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DOULA + COACHING SERVICES

Virtual doula + coaching services combine the traditional 1:1 personalized benefits of doula support and education with the transformative effects of coaching in a convenient online container.  Virtual support allows for more flexible scheduling and no hourly minimums as required by most in person doula support.  

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Maybe...
  • ​you aren't sure if you have all the support you actually need prenatally or postpartum

  • you have a friend who really struggled postpartum and you wonder what you might be able to do to support your own experience.

  • you have concerns around how your family will show up during your birth and postpartum and you are unsure how to navigate that tricky relationship in a way that honors yourself and the beautiful transition you are going through. 

  • you desperately wanted to breastfeed your baby but now that you've been doing it for 3 weeks (or 3 months!) you are finding it so dramatically draining that you are resenting it but you are not sure if you want to stop or not.  

  • you are starting to want to create some routine and structure that is focused on YOU instead of just feeding your baby or you want to discuss incorporating wellness practices (or maybe even learn new ones!) into your life so self care does not feel like *just another task* on your to do list. 

Now imagine that with kind, guided self reflection, thought provoking questions, a collaborative plan for initiating wellness strategies, and individualized goal setting with an eye towards YOUR optimal outcomes you can feel:

  • Confident in your pregnancy wellness knowing what to expect physically, mentally, emotionally

  • Knowledgeable for labor and birth with a clear understanding of stages of labor, what to expect, comfort measures, how your partner can support, etc. 

  • Prepared with what to have on hand for baby's arrival and how to prepare for postpartum recovery

  • Less scared of perinatal mood/depression + anxiety complications because you will have a strong toolbox of strategies to mitigate

  • Lovingly supported in early labor and immediately postpartum

  • A deep sense of confidence you didn't know possible in regards to newborn care, soothing strategies, discussing infant feeding options, safe formula preparation and formula + breastmilk storage, infant sleep education, learning baby's language and cues

  • Excited and empowered by your options for infant feeding and how to care for your body's changing needs.

Coaching is not:
  • Therapy, counseling or other medical care

  • Training

  • Mentoring

  • A quick fix or advice

Doula services do not include:
  • medical advice or care

  • on call period for birth

  • attendance in person at birth

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Doula support is professional education, emotional support and companionship related to a specific topic. Doulas provide services in an array of specialties like the more commonly known pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, to the less commonly known miscarriage, abortion, infant loss, elderly care, end of life, sick day doulas, house selling/moving doulas, and more!  Any field in which one is out of their depth and could use education, counseling and support likely has a doula professional who can help guide the way!

 

Over the years I have certified under both Doulas of North America and The Matrona for doula work.  I attended births as a doula for 10 years and offered in home postpartum doula work for over 10 years before starting and growing my lactation private practice, Milkwell for the last 7 years.  As life has a habit of doing, I am coming full circle in an attempt to combine the best parts of all these roles and I am thrilled to offer VIRTUAL prenatal and postpartum doula services with a concierge lactation package option.

Coaching  is supported self discovery through education, guided reflection, exploration of obstacles, creating action steps for forward movement and leads to meaningful and transformative changes in perspective, motivation and outcomes.  Coaching is not mental health therapy (which is therapeutic in nature and focuses on the past and creating pathways to healing via highly trained clinicians who offer talk therapy and teach modalities such as cognitive behavior therapy, EMDR, etc). On the other hand, coaching can FEEL therapeutic because it can transform lives.  We help clients identify the presenting issues, offer self reflection on beliefs, needs, goals and jointly create action steps towards those goals.  â€‹

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As a certified wellness coach I can help with identifying areas of your life that may not be working for you, incorporating wellness strategies to support self care which helps us listen to our intuition and guides us to our goals. Your goals are my goals. I am honored to help you access the wisdom that is already inside.

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