You
are invited to take a "Baby Moon"; with
your newborn...
What
is a Baby Moon? Similar to a "honey moon",
a "Baby Moon" gives you a gift of time
to get to know your baby and nurture your similar
needs. Both of you need tender care, nourishment,
and lots of sleep. As a postpartum doula, I feel
honored to help and support you as you rest, heal,
and bond with your precious baby.
How will the postpartum doula meet my needs?
Bringing
home baby can be simultaneously joyous and daunting,
blissful and overwhelming, a time of new beginnings
and even a time to grieve. The postpartum doula
facilitates a calming atmosphere during this transition
by providing emotional support. She offers a nonjudgmental,
gentle approach, encouraging you to trust your intuition
as you explore motherhood. An attentive listener,
she's able to recognize "baby blues" and
postpartum depression. She loves babies! She teaches
baby care, comforting techniques, how to recognize
your baby's cues, and provides breastfeeding/bottle-feeding
assistance. She offers practical support by preparing
nutritious snacks and light meals and keeping your
household orderly. In essence, she "mothers
the mother".
Since
2001, I have provided services for more than 185+
families in the Twin Cities and DC Metro Areas in
a variety of circumstances: prenatal bed rest care;
household/nursery organization; mother/newborn care;
cesarean recovery; multiples (35 sets of twins);
same-sex couples; adoption; premature/high-need
infants; apnea monitoring; breast and bottle feeding;
sibling support; mothers experiencing postpartum
depression and psychosis; days and overnights. In
addition to the above, I've walked dogs, run errands,
accompanied moms to pediatrician visits, addressed
announcements, and hung pictures, just to name a
few.
Supporting new mothers and families of newborns is my contribution to world peace.
