Postpartum Doula Services:
In-home care & Consultations
In-home Care
starting at $65/hour
As your Postpartum Doula I will come to your home during the day or night. My most common hours for nights are 10 pm - 6 am. During the day I'm available between 9 am - 6 pm with a minimum of 4 hours.
My services include:
My services include:
- Up-all-night support. I will be awake all night so you can rest with the peace of mind that your baby is cared for and checked on at all times
- Advice on subjects ranging from recovery from birth to infant care, soothing techniques, bathing, swaddling and developmentally appropriate sleep habits
- Support with breast, chest & bottle feeding and pumping
- Taking care of all of your baby's needs whether it is while you sleep during the night or nap and shower during the day
- Light chores like washing bottles, cleaning pumping supplies, running the dishwasher, organizing the nursery and doing the family’s laundry
Phone or Zoom Consultation
$65/hour
Ideal for families with babies up to one year of age, who have specific questions or topics that they want to discuss with a baby expert. You can choose the topic or I can guide you through topics and issues that most of my clients find helpful.
Possible talking points:
Possible talking points:
- General baby care: swaddling, baths, diaper changing techniques, skin on skin, babywearing
- Feedings: bottle, breast, chest, syringe, tube, or SNS feedings
- Pumping: how to get started, what pump to choose, cleaning of parts
- Soothing techniques
- How to help your baby with gas or reflux
- Transitioning into parenthood
- How to set up the nursery
- Useful baby products
- Safe sleep recommendations
- Safe co-sleeping
- Advice on night time sleep and naps: wake windows, sleep environment, routines, transitioning to crib, out of the swaddle, etc. (does not include a sleep plan)
- Physical and mental development of your baby: leaps, fussy periods, sleep regressions
- Postpartum depression and anxiety in birthing parent and/or partner
"Unlike other nighttime doulas Annika is awake all night long. She is warm, detail-oriented and very professional (arrives on time, updates baby app from her phone, emails each morning with account of the night etc)."
— Sarah K.
— Sarah K.