Services

Postpartum care is deeply personal and I am so grateful to walk beside you during this precious period after birth. My role is to meet you exactly where you are—emotionally, physically, culturally, and spiritually—offering steady, compassionate support during the early weeks after birth or adoption. This can include, but is not limited to:

❤ Support & Mental Well-Being

The “fourth trimester” (the first 12 weeks after birth) is a time of immense change. I offer an unrushed, judgment-free space for you to share, reflect, and process your experience.

• Gentle reassurance and encouragement as you adjust to life with a new baby

• Unhurried time to process pregnancy, birth, adoption, identity shifts, and emotions

• Active listening and support for questions around sleep (yours and baby’s), feeding, infant development, hormones, healing, diapering, baby wearing, and more—nothing is off limits

• Regular emotional health check-ins and support for perinatal mood disorders

• Advocacy, resources, and referrals for mental health support when needed

• Support navigating relationship changes and family dynamics during the transition to parenthood

• Referrals to trusted local providers and community resources

• Advocacy and accompaniment to medical appointments if desired—always on your terms

🧡 Spiritual & Traditional Healing Support

Your healing journey belongs to you.

• I honor and center your cultural, spiritual, and traditional practices, showing up with curiosity, respect, and care. Whether you need quiet space, ritual support, or care for your infant or family while you tend to your own healing, I am here to support what feels meaningful to you.

💛 Infant Care & Feeding Support

Feeding and caring for a newborn can bring both joy and questions. I support all feeding journeys with respect and affirmation.

• Support and referrals for chest/body/breastfeeding, pumping, bottle feeding, formula feeding, or any combination

• Deep commitment to honoring and centering Transgender, Non-Binary, and Queer individuals in their beautiful lactation and feeding journeys

• Safe, loving infant care so you can rest, sleep, recover, connect with older children & loved ones, or simply take time for yourself

💚 Specialized Infant & Family Support

With over 25 years of diverse nursing experience, I provide compassionate, evidence-based care for families with unique needs.

• Specialized support for parents of multiples, premature infants, and babies with special needs or medical fragility

• I can offer advocacy and support for care coordination, medical visits, daily planning, and siblings. This could look like anything from accompanying you to appointments & caring for your child so you may focus on the visit, to helping your family navigate the medical system, to sitting alongside you as you find the care & support that feels safe & appropriate for you & your baby (s).

• If you have a medically fragile baby, they may require extra care at home, and in turn, so will you as their parent (s). Although I do not provide nursing or medical care, I am always here to support you in finding ways to balance caring for yourself while caring for your infant.

• A family-led approach— ongoing curiosity, learning, and collaboration to find what works best for your family

🩵 Physical Rest & Postpartum Recovery

Rest is not a luxury—it’s essential. Support is always guided by what feels nourishing to you that day and may include:

• Gentle comfort care, such as a foot massage, warm tea, or nourishing snacks or meals

• Infant care while you sleep, bathe, walk, or simply rest

• Mini Reiki sessions (if desired)

• Support for recovery after vaginal or surgical/cesarean births

• Encouragement to honor your body’s healing process at your own pace

💜 Support for Older Siblings & Family Transitions

Welcoming a new baby is a big transition for the whole family.

• Loving support for older siblings as they adjust

• Calm, playful care—often on the floor, laughing and connecting

• Time for you to bond with your newborn while I care for older children

• Or infant care so you can spend special one-on-one time with your older child

• A steady, patient presence with humor, warmth, and “Auntie Laura” energy

🩷 Light Household Support

Creating ease in your home helps create ease in your body and mind.

• Dishes, laundry, and tidying shared spaces

• Washing bottles and pump parts

• Preparing simple, nourishing meals

• Ensuring you are hydrated and well-fed

• Light household tasks that help you feel more at peace in your space

**A postpartum doula cannot diagnose, prescribe, or treat, but will gladly provide referrals for any concerns**

Next steps:

Thank you for reaching out! Once I receive your contact information, I will reach out to you within 24 hours to schedule a free 30-minute phone or video call—whichever you’re more comfortable with- to discuss how I may best support your postpartum needs and any questions you may have. I will follow up a couple of days later to see if you think I’m a good fit for your family, but there will be absolutely no pressure.

If you decide you’d like us to work together, I will send you an agreement to sign, and we will work out scheduling and move forward from there.