À La Carte Virtual Doula Care
Give them a gift they will really treasure.
Because you know what it’ll be like
You want to give your friend a truly meaningful gift in honor of her pregnancy and the birth of her baby but shopping from her registry isn’t doing the trick.
You know what life with a newborn is like and although you’re sure that she’ll love that beautiful blanket or a fancy baby swing, you want to get her something that goes one step further.
You’d love to know that your gift helped her feel completely ready to meet her baby, and that she felt less worried and overwhelmed at the prospect of figuring out how to look after this new little one because of your thoughtfulness.
You want to give her something useful that shows you care even if you can’t be there with her in the early weeks and months with her baby.
I totally understand that feeling. You want your friend to feel supported, looked after, confident, and at ease, and you know there’s nothing you can buy at the baby store to make that happen!
Instead, you want to gift her the care, attention, and expertise of a Postpartum Doula - a gift that will really make a difference in her early motherhood experience!
À La Carte Virtual Doula Care
When you give your friend À La Carte Virtual Care, she will have the option to choose from 2 kinds of virtual support.
Video care: we make an appointment to meet for a 1-hour video chat where we can talk about her plans, preparations, and preferences, and she can ask questions and get answers for the things that are on her mind about her pregnancy, her upcoming birth, or her newborn. Plus we’ll touch base via text/messenger a few days after our chat to follow up on anything that came up in our conversation.
Voxer care: we make a plan for half-Day with a Doula. This will give us 4 hours to exchange voice messages in a slower paced, low-pressure conversation about her pregnancy, birth, and baby, all while we go about our day (especially helpful for moms with newborns who might not be able to commit to a 1-hour video appointment!)
Each option allows her a chance to share what’s going well, what she’s struggling with, and to get help putting a plan together for the thing that’s really hard right now. This way, every option will give her a chance to connect with an empathetic, experienced doula (that’s me!)
My Story
My husband and I thought we were ready. My first pregnancy was mostly easy and worry-free, and we had no reason to expect that our first few months as a family of 3 would be any different.
What happened instead was pretty grueling postpartum period that I didn’t really recover from until my baby was more than a year old.
He was a healthy newborn and my recovery was pretty typical, so I felt like I had no real right to complain. Except that he was really fussy. And he didn’t sleep as much as he was supposed to. And wasn’t there something else I could be doing to make him less fussy? Why was he so hard to soothe? What did he need that I wasn’t offering him?
It was confusing and demoralizing, but it wasn’t until I looked into becoming a birth doula, so that I could maybe support new moms in ways that I felt I hadn’t been, that I discovered there was such a thing as a postpartum doula, and about halfway through my postpartum doula training I realized I was likely suffering from some postpartum depression, anxiety, or burnout most of that first year of motherhood.
This first-hand experience as an ambitious new mom who was so determined to figure everything out and do everything right (and not really getting there), plus my excellent postpartum doula training and doula experience with all kinds of new moms means that I can offer a comforting balance of emotional, informational, and practical support for the fourth trimester.
And isn’t that what every new mom, especially your friend, deserves?
Here’s how gifting Virtual Doula Care works.
How to gift À La Carte Virtual Doula Care
Enter your friend’s contact information along with a short note for them.
Shop for the number of visits you want to give.
Make your payment.
From there, they will receive an email that includes:
the details of your gift
the note you included with your purchase
a link to book EITHER:
a 1-hour video chat with a follow-up within the week OR
a half Day with a Doula (4 hours to plan, ask questions, and connect via voice messaging on Voxer)
To get started, click on the Buy now button, complete the intake form, and choose the number of doula visits you would like to give your friend. Complete the checkout process and check your email for an invoice.
If you have any questions, please use my Contact form to get in touch.
