The Distinguished Doula

This private, in-home class focuses on postpartum expectations around sleep, mental health, and healing; how to swaddle, change diapers, and general feeding; product suggestions and basic usage; and where to go from here when you need help. You lead the way by asking all of the newborn questions you can think of, bringing products you want to learn how to use, and expanding on your knowledge around newborn care.

This private lactation and feeding class (in-home or virtual) covers bringing baby to breast/chest, producing and feeding enough, common obstacles, pumping + products, formula types, and more! Your interest in each topic combined with the objective to prepare you in how to meet your individual feeding goals guide this class; the goal is to increase confidence, excitement, and preparation for postpartum!

10 Postparum Night shifts (80 hours total), distributed as 2 nights a week, 8-hour shifts, for 4 weeks. This in-home overnight support includes: lactation and feeding education/guidance (my specialty); newborn education; light household tasks (cleaning baby related items, organizing nursery, dishes); light meal prep; and postpartum recovery support where I provide newborn care during times of rest, showering, eating, and self care.

Lactation Consulting includes 90 minute in-home feeding support, covering any of the following: how to breast/chestfeed, adjusting and meeting current and future goals, latch troubleshooting, weighted breast/chestfeeds, positioning at bottle or breast/chest, supply assessment and support, oral assessments, alternative feeding methods, feeding multiples, flange fitting, and pump/schedule suggestions.