Services
Service area: Madison, Wisconsin and surrounding communities in Dane County
Contact to discuss if outside of Dane County as mileage may be assessed
Contact to discuss if outside of Dane County as mileage may be assessed
Postpartum Doula |
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Postpartum care fee: $40/hour
Postpartum doula services include:
Postpartum Availability:
Prenatal consultation:
Prenatal Assistance:
Postpartum doula services include:
- Non-medical care for mother/birthing individual and baby/babies
- Non-judgmental guidance through evidence-based research
- Assistance with the basics of baby care and feeding support
- Nurturing the role of the new family and emotional support
- Light household chores and meal preparation
- Offering resources and referrals
Postpartum Availability:
- Care in the three months following birth with visits lasting one to six hours
- Scheduled for mutual beneficial timing
- Overnight care is not available
Prenatal consultation:
- 30-60 minute discussion about wants and needs during postpartum and to get to know each other for no fee
- Meet at a place convenient to the client and postpartum doula
- Additional option of Let’s Get Organized: 2 hour prenatal home visit to set up mother and baby stations around your home and discuss postpartum plans for a $75 fee
Prenatal Assistance:
- Shifts similar to postpartum assistance are available before the birth
- Organization, meal prep, emotional support on evenings and weekends or special arrangements
Homebirth turned hospital birth or cesarean birth postpartum care
- $40/hour for postpartum care services
- First hour is free if prenatal meeting is not applicable and can be arranged to take place in the hospital
- Can work with your midwife to coordinate clean up at home and preparation for homecoming, if applicable
- Emotional support specific to your birth experience
Nancy Wainer Cohen in Silent Knife wrote: “when a cesarean is performed, months of planning go up in a puff of smoke; many decisions must be changed, rescinded, or abandoned by the couple. Choices are limited and sometimes impossible. Couples feel as if they are not qualified to make decisions about their own baby’s life. They often become frightened, disoriented, and confused.”