What is a Postpartum Doula?
Very simply, a postpartum doula is whatever you need her to be to get through the early days and weeks (and sometimes months) of having a newborn, or two! Here's a list of all the various things your doula can help you with:
Think of us like your mother-in-law coming over to help, but walking in with absolutely no judgement or unwanted "advice" about raising your baby, and knowing exactly what needs to get done to help you meet your postpartum goals.
Anne's experience includes raising her two sons who were born in 2006 and 2009, assisting mothers with breastfeeding as a La Leche League Leader since 2008, assisting her birth doula clients since 2011 and working as a postpartum doula since September 2015. She also has CPR training and is certified for postpartum doula work through Welcome Baby Care/Modern Doula Education.
Anne's hourly rate is $35/hr and she has a three-hour minimum for families within 15 miles of Minnetonka and a four-hour minimum for families further away.
To hold a spot on my calendar you must contract and pay for at least 16 hours. These hours can be used over as many weeks as you'd like. 25% of the contracted hours are due as a deposit. The other 75% is due when baby arrives. Extra hours can always be added on beyond the original 16 hours.
Click here to access Anne's postpartum availability on the DoulaMatch website. If you are looking for just a couple shifts and my calendar is full reach out anyway. I can often squeeze in short-term work.
Whether you just need help for a day or two or want to have consistent help for many weeks or months, please contact me! At this time most of my postpartum doula work is weekdays during the day. If you need evening, weekend, and overnight help I can help you find someone!
- Questions about your newborn: What's normal and what's not?
- Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding support
- Baby-wearing education
- Diapering, bathing, feeding and other newborn care
- Light housework
- Snack and meal preparation- Parents need to eat!
- Prioritizing sleep- Parents need rest!
- Processing your birth story
- Care of older siblings
- Watching the baby while YOU spend time with older siblings
- Assisting with the care of preemies and multiples
Think of us like your mother-in-law coming over to help, but walking in with absolutely no judgement or unwanted "advice" about raising your baby, and knowing exactly what needs to get done to help you meet your postpartum goals.
Anne's experience includes raising her two sons who were born in 2006 and 2009, assisting mothers with breastfeeding as a La Leche League Leader since 2008, assisting her birth doula clients since 2011 and working as a postpartum doula since September 2015. She also has CPR training and is certified for postpartum doula work through Welcome Baby Care/Modern Doula Education.
Anne's hourly rate is $35/hr and she has a three-hour minimum for families within 15 miles of Minnetonka and a four-hour minimum for families further away.
To hold a spot on my calendar you must contract and pay for at least 16 hours. These hours can be used over as many weeks as you'd like. 25% of the contracted hours are due as a deposit. The other 75% is due when baby arrives. Extra hours can always be added on beyond the original 16 hours.
Click here to access Anne's postpartum availability on the DoulaMatch website. If you are looking for just a couple shifts and my calendar is full reach out anyway. I can often squeeze in short-term work.
Whether you just need help for a day or two or want to have consistent help for many weeks or months, please contact me! At this time most of my postpartum doula work is weekdays during the day. If you need evening, weekend, and overnight help I can help you find someone!
