Birth(Labor) Doula
Shadow Work Package
Bull Kelp grows very tall in the sea, like personal shadow work or like your baby developing into a tiny lovable human it has no limit to its growth. During pregnancy you face your shadow and banish parts that no longer serve you in your journey to motherhood.
Prenatal Home Visits
Childbirth Education, Birth Plan, Comfort Measures & Labor Positions, Advocacy & Birth Rights, Nutrition, yoga.
Unlimited Text, Phone and Email Support
24/7 phone support at 37 weeks and unlimited virtual check-ins
Full Time Labor Support
Support & Guidance Through Labor, Optimal Pelvic Positioning, Natural Relief & Comfort
Postpartum Visit
Review Birth Story, Breastfeeding Education, Newborn Education, Meal, Light Chores
Consultation or inquiry for service is required before purchase of doula package. Payment plans are offered.
Postpartum Doula
Protection Package
Giant Kelp protects the offspring of the Sea just like your uterus creating a thriving circle of love for your baby. Protection is by nature instinctual and important in restoring the balance for oneself and your family
Daytime & Evenings
Minimum of 4 hours per day.
Feeding Support
Basic breast or chestfeeding information, recommendations for lactation support , tips and advice for newborn feeding and weaning
Infant Care & Support
Newborn education, Swaddle techniques, Feeding Plans, Infant care while you rest
Light Household Work
Assisted Meal Preps, Errands & Shopping, Light Chores
Healing
Processing the Birth Story, Diastasis Recti Test, Postpartum Yoga, Afterbirth Meditation & Connecting to Baby
Fertility Doula
Fertility Package
Rockweed Kelp reproduces when the tide goes out. In other words at its most exposed and bare moment. When the tide comes in our real living begins and it fertilizes us with life and in this case your baby
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Preconception & TTC Education, Cycle Mapping, Nutrition , movement & yoga, herbs for TTC, ART Information
The uterus is a tiny version of the sea. I fertilize, protect and hold life with water. I find clarity of my shadow in water
Add-On Services
Virtual Doula
Schedule Consultation
Prenatal Yoga
$50/hr Individual Session
Postnatal Yoga
$50/hr Individual session
Belly Casting Session
$100
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Every mama & birthing person should have access to a doula during pregnancy and labor. The Saye Birth Doula works to close the gap of inequality in maternal health by offering services with payment plans.
Frequently Asked Questions
What areas do you travel to for birth and postpartum doula work?
Philadelphia, Montgomery county, Bucks county, Delaware County, Chester county, Lehigh Valley, Berks County, Burlington county, Camden county, Gloucester county, New castle county
Birth doula service area must be within a 1 hour and 30 min driving range from Philadelphia, PA. Please inquire with your location included
Daytime postpartum doula has to be within an 30 mile radius from 19120.
For locations outside of a 50 mile radius, my services can be contracted but travel fees and accommodation may be applied to the total
Should I take a birth education class, even if I will have a doula?
Yes, you can learn so much from a birth class as well as connect with new mothers/ parents who are in the same shoes as you. The plus to having a birth class is it reinforces everything you learn and prep for with your doula.
Childbirth Classes & Workshops, Brittney McCollum
Link Here
What are the benefits of a doula
– Deceases need for interventions, pain medicine and epidurals.
– Support birthing person so that they never feel alone.
– Improves bonding between mother and baby
Are Midwives the same as a birth doula?
Midwives are trained medical professionals who specialize in individual care for the pregnant person. They can perform prenatal test, checkups, and administer pain medication in low risk healthy pregnancies. If medical complications occur during labor midwives work with obstetricians to decide whether your care needs a different approach. Midwives are found in home birth, birth centers, and hospitals. They provide non-intervention birth and low intervention birth. Doula attend the birth as a emotional and physical support they are not stand ins for midwives. You should hire a doula whether birthing with a midwife or obstetrician.
What Are your cost for birth doula services?
A birth doula near Philadelphia are currently offered at $1,200-$1,800. There are payment plans options. schedule a consultation for package information. See a note from doula on cost here.
How can I afford to pay for birth doula services?
Doula’s should be accessible to everyone regardless of income. Having a baby is a big life event that can lead to many expenses. Saving in advance is a good way to stash funds away to cover your doula. If saving is not possible please consider the following things you can do to afford a doula.
– Birth doula expenses qualify for reimbursement from your FSA(financial Saving Account) or HSA (Health saving account)
– Collect donations from friends and family
– List doula as a gift on your baby shower registry, wedding registry and holiday gift list
– Some employers are expanding their coverage to include doula so reach out to your HR department. Currently companies such as cvs, walmart and snapchat has doula benefits.
– Dove Black Birth Equity Fund a grant provided to help pay for a birth doula
– Ask about sliding scale and payment plans
– Educating yourself on the benefits of doula services also helps you feel better about the cost
Then the seed opened. I bore you one morning
Audre Lorde
just before spring my head rang like a fiery piston
my legs were towers between which
a new world was passing.
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