Nourishing meals
Meal planning, grocery shopping, and preparing nutrient-dense foods to sustain and heal you, based on your preferences and goals. Specific foods help your body heal after birth, and if you are breastfeeding, there are foods that help get lactation started and enhance the quality of your milk.
Healing care for your body
Compassionate, blended healing care for your postpartum body: foot rubs, belly binding, sitz baths for perineal healing after birth, and the *closing of the bones ceremony.
Feeding support
Lactation support and pumping support, as well as bottle feeding or combination feeding.
Newborn care
Helpful newborn care cues for sleep, soothing, bathing and umbilical cord care. Care for babies transitioning from womb to world, which is different and unique for every baby.
Time for yourself
Get some sleep, go for a walk outside, take a shower, or eat while I take care of your baby.
Infant development
Advice on how to recognize, prepare for and move through normal developmental milestones.
Nursery organization
Help setting up and organizing your baby's nursery.
Light housekeeping
Unloading the dishwasher, folding baby clothes and other small tasks around the house.
Overnight newborn care
This is a great time to catch up on sleep! My focus is only on the baby during these times. If you are breastfeeding, I can be responsible for burping, diaper changing and getting your baby back to sleep. If you are bottle feeding, you can let me take full responsibility so you can get a full night's sleep. Having someone at night helps mom and baby settle into a calm rhythm.
8–10 hours per night, decided based on client needs
*Closing of the bones is an indigenous practice that supports new moms and anyone experiencing a transition, like closing a chapter and opening a new one. I was trained by midwife Miriam Avalos Metztlixochitl through Dream Doula Village.
Miriam wrote this to us:
“The hip closure is not only a physical technique. It is a ritual of integration – a reminder that the body holds stories, and that with intention and presence, we can support its release and realignment.”
“May you carry this knowledge with responsibility, softness, and strength. May your hands bring comfort, safety, and restoration to every woman you serve. And may you always remember that when we support another woman's body, we are helping her come home to herself.”
I hold this practice with integrity and honor the generations of women who have carried it forward.