 | An initial consultation and prenatal interview. |
| Guidance in preparing your birth plan. |
| Availability to answer questions about your pregnancy, the upcoming
birth, breastfeeding, or other concerns. |
| Assistance in outlining options for labor and delivery. |
| 24/7 support and availability (all doulas carry pagers/cell phones). |
| Early labor support at home or at your final birth location. |
| Attendance and support at the birth (home, birth center, hospital)
and immediate postpartum care. |
| Assistance with the initiation of breastfeeding. |
| A follow-up postpartum visit within 2 weeks after your baby's birth
to process your birth experience, provide newborn/new mom information
and support, a postnatal resource folder, and a personally written story
of your baby's birth. |
*The option for birth doula services as listed above are as follows:
Assigned Doulas
Our unique rotating assigned doula
service means that you will be matched with one of our doulas who is
next in rotation prior to your due date. She
will meet with you personally for a single prenatal consultation.
At this extended meeting, she will gather information about your wishes
for labor and childbirth and help you develop your birth plan. She will
also help empower you by providing you with concise information and
tools for helping you and/your partner to prepare for the physical and
emotional aspects of childbirth.
After your initial prenatal meeting,
the same on-call doula will keep periodic contact with you by phone and/or
email, to help support you through the remainder of your pregnancy and
help answer any questions or concerns you may have as your due-date
approaches. Once in labor, you will contact this same doula directly, and
she will meet you at your home or your birth place, and remain with you
for the remainder of your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period.
Following delivery, your doula will
meet with you within 2 weeks of your baby’s birth to conduct a postnatal
visit. During this meeting, she will help you to process your birth
experience, assist with newborn and new-mom concerns and provide you with a personally written birth
record to
document your labor and your baby’s birth.
Fee: $385 - payment options
available
Privately Hired Doulas
A privately-hired doula is one
that is personally chosen by the expectant family. After reviewing
the list of
available doulas who are accepting private-hire clients, you may
contact Desert Doula’s Central Coordinator; who can give you the contact
info of the doula(s) you are most interested in speaking with or
meeting. The doula you ultimately choose to privately-hire, will meet
with you personally for an initial prenatal consultation. During this
meeting, she will gather information about your wishes for labor and
childbirth and help you develop your birth plan. She will also help
empower you by providing you with concise information and tools for
helping you to prepare for the physical and emotional aspects of
childbirth. There will also be opportunity for subsequent
in-person visits if desired. Most private hire doulas offer two or
more prenatal visits.
After your initial prenatal meeting,
your doula will keep periodic contact with you by phone and/or email, to
help support you through the remainder of your pregnancy and help answer
any questions or concerns you may have as your due-date approaches. Once
in labor, you will contact your doula directly, and she will meet you at
your home or your birth place, and remain with you for the remainder of
your labor, birth and immediate postpartum period.
Following delivery, your doula will
meet with you within 2 weeks of your baby’s birth to conduct a postnatal
visit. During this meeting, she will help you to process your birth
experience, assist with newborn and new-mom concerns,and provide you with a personally written birth
record to
document your labor and your baby’s birth.
Fee: $550 - payment arrangements are available
Postpartum Doulas
Making
the transition easier...Home support for families and their newborns. We
provide individualized in-home care services and support to families with
a newborn. Families help design a support plan that will meet their
unique needs for new-mom, newborn, and sibling care.
Postpartum Doulas: $20/hour -
Click here for more a complete list of
postpartum services included.
Fee: $20/hour
Desert Doula Birth
&
Postpartum Services
