To read about my offerings for birth support, head over to https://www.birthalchemydoulacollective.com/offerings

• In the comfort of your home, at your preferred time, and customized to your needs.

• Description: This 4-hour, hands-on session will help you gain better understanding of anatomy and physiology of birth to help diminish concerns around it. We will discuss the physiological process and how you can best work with your body to optimize the experience. You will be given tools on how to best cope during each stage of labor, including positioning and breathing techniques. After the class, you will feel more familiar about the laboring body, as well as about birth terminology and possible interventions. Finally, we will discuss tools for when birth takes unexpected turns, and how to keep an open communication with care providers, while maintaining a calm but active role in decision making. The class will be completed with a discussion of basic newborn care procedures, and the importance of skin to skin during the early hours and days.

• Fee: $750.00

• In the comfort of your home, at your preferred time, and customized to your needs

• Description: This 2.5- hour, hands- on session will help demystify questions surrounding lactation, providing you with all the information and resources you need to meet your lactation goals. Some of the topics include breastfeeding friendly labor and birth practices, latch and positioning techniques, hand expression, normal newborn feeding behaviors, managing engorgement, how to assess baby’s drinking and troubleshooting difficulties, and basic instruction on your specific electric breast pump.

• Fee: $525.00

• These sessions are personalized to meet your specific needs for that day, and are likely to differ from session to session, with a big focus on ensuring that breastfeeding is enfolding in the best way possible. Beyond lactation, my goal is to nurture and to nourish you, facilitating rest, recovery and bonding with your baby, and growing your confidence in your intuition and your abilities, as you navigate through the early transition into parenthood. Some examples of my role may include navigating the early breastfeeding challenges, emotional and physical support, holding space for birth processing, newborn care education, baby wearing and sleeping education.

• Priced for a 2.5 hour session

• Fee: $375.00

• This 8-hour night support is geared to helping you navigate the first night at home with baby. It can include lactation support, postpartum healing support, sleep arrangement suggestions, organizing baby care and mom care corners, and nourishing the new parents.

• This service takes priority over any other postpartum session scheduled, and is available 7 days per week.

• For home birth , this can be the second or third night after baby’s arrival (based on prior agreement).

• Fee: $ 975.00

• Each package will include 1 meals and 1 snack, ample to feed two people. Every meal will be home cooked, selecting organic, local and seasonal ingredients, carefully chosen to support postpartum recovery and lactation. Delivery and a hug is included :-)

• Fee: $175.00

• Enhance your postpartum recovery with three, 1-hour belly binding sessions, designed to nurture and support your healing journey.

• This relaxing experience includes: A bath soak, foot soak or sitz bath, a gentle belly massage to encourage healing and comfort. An expertly applied belly binding to support your body’s transition to postpartum. And finally a nourishing snack and tea to replenish your energy.

• Fee: $975.00 for three sessions (I provide the bind)

• Pick up of placenta and drop off of encapsulated pills

• 100-200 encapsulated pills (amount depends on placenta size)

• an umbilical cord keep sake

• placenta tincture to be used after 6 weeks

• Fee: $500.00