Whole Continuum of Care Package

This offering reflects my devotion to supporting the whole continuum of your journey, beginning in pregnancy all the way through 6 weeks postpartum.

To acquire support for your birth is to gift yourself peace. It is to feel deeply held through a very vulnerable experience. Feeling thoroughly supported naturally encourages a woman to surrender, open, and organically move through this rite of passage. We must carefully choose an environment and support team that encourages the physiological process of birth to unfold. I resonate with being a “guardian of birth” and am devoted to supporting you, your partner, and the arrival of your baby through the lens of birth being the most pivotal experience you will walk through individually and together. How we experience our birth significantly influences our experience of the postpartum period and our initiation into motherhood. 

Timeline of Care

I look forward to supporting your family from the time of hire up until 6 weeks postpartum. If you are interested in additional postpartum support, you can explore my postpartum doula offerings. Learn more about my Postpartum Doula support.

Included

꩜ Before Birth

  • Open line of communication through the duration of our relationship
  • Access to my pregnancy and birth lending library and resources
  • 3 Prenatal visits (2-3 hours each)
    • During these visits, we will deepen our intimacy as a birth team and explore themes such as the physiology of birth, your birth vision, embodiment for birth, untangling fears, orienting and preparing the birth partner, coping techniques, being with intensity, boundaries and honoring our needs, and postpartum education and preparation.
    • Time will be set aside at each visit for nurturing the Mother-to-be through nourishing self care modalities and simple medicinal food/drink preparation.
  • Optional facilitation of a Mothers Blessing ceremony with close community of your choice
    • This is an opportunity to honor the mother and her transition into motherhood. This is a wonderful time to circle up with the women in your life who will walk beside you on this journey.
  • On call for your birth 24/7 beginning at 38 weeks of pregnancy 

꩜ During Birth

  • Continuous birth support from the time you desire my support in labor until after your baby’s first feed
    • I will provide continuous support by offering my deep presence and encouragement, physical support measures for comfort, partner support and guidance, and mediation/advocacy between you, your partner, and your provider. I will serve as a reminder of your innate ability to give birth and the normalcy of the event taking place. 
    • If you are giving birth outside of the home, I offer at home labor support at home before transitioning to the location of your birth

꩜ Postpartum

  • 4 Postpartum visits (2-4 hours each)
    • During these visits, I will focus our time on meeting the essential needs of the new mother. As a postpartum doula practicing and trained in the art of traditional postpartum care, my healing support includes, but is not limited to:
      • Support through birth experience processing and integration
      • Supporting you to rest
      • Supportive warming therapies such as herbal baths, heat packs, warm oil massage, and moxibustion
      • Support with nourishing your family with foods that are slow cooked, nutrient dense, and that serve as medicine
      • Supportive herbal remedies to aid in healing
      • Support with basic newborn care and breastfeeding challenges
      • Support with simple household organization
  • Optional facilitation of a Closing of the Birth Portal ceremony. 
    • This is an opportunity to acknowledge and gently offer closure of the birth space and energy. It is a time to nurture the mother after her passage of giving birth and to welcome the new version of herself.
  • Access to my postpartum and infant care lending library and resources

Investment

  • $2,300 payment plan available
  • If you feel deeply called to work together but prefer a lower cost, basic birth support package, please connect with me.

Note: Your insurance company or HSA may be covering doula costs.

“Izzy, where to begin… I honestly cannot imagine what this experience would have been like without you. Every step of the way you helped me feel strong, supported, and empowered and not just in the expected ways like helping us understand our options and all that we may encounter. In subtler ways, you showed me what birth can look like when a woman is embodied and tusting her power.” – Jocelyn Farrell