Birth announcements have gone out. The maternity photo shoot is done. The baby shower was beautiful. Your birth bags are packed and you’ve read & re-read What to Expect When You’re Expecting.

Now it’s time to plan for the reality of bringing baby home. Where will they sleep? How will household chores be reassigned as the birthing parent heals? Will you rely on groggy internet searches when you have questions? Will you have virtual or in person support? Should you organize a meal train with friends and family or will food delivery services be your go-to for nourishment as you recover?

This personalized, interactive, and informative session is excellent for new parents and a great refresher if you already have children at home. An experienced postpartum doula and Certified Lactation Counselor will cover everything from nourishment, swaddling, physical healing, and sleep tips. The nuances of sibling support or handling multiples can be included.

Offered as 1.5-2 hours virtually $85-$100

Your baby is here! The months (maybe years) of waiting are over and you finally get to meet your new love! So many things are happening at once - you’re trying to recover from vaginal or abdominal delivery, while remembering what you learned in your prenatal prep classes about latch and skin to skin and sitz baths. Oxytocin is high and you’re totally in love, but you’re also crying more than “normal". Sleep deprived is not the right word for how exhausted you feel, and maybe your mind races when you try to close your eyes for a minute.

Your First Week Home package is to help center you on some milestones happening in your lives. You may be struggling with balancing all the things - infant feeding/pumping schedule, sleep, showering, eating, caring for older children, your and/or partner’s return to work, general feelings of wanting things to be “like before”. Let an experienced Postpartum Doula and Certified Lactation Counselor help guide you.

Offered as a series of up to six 30-minute virtual sessions (may be used over 14 days) - $600

“Intensive” option available - live-in and/or daily in person support - pricing based on hours, location, multiples, etc.

Caring for new families after the birth of a baby has been conducted in person, in families homes for eons. The current times call for an adjustment to “normal”. Luckily, we live in a time of modern technology. A lot can be done virtually. While I’m limited in how much I can offer my hands at this time, I’d love to share my head and my heart. My experiences, training, knowledge combined with my compassion and gentle nature does transmit.

While the global pandemic has prompted more virtual offerings, this option would be ideal for families outside of my travel radius of 30 minutes from Yonkers, NY or who just prefer this option. Everyone deserves the support they need during this exciting, yet challenging time.

During our first meeting, we’ll discuss how to best support you and use our time together. Possible topics include, but are definitely not limited to, the following:

• Nourishment

• Physical Healing & Sleep

• Infant Care & Feeding

• Sibling Support

I highly recommend signing up for one or more of my prenatal support sessions so you go into your birth empowered: Postpartum Planning and/or Lactation 101. Your First Week Home is a great starter package, like an intensive postpartum package. Then you can add-on using the following packages as a guideline.

Offered in the following packages (15 minute minimum per session), to be used within 6 months of contract signing:

2 hours - $110; 4 hours - $200; 10 hours - $450; 20 hours - $900