Postpartum care
Postpartum doula / postpartum care professional is like a guardian angel, that notices each member of the family and honors their importance in a postnatal period. I help maintain home warmth and harmony on both an emotional and physical level. I am there as an invisible shadow or as an active helper, depending on what kind of help the family needs the most. I respect the need to create close bond between mother and a baby, making sure that the mother does not have to burden herself with daily responsibilities. The support I offer is physical, emotional and informational. This is a complete service and you don’t have to spend your valuable time looking for different specialists. Use postpartum time wisely, it’s prescious, it’s for adapting, learning and growing together as a family.
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 (daydoula 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: 25 EUR/h (minimum fee per visit 75 EUR)
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Oma töös lähtun teadmistest, mis olen omandanud doulaõppes Eestis ja Postpartum Education and Care Professional (Newborn Mothers, AU) ning Conscious Postpartum Care with Ayurvedic Principles (Sacred Window Studies, USA) õppekavade raames. Mul on siiras soov muuta sünnitusjärgne periood kõigi pereliikmete jaoks kauniks ja helgeks.
