Visitation Doula Services

Do you just need help staying on top of your laundry while you recover from childbirth? While a popular part of my standard postpartum services, I can also pop in to your home for laundry-only services at the same hourly rate. I sort by color and type of laundry, wash, dry, fold, hang on hangers, and sew on loose buttons. I can also come over prenatally to wash your baby's shower gifts or hand-me-down clothing, then organize them in your "nest."

I have been offering private, in-home infant massage instruction to parents since the late 1980’s. Expectant families can learn in advance on a realistic doll. Course includes 2-3 home visits, hand-outs, and a small container of oil. Infant massage promotes bonding, helps baby to relax, and may address fussiness and digestive issues. Reconnecting with massage after work is helpful for employed parents. Learn more at www.infantmassageusa.org.

I have taken an advanced Gift Registry Advocate course and am ready to save you much time and money by visiting you at home to learn about your family's unique situation, needs, and preferences. Then we can craft a registry which includes the items that will truly serve your needs rather than clutter your environment. If you have already begun an online registry, I can do an audit and help you to edit it. Let’s get started before your showers!

I cloth diapered seven children for many years and was thrilled to save money and keep paper and plastic diapers and human waste out of the landfills. I can help you clarify your goals for full or part time cloth diapering, then assist you in selecting products, within your budget, that will simplify rather than complicate your busy life. I can offer advice on laundering diapers and covers. Toilet learning products can be discussed as needed.

Often an aspect of my work as a prenatal/postpartum doula, I offer nesting for baby, and small-medium sized professional organizing project help. Our family of nine lived and homeschooled in a smaller home, so I learned through hard work and lots of reading how to streamline for a busy lifestyle. I have done nursery, closet, toy room, pantry, refrigerator, kitchen cabinet, and grow-into clothing projects. I can drop off your donations afterwards.

I am a certified birth doula with additional credentials to provide a full service experience for your entire childbearing year. After a FREE phone chat and/or meet and greet, I will visit you in your home twice before your birth to help you plan for your experience. I will then be on-call for you 24/7 for up to four weeks, provide continuous labor/birth support, then stay for your initial recovery. I will follow up with a postpartum home visit.

I am a DONA certified postpartum doula and also offer prenatal planning services. I am a former pediatric nurse, mother of a large family, and grandmother of many. I am also a Certified Lactation Counselor and Certified Educator of Infant Massage. I am a skilled whole foods cook and can help get dinner on the table, or make freezer meals in your kitchen. I do whatever you need to give you peace as you recover, bond with, and feed your new baby.