Post-Partum Doula Services

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Martha’s services may include:

Nurturing:

• Listening and reassurance
• Food, water, extra time to sleep
• Physical recovery for birth parent
• Time with older siblings
• Caring for baby so parents can rest 
• Tidying, baby laundry, organizing, preparing food
• Attending newborn doctor appointments

Educating:

• Fostering bonding
• Teaching skills like bathing, swaddling, soothing techniques, tips and tricks, reading baby’s cues, baby-wearing
• Providing factual, researched-based, up-to-date information
• Normal breastfeeding or bottle feeding techniques
• Safe sleep practices
• Building confidence

Assessing:

• Watching for Post-Partum Mood Disorders
• Looking for breastfeeding issues that may require a lactation expert
• Helping parents decide when to call medical providers
• Troubleshooting normal sleep issues

Referring: 

• Access to Martha’s vast network of other birth to Post-Partum professionals and experts
• Lactation consultants, chiropractors, osteopaths, naturopaths, newborn physical therapists, medical specialists for parents and baby, body work, care for birth recovery
• Help finding experts and setting up necessary appointments