My Services

Postpartum Support ($50/hour)

I offer postpartum support at a rate of $50 per hour. My postpartum services include emotional and educational support, lactation/feeding support, newborn care, meal prepping, light housekeeping, running errands, and/or providing support for a sibling or partner, as needed. I love cooking warm and nourishing meals for your entire family inspired by books like The First Forty Days. Postpartum support is typically most beneficial in the first twelve weeks after your birth, but I often help families for several months, and there is not particular “cut-off” for using my services. I love being around as your baby grows, and as you grow as a parent!

Postpartum care can be booked in blocks of four hours, with packages ranging from four hours to a hundred+ hours. I offer support from either 9am-1pm or 1:30-5:30pm, Monday-Friday, allowing families to choose the time of day and days of the week that work best for their needs.

Over the course of a four hour shift with you, I can offer you:

— Space for you to process your birth experience and ask questions

— Lactation/pumping/infant feeding support

— Help with cleaning and organizing pump and bottle parts, and storing milk safely

— Help setting up your nursery

— Newborn care (first bath, nap time, diaper changes, trimming nails, etc)

— Meal support! I am a gifted and comfortable cook, and would love to support your entire family in healing through food

— Resource referrals to any of the following: pelvic floor physical therapists, infant chiropractic care/massage, therapists who specialize in postpartum issues and postpartum mood disorders, support groups for new parents (or second-time parents), tongue-tie practitioners, occupational therapists, and more

Abortion Support

For support during a procedural abortion (an abortion performed at a clinic), DC Doulas for Choice has partnerships with DC-area clinics. The organization may also be able to provide individual services if needed. Please email dcdoulasforchoice@gmail.com if you are interested in having a volunteer doula support you before, during, and/or after your abortion.

A note on sliding scale fees— I am dedicated to making my services accessible to all who need them. No one will be turned away because of their inability to pay for support. The upper end of my sliding scale fee ($50/hour for ongoing postpartum support) best reflects the value of my services. However, as an advocate for reproductive justice, I recognize that systemic barriers often prevent people from seeking out/affording quality doula care. Until we have an equitable healthcare system, I will be reserving time and energy for those who have been disenfranchised by our economy, and by racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and/or xenophobia.

I am especially devoted to serving POC, members of the LGBTQ community, surrogates, teens and young adults, and others who may face barriers to receiving the care they deserve.

If you want to make a positive difference in someone’s reproductive/birthing experience and are interested in sponsoring someone else’s care, please reach out!