EXPLORE THE RANGE OF DOULA SERVICES
you are built to birth
With extensive training on pregnancy, birth, and postpartum — a doula is equipped to support families emotionally and physically in all birthing locations.
PREGNANCY & BIRTH
Prepare for birth as early as you find out. There are many unknowns that build fear surrounding birth, so I will walk through how to clear your fears so you go into labor and birth feeling ready.
There are so many books and resources out there and my job is to make you feel at ease, provide birth education, and help make you feel empowered in the decisions and options available to you.
✓ birth prep (education, physical, emotional)
✓ processing previous births
✓ clearing fears surrounding birth
✓ support with your birth plan/preferences
✓ answering questions about birth, postpartum, baby
✓ creating a postpartum plan of support
✓ prep for postpartum & what comes next
✓ how to navigate what life looks like post-birth
✓ provide resources & referrals for additional support
✓ unlimited text & call support
LABOR & DELIVERY
Birth is so much about mindset and surrounding yourself with people who allow you to fully surrender to your body. Labor and birth can be long and feel like a marathon but there are physiological reasons for that. I will help to guide you and prepare for the stages of labor and delivery. “Birth plans” or preferences are tools I will help you build as they can be important in envisioning how you see your birth. If this is not your first pregnancy and or birth, we will together process previous experiences and reframe them if that is important.
✓ continuous support for the labor & birth: in-person
support starts when client needs support coping
✓ guided and intuitive support
✓ massage, counter-pressure, relaxation techniques
✓ advocating for your rights and birth preferences
✓ support with position & environment changes as needed
✓ encouring hydration, nourishing and small snacks
✓ reassurance during tough and unpredictable times
✓ I offer birth photography as an add on
POSTPARTUM
The fourth trimester can be the most difficult with no preparation or guidance through what changes within your body go through all while navigating caring for a newborn.
✓ feeding support (breast, bottle, combo feeding)
✓ support with new sibling and family dynamics
✓ newborn cues, soothing baby, sleep
✓ talking about your birth & processing
✓ emotional support, I spend a lot of time listening
✓ help meal prepping & making sure you are eating
✓ support with safe sleep, night rhythms & routines
✓ Light cleaning: clean pump parts & bottles, fold laundry,
refill water, set up snacks next to nursing/feeding spot
✓ talking about changes in your body & refer when
outside of my scope of practice
✓ unlimited text & call support
More Services
Surrogacy Support
Building families can look different for everyone and it can come with so many emotions. I am here to support you whether you are the person pregnant or the parent expecting a baby, I can be there to help you navigate it.
Whether you are carrying baby or will be welcoming baby into your family, I am here to support that transition with you.
Teen Pregnancies
Every person deserves support during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. It is important to me no matter the circumstances. The unknowns are scary and I think providing tools and education around our bodies and the process of birth is invaluable. Having an un-bias, trained and certified support person to navigate the transition and decisions with is so important.
I provide this service for free & I offer free childbirth education for teens, so please contact me if you are interested.
Miscarriage & Termination Support
Weather it be unexpected or planned, having a guiding and grounding support there to listen can be so helpful in that process. I feel this is something that is often times just done alone and in private. This isn’t something that should be done alone and having doula support to navigate all the physical and emotional process I do at no cost.
I provide this support FREE of charge, please contact me for more information.
Packages & Pricing
Doula support: starts at $1,000
Placenta Encapsulation: $250
Doula coverage could be FREE for you! Contact to
check insurance eligibility or inquire for sliding scale support.
Payment Options
Don't let the cost of Doula care prevent you from receiving the support you and your family need during your baby's birth.
I am an Oregon & Washington Health Authority Certified Doula and certified as a Traditional Healthcare Worker which allows me to accept insurance. If you have Medicaid you have no out of pocket expenses. Many companies offer to cover doula services so please check in with your company or health plan to see benefits.
Private Payment Options Include
Private Pay: starts at $1,000
Sliding Scale
Currently Womb Within is able to bill insurance for:
Apple Health (WA Medicaid)
OHP (OR Medicaid)
OEBB (Oregon Educators Benefits Board)
PEBB (Public Employees Benefit Board)
Company Benefits
Many corporations have added doula care as a paid benefit, I encourage you to check your benefits.
Gift Certificate
Womb Within offers Gift Certificates!
Consider adding doula care to your gift registry