Postpartum care
Postpartum doula / postpartum care professional ensures that all family members feel seen and supported as they adjust to the new little one and the changes in daily life. I help maintain warmth and harmony at home on both an emotional and physical level. I am present as either an invisible support or an active helper, depending on what the family needs most at the moment. I honor the mother’s need to bond with her baby, taking care of daily tasks so she doesn’t have to carry that burden herself.
The support I offer does not fit within certain limits, as a postpartum doula, I agree with each family separately what kind of help and in what amount they need from me. I am flexible in my arrangements, as life with babies is always full of surprises.
I offer physical support
- I’ll help you to take care of the baby during day and night, when you need a rest (day doula and night doula service)
- I’ll make baby to feel safe and loved: I’ll cuddle, swaddle, wash, change diapers and clothes, offer massage and light exercise, carry in an ergonomic carrier (and help you to choose one), offer security and love.
- I allow you to take time for yourself: to take a shower, drink tea, take care of yourself - yes, even some ordinary activities may me challenging with a newborn
- I’ll take care of the baby’s siblings: I am a friend to play with and a babysitter
- I prepare a refreshing meal and make sure that your menu includes foods that support postpartum recovery
- I take care of the household
- walk your pets
- I do shopping
- I support postpartum recovery
I offer emotional support
- I support the close and loving relationship between you and your baby
- I listen and help to understand what was experienced during childbirth
- I help the older children of the family to adapt new roles
- I explain to your partner what changes a woman goes through when she becomes a mother and how to support her on this journey in order to maintain closeness between you two
- I listen and support you without prejudice, I accept your feelings
I offer informative support
- I offer breastfeeding support
- I explain how growth spurts and developmental leaps affect a baby's behavior in the first year of life
- I help find out the causes of the baby's crying and restlessness
- I will show you how to relieve your baby's gas pains using massage and other methods
- I introduce cloth diapers, if you’re interested
- I help to choose an ergonomic baby carrier
- I share contacts about interesting baby groups and activities
- I help distinguish myths from scientifically proven information
- I give practical recommendations on how to reduce the stress of family pets
Postpartum care: 35 EUR/h (minimum fee per visit 80 EUR)
In my work, I draw on the knowledge I have gained through doula training in Estonia, the Postpartum Education and Care Professional program (Newborn Mothers, AU), and Conscious Postpartum Care with Ayurvedic Principles (Sacred Window Studies, USA). I have a genuine desire to make the postpartum period beautiful and uplifting for all family members through preventive work (postpartum planning), education (workshops), and gentle presence (home visits, baby showers, online consultations).
