What the Postpartum Doula Does
The Postpartum Doula’s basic role is to provide non-intrusive, non-judgmental support according to the family’s needs and wishes. She is there to facilitate your time to settle in, relax, and heal, while assuring that the familiar daily underpinnings of your life and household remain anchored as much as possible. She is there to free you up to do nothing but be with your baby and other family members, or to take the baby so that you can sleep, it that’s what’s needed. She is the peace-of-mind factor.

The Doula may provide help with any or all of the following services: Shopping, cooking, emotional and moral support, breastfeeding, massage (for baby and/or Mom), laundry, answering the telephone and taking messages, fielding visitors, teaching or giving help with baby basics, errands, pet and plant care, help with older siblings, light housekeeping, help with baby so Mom and Dad can have time together to settle into their new roles, and referrals to other sources the mom may need to contact or about. Some Doulas also provide labor support. And although she is not there in a medical capacity, she should also be able to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary in the mother or the baby, and suggest when medical referrals might be in order.

(From “Mothering the New Mother” Sally Placksin)

Postpartum support also includes:

• Breastfeeding Basics
• Creating a postpartum plan
• Postpartum basics
• For the dad
• For the mom
• For the family

More services:

• Overview of services
• Rates
• Pregnancy Support
• Labor Support