New families often find themselves lacking the essential support that is needed in the first few weeks with a newborn. The postpartum doula is a knowledgeable professional who serves to mother the new family, allowing the new mom to smoothly recover from her personal birthing experience and to bond with her baby.
Pampered Pregger & Beyond offers the following services:
Mother Care
Includes breastfeeding support, meal preparation, accompaniment to doctor visits, emotional support and any comfort care needed to ensure mom rests, drinks and eats.
Infant care
Complete newborn care including diapering, feeding, soothing, bathing, circumcision care, umbilical care and more. Private, Group and Online Infant Care Classes available. Infant Massage Classes coming soon.
Resources
We are your Answer Bank for postpartum & newborn care.
Household Help
Light household tasks including laundry, dishes, meal preparation, answering phone and door as well as errands.
Customized Care is available upon request
Scheduling
Postpartum support is offered on an hourly basis, with a 15 hour minimum. I serve a 30 minute traveling radius of
Fees
The prenatal consultation is free. I charge $40 per hour plus a $200 retaining fee to be deducted from the bill. Doula Care is a tax-deductible expense. It is covered by flex-pay accounts. I accept checks, cash, and credit cards.
Expanding Family Care
Postpartum doula care allows room for the new mom to share valuable time with all her children. A postpartum doula can assist with caring for the newborn so mom can spend more time with her older children, which helps decrease sibling rivalry and possible regression. On the flip side, a postpartum doula can also offer sibling care so that you can have worry free bonding time with your newborn and sleep when your baby sleeps to help facilitate a quicker recovery from birth.
Having an extra set of hands around eases the stress on the family. A c-section makes it challenging when having to care for a newborn and older children. A postpartum doula is of great support in this scenario.
Supplemental Support
These small packages are for families who have support and do not need full postpartum doula care.
First day home
Most first-time parents want some help as they transition to being home and solely responsible for their baby. Two hours.
Baby’s first bath
Most new parents are naturally anxious about giving their baby the first bath. We can schedule a 2 hour home visit to provide professional assistance and reassurance. Two hours.
Sleep Deprived
Everyone tells you to sleep when the baby sleeps, but not all moms heed this advice as there is so much to get done. So, if you are completely worn out and need to get a good 3-4 hours of sleep in, call me and I will hold down the fort for you.
Nursery Management
Do you have everything you NEED in your nursery? Is everything safe? What is missing that will help make tending to your newborn run smoother?
Postpartum doula care is currently available evenings and weekends.
Daytime services coming Fall of 2008