Overnight Postpartum Care

Postpartum Care is so important regardless if it’s provided by family, community or hired help. If you are like me, here is a study (https://scholarworks.smith.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2301&context=theses) of how important it is to have this support.

Story time: When I had my oldest son in 2010 I remember how overwhelmed I felt. I was a single mom, had to return to work at 7 weeks postpartum and I felt I was losing it. I am thankful I had my mom and sister for a few weeks but it felt like it wasn’t enough.

One of the reasons I decided to train to become a Postpartum Doula through CAPPA was because I saw the need every time I would go to the home of families for photography sessions. I saw how at times they didn’t understand certain behaviors of babies, how to feed the baby, how to bathe the little one or even when to take a nap.

As a Postpartum and Overnight Doula:

  • I work with families in the postpartum period, providing non-biased emotional, physical, and informational support.

  • I offer this support, information, instruction, comfort, and resources as needed.

  • I will support you after your birth and will help in your recovery process.

  • I will provide services that are tailored to help the new birthing parent rest as much as possible so that they can recover from the birth in a timely fashion.

  • I will also provide instruction on infant care and feeding (if needed), and assist with basic household organization.

  • I will primarily focus on supporting the birthing person and/or the new parents in their journey into parenthood.

  • I am available via telephone and email as needed.

  • I will provide overnight care to infant if bottle feeding and bring child to parent if breastfeeding/chestfeeding.

When I am with your little one, be sure to know that I will treat them as if they were my own.

$425 per overnight (8 hours) with a minimum of 4 overnights to be used whenever needed. Bundles of more overnights available at a discounted price.

 
 
 

Postpartum Doulas:

  • Provide non-biased emotional, physical, and informational support during the postpartum period.

  • Encourage the family to seek care that reflects their values and needs.

  • Model and teach effective communication.

  • Encourage informed decision-making

  • Support physical and emotional healing

  • Provide information on care options and resources

  • Model infant care

  • Encourage the family to make parenting choices that reflect their values and needs

  • Support and assist with infant feeding

  • Educate the family on newborn care and characteristics

  • Educate families how to maximize age appropriate infant sleep

  • Provide support to the parents and extended family

  • Assist with household organization

  • Provide resources when support requires a healthcare professional, clinical assessment, a need for prescription, or medical diagnosis

Postpartum Doulas do not:

  • Diagnose medical conditions

  • Interpret medical diagnoses or clinical results

  • Prescribe or administer treatment of medical conditions

  • Perform clinical procedures, including taking infant’s temperature or administering medications to infant or mother

  • Prescribe, perform, or provide alternative/complementary therapies including, but not limited to, essential oils, placenta medicine, herbal treatments, etc. without further training. These services must be provided separately from the role of the CAPPA certified professional.

  • Make parenting or infant care choices or decisions

  • Transport any family members

  • Stay alone with babies or other children routinely and for extended periods of time

  • Buckle infants or other children into cars or car seats or install car seats in cars

  • Teach a cry it out approach

  • Act as a housekeeper or nanny