Birth & Postpartum Doula Support
Where Your Becoming Is Protected
Some women come here feeling excited about birth. Some come with questions or fear. Some want a different experience than they had before. Some know they do not want to walk into birth or the weeks after it without support again.
However you arrive, this season deserves your attention. There is room to prepare, to understand your choices, and to name what matters to you before the moment comes.
Birth can change you. The care around it matters, too.
The Heart Of Doula Care
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What is a Doula
A doula offers physical comfort, emotional support, and information through pregnancy, birth, and the early days after. I work beside your medical team, staying close to you as you move through the experience.
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Evidence-Informed Birth
You deserve information you can understand and use. We explore your options, prepare questions for your providers, and make room for both sound evidence and what matters to you when decisions arise.
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Honoring the Woman
You are more than a birth plan. Your history, hopes, fears, culture, and inner knowing belong in the room. I support your choices and help you stay connected to your voice, however your birth unfolds.
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Sacred Birth Support
Anchoring Your Birth
You do not need hype. You need room to get clear about what matters to you.
We talk through your hopes, concerns, past experiences, and the kind of support you want around you. Together, we shape birth preferences you can share with your care team and prepare questions for the different ways labor may unfold.
We practice ways to speak up, ask for time, and stay connected to your choices in the room. If a partner or support person will be with you, we help them understand how to offer comfort and steadiness, too.
The goal is for you to enter birth knowing your voice belongs there.
Advocacy With Intention
Black women deserve to be heard in medical spaces. Yet many have had to repeat a concern, defend what they feel, or work too hard to be taken seriously. We name that reality so we can prepare for it together, without asking you to carry fear into birth.
Preparation is protection.
Before labor, we talk about what matters to you in a care provider and what questions you want to ask. We review common birth procedures, discuss your preferences, and practice words you can use to ask for an explanation, request time, or make a boundary clear.
Your partner or chosen support person can be part of that preparation. They can learn how to help you pause, find your voice, and stay connected to your wishes when the room moves quickly.
When labor begins, your doula is on call to bring steady presence and help you communicate with your care team. Medical decisions remain yours, with information and guidance from your providers.
You deserve to know that your questions belong in the room and that your voice matters throughout your birth.
Setting The Mood
Birth may happen in a clinical room, but the room can still hold something of you.
We talk beforehand about what helps you feel at ease. Perhaps you want the lights lowered, a familiar song playing, fewer voices, or quiet while you find your way through a contraction. Scent can be part of the space if you welcome it and the setting allows.
During labor, your needs may change. Music that felt right an hour ago may need to stop. You may want company, then stillness. We pay attention, check in, and help make the adjustments we can.
The space may not be entirely ours to shape. Within it, we can keep making room for your comfort and your choices.
In the Room With You
When labor begins, the world can feel very small and very full at once. There are sensations to move through, people speaking, and sometimes decisions to make.
Whether you plan to give birth in a hospital, at home, or in another birth setting, I come ready to be present with you and work alongside your care team.
I stay close. I help you find a breath or position that feels better. I offer counter pressure or a steady hand when you want touch, and quiet when you do not. I notice when the room feels busy and help you ask for what you need.
If a question or decision comes up, I can help you slow the conversation when possible, understand what is being asked, and speak in your own voice. Your medical care remains with your providers. My place is beside you.
Labor may change course. You will still have someone there who knows what matters to you and keeps returning to it with you.
The Days After
Your baby arrives, and life begins to rearrange itself.
In the first hours, I stay attentive to what matters to you. When circumstances allow, that may mean helping protect time for skin-to-skin contact, supporting your feeding choices, and making space for you to rest and take in what has happened.
There may be questions you did not expect. I can help you ask them, find information, and know when to turn to your care team. You do not have to hold every detail in your head while you are getting to know your baby.
When you return home, our care continues. We can talk through your birth story if you want to share it. I can offer feeding support as questions arise, check in on how you are feeling, and help bring a little order to the space around you.
The early days may be tender, joyful, exhausting, or all of those at once. We make room for the days as they are and begin finding a rhythm that belongs to your family.
When The Story Changes
Not every pregnancy unfolds as hoped or expected.
A diagnosis may change the plan. A baby may need care in the NICU. A pregnancy may end in miscarriage or stillbirth. You may be making a decision about your pregnancy and want someone beside you as you consider what comes next.
There is no single way to move through any of this.
I can be present as you prepare questions for your medical team, help you find a moment to breathe during a difficult conversation, or stay beside you through a change in your birth plan. If you wish, we can talk about ways to remember your baby. In the days that follow, I can offer practical help and space to speak about what happened, without asking you to make sense of it before you are ready.
Your medical team remains responsible for medical care and decisions. My role is to support *you*, your choices, and the care you want around you.
Whatever your story becomes, it deserves to be met with dignity.
Documenting The Beginning
Some moments pass before you have time to take them in.
Birth photography and early postpartum images are available if you want this part of your story remembered. We talk beforehand about what you would like photographed, what stays private, and when you would rather the camera be put away.
No forced poses. No asking you to step out of a moment to make a picture.
Just the details you may want to return to: a hand reaching for yours, the first time you hold your baby, the expressions that tell the story as it happened.
Images that feel like memory, not performance.
Investment
Sacred Birth Support begins at $2,100. This includes prenatal preparation, on-call availability beginning at 38 weeks, continuous support during labor, and postpartum follow-up.
During our consultation, we’ll talk through what you’re hoping for and review exactly what is included. If you would like additional support, we can discuss those options and their costs before you decide.
Payment plans are available.
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Sacred Postpartum Support
Where You Are Cared For Too
In-Home Postpartum Care
No two homes feel the same after birth.
The visitors leave. The day grows quiet. You are getting to know your baby while your body is recovering and familiar routines are finding a new shape.
This is where care shifts with you.
Some mothers need time to rest while someone tends to the small things. Some want help with feeding questions or reassurance as they learn their baby’s rhythms. Some need a meal, a little order in the room, or someone to sit beside them and hear how the day has been.
We begin with what feels most immediate to you, then shape our time in your home around the support that would make this day a little gentler.
Tending to the Essentials
Sometimes care begins with a chance to sleep or shower while someone you trust tends to the baby.
We can work through feeding questions together, explore a more comfortable latch or position, and make using a pump feel less overwhelming. We can notice your baby’s cues and talk about what you are seeing as you get to know one another.
There is room for your recovery, too. You can bring questions about what you are feeling in your body, and I can help you identify what to discuss with your medical provider. We can also look at the rhythms of your days and nights and find small ways to make them easier.
We begin with the basics that matter most to you today.
Supporting the Whole Household
A new baby changes the rhythm of everyone at home.
I can help with the everyday things that make room for recovery: preparing a simple meal or snack, tidying the areas you use most, and thinking through what needs to happen before the next stretch of rest.
If a partner or family member is there, we can talk about ways to share care and notice what each person can take on. If you have older children, we can make room for their questions and find small ways to help them feel included as the family adjusts.
We can also make a plan for visitors that respects your energy, whether you want company, practical help, or time together as a family.
The goal is a home where you have room to recover and the people around you know how to help.
Care That Adapts
A postpartum visit can look different from one day to the next. We may spend time working through feeding questions, making a meal, caring for the baby while you rest, or simply talking through what has changed since I last saw you.
We’ll agree on the support you want, then leave room to adjust as you and your baby find your rhythm.
Extended daytime visits and limited overnight care may be available. Because I provide this care personally and also attend births, spaces are limited. We’ll discuss timing and availability before making a plan together.
Investment
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In-home postpartum care packages begin at $3,330. Hourly support is also available for families who need a different amount of care.
During our consultation, we’ll talk about your recovery, your household, and the hours of support that would be useful. I’ll explain what is included in each option and give you the full cost before you decide.
Limited overnight care can be arranged in advance, depending on availability.
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Serving Washtenaw County and surrounding communities in person, with virtual guidance available for families farther away.
When you are ready, we can begin with a complimentary postpartum care consultation. Tell me what your days are like, what support you already have, and where you could use another pair of hands or a listening ear.
I’ll answer your questions, explain the care and scheduling options, and help you see whether working together feels right for your family. -
Scope of Care
Birth and postpartum doula care offers physical comfort, emotional support, practical help, and information as you make choices for yourself and your family.
As your doula, I do not diagnose conditions, provide medical treatment, or make medical decisions for you. Your doctors, midwives, and other licensed providers remain responsible for your clinical care. If a question or concern needs their expertise, I’ll encourage you to bring it to them and help you prepare what you want to ask.
My role is to care for you alongside that team, with respect for your voice and the choices you make.