Please note: I am booking limited postpartum care in 2025. Please email me to inquire about postpartum care.
I encourage all expectant parents to consider how professional doula support can empower their postpartum experience. It’s common to be advised by well meaning friends and relatives to “enjoy every moment” of your first days with your newborn. In reality, life with a new baby is not that simple. Our culture often falls short of supporting the rest, guidance, and care that we need after the amazing and exhausting work of welcoming our babies into the world. Support from a knowledgeable and compassionate doula helps to fill the gap that is commonly left in postpartum care for families.
How do I support the health of your whole family? I help you to learn about your baby and gain confidence in meeting your baby’s needs. I help you to stay mindful of your own physical and emotional needs as you heal and grow in your transition to being a parent. I can take care of household tasks to make your home a more orderly and peaceful place in a time that often passes in a sleepy blur. I am there for your family as you navigate this wonderful, challenging time. I believe that receiving qualified support in the early postpartum period is an essential part of setting the stage for a supported parenting journey.
Services Offered:
Emotional support, nonjudgmental listening, logistical planning rooted in realistic expectations of the newborn stage
Breast/body/bottle/combination feeding support and encouragement
Caring for the infant(s) and/or older children
Light housework (laundry, dishes, etc.)
Cooking, grocery shopping, meal planning including vegetarian/vegan, comfort foods, special diets
Community resources and referrals for additional postpartum services
Education on safe newborn care including safe sleep, bathing, and feeding
Evidence based information and guidance on a range of parenting practices
Babywearing education
Overnight Doula Care
I provide expert night time infant care so that parents can feel at ease resting and caring for themselves after their baby’s birth. Overnight care is customized to each family’s needs and supports their chosen feeding preferences and routines. Bottle feeding, breastfeeding, pumping, and combination feeding families can all utilize this invaluable service. Overnight care can be offered in conjunction with birth doula and/or daytime postpartum doula support, and I’d love to answer your questions about the logistics of this type of care and how my night time care has helped new parents feel more rested and confident.
“Given how much we liked having Jean at the birth she was the obvious choice for the postpartum doula care we needed. She helped me with new mom tasks that I found very intimidating at the time, and helped me feel more confident in the care I gave my daughter. She was also an ear for anything I needed to talk about. (And I mean anything).” -Alina
“Jean’s non-judgmental, supportive listening style made me feel empowered to make the choices that have been best for me and my family throughout this process. I have had interactions with lots of medical and community support people throughout my pregnancy and the first few months postpartum, and Jean’s support stands alone as the most empowering.” -Hillary
My Approach
As a postpartum doula, my role is to support you in making the choices that feel right for you. Your parenting choices may be very different from the choices that your friends and family members have made, and I very often guide parents through the haze of unsolicited advice and societal expectations of what new parenthood is “supposed” to look like. I help you to feel grounded in your own values and what is important to you, and I support you in having realistic expectations of yourself in a time that is more challenging that most people anticipate. I encourage you to seek ease, comfort, and moments of joy and connection while feeling all of the feelings that come along with the complex postpartum time.
Curious about my work with new families?
I provide compassionate, individualized care to all parents. If you would like to learn more about my experience with twins, single parents, parenting after a challenging birth experience, special needs babies, blended families, intended parents and surrogates, or families whose vision for their postpartum experience resembles yours, be in touch.