FREE INITIAL INTERVIEW - this can be done at your home, over lunch or another place you choose.  This visit is to see if we feel good about working with each other.  It is great if the father can be at this meeting.  Please take 3-7 days to talk with your spouse and think about the decision to use us as your doula.  If you aren't sure you want to work with us, we will be glad to give you the names of other doulas in your area.    It is important that you feel comfortable with your choice of who will support you. 

COST & PAYMENTS - If you choose to use us, you will be given an agreement to sign and remit the agreement & a deposit to hold your estimated due date.  Our deposit, $200, is half of our fee of $400.  However, we can make arrangements of 4 payments of $50, if that is needed.  The full deposit should be paid by week 36.  The remaining $200 is due at the first home postnatal visit.

We believe that every woman should have the benefit of experienced and knowledgeable support.  For this reason, we will do all we can to work out some type of payment arrangements.  If you need help with the cost please let us know as early as possible.  We want to help you to have a wonderful birthing experience.

2-4 PRENATAL VISITS

* Medical & personal history

* Prenatal class recommendations

 (If you cannot attend childbirth education classes, we will work with you on some private childbirth education.)

* Your birth desires & writing a birth plan

* Relaxation exercise & physical exercise

* Comfort measures & nutrition

* Husbands comfort and questions

* Questions for your OB & pediatrician

* Preparing for breastfeeding

* Plans for care after the birth

* One prenatal visit will be a tour of your home to prepare for labor.

* One prenatal visit will be attending a visit to your OB or midwife with you.
* We will be on call for you 24/7 from 2 weeks before your EDD until 2 weeks after your birth.

LABOR & DELIVERY  - call when you think you're in labor.

* I'll come to your home to help with early labor

* I bring a box of comfort measure items

* We'll go to the hospital or birth center together

* I will stay with you throughout labor & delivery

* I will stay with you for a couple of hours after the birth - until the baby has

nursed, mom is cleaned up & relaxed, and dad is comfortable.

2-3 POSTPARTUM VISITS :

* A visit the day after birth in a hospital

* A visit during the  first week at home

* A copy of our birth report of your birth 

The final payment of $200 is due at the first home postpartum visit.

WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU:

* Handouts

* Books

* Comfort items

* Videos & video clips