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Having the right support team by your side will increase the chances of a blissful experience.
Because Birth isn’t just about the new baby, it’s also about the new mom.
Birth Support
The time of your pregnancy is designed to be a time to work closely with an aligned birth team so that you can begin to work on preparing for your labor mentally, physically and intuitively. Regressing inwards and really doing the work to evaluate your birth beliefs, the beliefs of those that surround you and the possible effects it can have on your experience, and checking in to ensure that you are the authority of your birth, no one else.
While supporting you and your family, we will work together to discuss and work through anything that arises during your pregnancy. Unlearning and relearning birth and the entire process, and equipping you with the many tools that can help you during birth is only part of what we go through together. Packages include prenatal education sessions in your home, support throughout pregnancy and birth attendance + the immediate postpartum.
Postpartum Support (Daytime)
Having an extra set of hands during those first days, weeks, & months is never a bad decision or investment.
Historically, and currently in other parts of the world, there is a confinement period that is practiced for 40 days. The purpose of this period is so that Mama is nourished and loved so she can love on and nourish her baby and ease her transition into Motherhood. She stays in bed while her Village of women come together for hands-on support. Together they take shifts while they cook, clean, care for her family, do laundry, provide wisdom when prompted to guide her during the challenging moments, etc. The list is limitless as each family experiences the transition differently.
This time also allows your body to heal. Your body has just spent 9+ months growing a baby, organs shifted to make space for the baby and now needs time, patience and rest to come back together.
Babies have a biological need for their Mama. They need proximity, her scent, to be fed on demand, her voice, her closeness, her comfort, her heart beat. When they feel her closeness, it eases their transition into their new world.
We are however not in a society that embraces this as truth and doesn’t encourage this level of support or provide reliable resources to families. Rather it spreads the idea that the woman who gets back up the fastest is the “greatest” one; no new mother wants to show weakness. Oftentimes, women suffer in silence as to not show weakness.
The presence of a Postpartum Doula can really add value to your postpartum period, given how impactful this period is on Mama and her transition into motherhood. Setting yourself up for a positive fourth trimester will truly make all the difference!
What does a Postpartum Doula do? Well, it looks different every time!
Maybe you need to take a nap?
Do you need help with breastfeeding?
Someone to talk to while you navigate the 4th trimester?
Do you need some cooked meals?
Do you need light cleaning done + laundry done?
Maybe you need someone to entertain the older kids?
Maybe your partner is only off for 1 week?
The list is endless as it is individualized to your needs.
I offer a package of hours that can be used to fit your needs:
$480.00 +HST for 12 hours
$760.00 +HST for 20 hours
$1440.00 +HST for 40 hours
Distance charges after 40km
Placenta Encapsulation
Consuming the placenta is not a new practice; cultures worldwide have always, and continue to consume their placentas. Mammals consume their placentas immediately after birth, other cultures take it and bury it. The placenta is the literal lifeline between you and baby – it produces and secretes hormones to support pregnancy + fetal growth. Consuming the placenta will help to balance out hormones as your body is re-establishing the hormones. The perfect postnatal vitamin – providing a level of completeness to honor the closing of pregnancy.
Many benefits that have been reported are:
○ helps balance hormones
○ increased energy
○ increased milk supply
○ lessens post natal bleeding
○ helps uterus shrinks faster
○ helps replenish iron
To list a few…
How it works!
We will remain in contact as you go into labor so that I know pick-up will happen soon! Once the baby is born, let me know and I will let you know if it’s within pick up hours. I will pick up the placenta during the day into the early evening but not overnight. Once the placenta has been encapsulated, I will have the placenta to you by 72 hours postpartum, when you enter the teary period.
Along with the pills (anywhere from 90-250 pills), I will deliver an umbilical keepsake, when possible, and instructions on how to consume the pills. But mostly, you will follow you gut on what feels right.
Invest in your postpartum – it’s worth it!
Included in the cost is:
➔ Pick up your placenta at the birthing location (within 40 km of Guelph) + distance charges may apply
➔ Preparation of placenta
➔ Delivery of placenta package
➔ Umbilical Keepsake (when possible)
$300.00 + HST
Distance charges after 40km
Empower Your Birth
An all encompassing birth course that will cover everything from pregnancy to your postpartum and newborn needs. This course is for the intuitive Mama, the one who wants to learn everything about physiological birth to better empower herself with all the information to ensure she is the driver of her birth experience. For the Mama who will stop at nothing to advocate for herself and her child.
Finding the right Childbirth Education Class that speaks to this level of Mama Bear can be a challenge…
BUT! If you’re looking for a course that:
○ Goes in-depth about the anatomy and physiology of labor
○ Will educate you on your rights as a Mother in the maternity system
○ Discusses basic coping methods but also the deeper work involved in mental preparation
○ Emphasizes the basic needs of the body to feel safe and progress during labor
○ That touches on the details people rarely talk about
○ That leaves you so prepared, you’re ready for you time!
Then T H I S is the class you’re looking for….
This course is currently offered as an intimate and private experience in your home (or virtually) just you and your partner.
It is a 5 week course that will cover:
- Advocacy and how to present your truths
- Physiology and Anatomy
- Hormonal dance of labor
- Fear & and how to flow through it
- Due dates & other induction methods
- Stages of labor + partner support
- Pushing
- Birth Plans
- Postpartum
- Newborn Care
- And so much more!
$400.00 +HST
Vaginal Steaming
Vaginal Steaming is an ancient healing practice that uses water and herbs to address any menstrual or reproductive concern that can arise. A practice that is well rooted in many cultural traditions around the world.
Steaming can address many common health problems that today’s women are so commonly dealing with.
○ Menstrual PMS
○ Bloating
○ Postpartum period
○ PCOS
○ Cysts
○ Endometriosis
○ Fibroids
○ Irregular Cervical Cells
○ Recurring Infections
○ Hormonal Imbalance
Steaming works because you sit (or kneel) over a steamy herbal blend designed for your cycle for a certain amount of time. The herbal infused steam has a rising action and reaches the pelvic region which is permeable so allows the steam to reach up to the uterus and ovaries. This whole region of your body will feel steam and will have an overall effect on your healing journey and overall reproductive health.
Steaming has the capability to better connect you to your body and your cycle, which alone can be life changing!
Starting at $100
Now selling steam stool & herbs.
Offering Mobile Steaming in Guelph, Cambridge & KW Area.