor, encourage you in moments of challenge, celebrate with you when you get what you want. Ask for recommendations on any doula you consider retaining.
Agencies claim they are more reliable, some doulas embellish their credentials – like IBCLC candidate (what does that even mean?), still others work a “day job.” Independent, established doulas own a legitimate business in NJ, are insured, credentialed, and transparent about vaccination status. It means understanding that every client isn’t meant for every doula for any number reasons.