SERVICES

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We are passionate about providing safe, respectful, client-centered care for families who desire a home birth.  We attend home births in Albany, Corvallis, Lebanon, Scio, Brownsville, Eugene, Salem and the surrounding areas. We are able to bill many types of insurance, including OHP. 

As our home birth client, your package includes:

• Prenatal care that includes ongoing health assessment, nutrition education, preparation for birth, breastfeeding, and parenting your newborn. Visits follow the standard schedule; every 4 weeks until your 28th week, every 2 weeks until 36 weeks, then weekly until birth.
• Ultrasound and lab work, as needed (billed separately)
• Use of my "Birth Pool in a Box," if desired, at no extra cost.
• Physical and emotional support, labor assessment and careful monitoring of mom and baby from active labor through three hours post-birth.
• Continuous support in the event of hospital transport.
• Postpartum visits at 1 day, 3 days,  2 weeks and 6 weeks postpartum. Postpartum care includes care of mom and baby through six weeks, breastfeeding support, and referrals to other professionals as needed.

Some mothers need to birth in a hospital setting, but don't want to miss out on midwifery care. For these mothers, collaborative care meets both needs. Our  clients can have midwifery care throughout their pregnancies and a planned hospital birth with their midwife there for support, followed by comprehensive postpartum/newborn care and breastfeeding support. 

We will do our best to work with your hospital based provider to coordinate prenatal visit schedules and information to ensure you receive excellent continuity of care. 

We enjoy supporting families who may need to birth in a hospital setting or have chosen the hospital as their birth place and desire a natural birth. When you hire us as your doula, you benefit from our experience and training as both doulas and midwives. Our midwifery training informs the suggestions we give, whether it's fetal positioning, maternal comfort, or helping labor progress. We are also able to provide you with information on tests and procedures during both pregnancy and labor.

We have attended births at Lebanon Community Hospital, Albany Samaritan General Hospital, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Salem Hospital, Sacred Heart Medical Center, McKenzie Willamette Medical Center, Santiam Hospital in Stayton and Silverton Hospital. We are happy to support you at any area hospital.

Our birth doula service package includes:

• Two in-home prenatal meetings to discuss your preferences for birth, work on birth plan, talk about & practice comfort measures for labor.
• One prenatal visit to meet your midwife or OB and go over your birth plan.
• Continuous support from the onset of labor until 2 hours after the birth.
• A discount on placenta encapsulation services
• One postpartum home visit to discuss your birth experience and adjusting to life with baby.
• Six weeks of round-the-clock breastfeeding/postpartum/newborn consultation by email or phone.

As your Postpartum Doula, we do whatever you need so that you are able to best enjoy and care for your new baby. Our role changes from day to day, as the needs of your family change. We offer both daytime and nighttime support with infant care, emotional and informational support, babywearing education, breastfeeding support, sibling care, light housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, home organization, errand runs and safety education. Our goal is to promote your bonding with your new baby while helping to create a sense of balance during the new family's recovery. 

Postpartum Doula Rates:

• Welcome Baby - 4 hours of doula care to ease your transition home. $120
• First Week Home - 12 hours total, 3-4 hours a day. $360
• Gentle Transition - 24 hours total in the first two weeks. $684 (5% savings)
• The Fourth Trimester - 60 hours of doula care in the first 3 months. Includes a mom's morning out or date night for parents. $1710 (5% savings)
• The Overnighter - 24 hours, 3 8-hour overnights $648 (10% savings)