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Daytime Postpartum Care
( 4 hour shift minimum)
Daytime doulas generally work 2 -5 days a week. Your doula will help your family adjust to having your newborn in the home. She is your specialist in newborn care. A daytime doula takes care of the whole family. Care is individually tailored to meet the unique needs of each family. The focus of care provided by your doula each day are based on your priorities needed for your family.
As your postpartum doula, I will provide emotional support, infant care and education, maternal postpartum recovery and breastfeeding support, light household support (dishes, laundry, etc.), meal preparation, errands, sibling care, community resources and referrals, specialized support for postpartum mood disorders, and practical experience with multiples and preemies.
Daytime doula Care Services can Include:
Maternal postpartum recovery and breastfeeding support
Emotional Support
Infant Care and Education
Bathing, diapering and umbilical cord care
Soothing and swaddling techniques
Assistance in understanding your babies cues for feeding and sleeping
Baby wearing
Light household support
Meal preparation
Errands
Sibling Care
Community resources and referrals
Specialized support for postpartum mood disorders
Practical assistance with preemies and multiples
“Christina was a saving grace for me and my family as we moved from the Bay Area back to Seattle. She took things off my plate, supported me with the baby, gave great advice, and helped with household chores. I am very thankful for her! I can only imagine how great she would be for a birth or immediately postpartum.”
— Emily B. Seattle
Infant Massage
Infant massage provides many positive benefits for babies, including; enhanced parent/child bonding, improved relaxation, movement, and digestion, soothe your baby for sleep, have better sleep cycles, improve weight gain, help with teething and much more. With our in-home instruction, you will learn a wonderfully simple technique to massage your own baby and be able to put into practice a loving experience that you’ll both enjoy for years to come.
“We were lucky enough to work with Christina after the birth of our 2nd child, she had helped us as a postpartum night doula from February through March 2020. I wish we had her with our first! My husband and I were both unsure of how comfortable we would be wish someone staying in our house overnight. We were also concerned about the expense. It was so easy to trust Christina in our home caring for our precious newborn son, and I cannot imagine having to go through this period without her. She was calming and nurturing from the moment we met her.
As a breastfeeding mom, I felt she offered the exact support I needed and was very flexible depending on what worked for us to get through the night. For us it was having her sleep in our guest room with the baby in a bassinet, bottle feeding and diaper changing as needed. I woke up to pump after a 4-5 hour stretch of sleep (and even longer after I realized I had a good milk supply), and then went back to sleep. We were so grateful to get the long stretches of sleep we needed in those early months.
We also appreciated having her expertise, again something I wish we had after our first baby. I know we would not have had so much success getting our newborn to sleep through the night without her. She could tell the difference between hunger cues and when the baby just needed a little bit of comfort to get back to sleep, something we didn't know to look for. This got him sleeping longer stretches almost immediately. She gave us tips for nights she wasn't around.
Our experience with Christina was better than we could have hoped for. She is so kind, and we all miss her! I would work with her again in a heartbeat, and I have her on speed dial if we need more help through any sleep regressions. I sincerely cannot say enough good things, which is why this review is so long.”
— Megan F.
Birth Doula
Studies have found that a doula's presence during the birth experience:
Result in shorter labors with fewer complications
Reduces negative feelings about one's childbirth experience
Reduces the need for pitocin, forceps or vacuum extraction and cesareans
Reduces the mother's request for pain medication and or epidurals
Research shows parents who receive labor support are known to:
Feel more secure and cared for
Feel more successful in adapting to new family dynamics
Have greater success with breastfeeding
Have greater self-confidence
Have less postpartum depression
Labor Support services by Seattle Doula Support include:
Free consultation
Two Prenatal visits
During this time, I establish a relationship that gives both parents complete freedom to ask questions, express fears and concerns and take an active role in creating the birth plan.
Continuous presence during labor and delivery.
Provides comfort and pain relief techniques such as: breathing, relaxing, massage, aromatherapy, and utilizing different positions. Encourages participation from your partner and offers reassurance. Acts as an advocate for the mother, encouraging her in her desires for her birth
Breastfeeding support after delivery.
Photos of the birth experience, if desired.
Birth story and timeline.
One postpartum visit within the first week home.
