Services
labor support doula
As a Labor Support Doula, Edna provides emotional, physical, and educational support to pregnant moms before and during labor. Edna helps to develop a birth plan and provides continuous labor support through comfort measures and mindfulness techniques such as deep breathing, relaxation, movement, and positioning. Services include:
- Two 2-hour prenatal visits to develop birth preferences
- Unlimited text/phone/email support, with access to resources and referrals
- On-call Doula support from week 37 to 42
- In-person labor and birth support, present during early labor at home, as well as active labor at home or in the hospital
- On call backup doula
- Immediate skin-to-skin and breastfeeding postpartum support following birth
- Postpartum visit within 1 week after birth.
VIRTUAL SUPPORT DOULA
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Edna now offers a full spectrum of virtual Doula support. This includes prenatal planning and education; audio, video, and text communication to support clients at a distance; and virtual labor and postpartum support.
Virtual Pregnancy Coaching package includes:
- Unlimited text/phone/email support, with access to resources and referrals
- 4 hours of prenatal video support prior to the birth
- 2 hours of postpartum video support after the birth
Virtual Birth Doula Support package includes:
- Unlimited text/phone/email support, with access to resources and referrals
- 4 hours of prenatal video support prior to the birth
- On call virtual Doula support from week 37 to 42
- Virtual video/text/phone labor support for duration of the birth
- 2 hours of postpartum video support after the birth
postpartum support doula
As a Postpartum Support Doula, Edna will come into your home to provide emotional support, education, and infant care during the initial transition into parenthood. Services include:
- Instruction and support with caring for a newborn
- Support with lactation and establishing breastfeeding and bonding routines
- Assistance with baby-wearing, swaddling, and other baby soothing techniques
- Assisting in reasonable household organization and maintenance (laundry, meal preparation, keeping the kitchen tidy, restocking the nursery)
- Help with older child(ren), errands, and baby care so that parents can shower, eat, or nap
- Education on typical newborn development and typical postpartum recovery
- Unlimited text/phone/email support, with access to resources and referrals