Our first meeting is free! This is an opportunity for us to become acquainted through asking questions and being together in conversation. Email or call to get this time set up!
I offer two service packages:
{Package A: $1,500}
Your investment includes:
~Unlimited email, text, and phone support all throughout pregnancy
~Two prenatal meetings around 32 and 36 weeks. Topics covered:
*An opportunity for you to become more comfortable with me and for me to find out about you so I can serve you best
*Thorough discussion of your questions or concerns
*Review of and help with (if requested) a birth preference plan to give to your caregiver
*Going over exercises and practices that can be done prenatally to help with pregnancy and even labor
*Presentation and practice of comfort measures to use during labor and delivery
*Respectful education about choices you have
*A list of ideas for the earlier stages of labor to help ease discomfort
*Help determining what to pack
*Breastfeeding information, questions, and answers
*Postpartum ideas, information, and resources
~One virtual group enrichment
*Offered every 6-8 weeks
*Topics covered include: birthing positions, protecting the perineum, advocacy, postpartum healing, and education about maternal and fetal positioning.
~On-call support starting at week 37* until after baby’s arrival
*I will attend your birth before 37 weeks if I’m in town. This point means that the priority in my schedule is to attend your birth and I do not make travel plans during this time unless I’ve communicated otherwise during our first free meeting. Whether I travel or not, I always have back-up doulas in the wings to provide care in the event that I’m ill or at another birth.
~Calming and engaged support during labor and delivery
~Photos taken during labor and delivery as desired
~Detailed notes taken and typed up for you
~One postpartum in-home visit
*This visit gives you an opportunity to process your birth, ask questions, and give feedback. We can talk about basic baby care and field breastfeeding questions. This visit can be done anywhere from 2 days to 4 weeks after birth.
~Continued postpartum help and communication when you need support, a question answered, or another postpartum resource
{Package A Payment Schedule}
$750 paid as a retainer fee; $750 due by the the 36th week of pregnancy
{Package B: $1,800}
Your investment includes:
~Everything outlined in Package A
~One, two-hour prenatal pelvic floor physical therapy visit with Sarah Knight, PT, DPT
*Sarah currently sees patients out of Studio 6 in Hopkins. Package B payments will be made to Laura and scheduling will be done directly with Sarah. Any follow-up PT appointments with Sarah will incur an additional payment made to Sarah. Sarah does not attend the initial meeting nor either of the prenatals with Laura.
{Package B Payment Schedule}
$1050 paid as a retainer fee; $750 due by the the 36th week of pregnancy
Your first payment and an agreed upon signed contract secures your due date.
*Please do not allow finances keep you from doula care. Please contact me instead and let’s figure out a plan that works for your family!
“If I didn’t like a suggestion or position, she quickly found other ways to support and encourage me. Her knowledge of which positions to try and what comfort measures to use was indispensable…My husband commented on Laura’s perseverance. He noted that when things got long and hard, Laura was the one person that stayed by us, continued to serve and offered words of affirmation and encouragement. Laura was so good at knowing when I needed soft words of encouragement and when I needed a bold push.”
{Doula Julia D.}