Birth Doula Support- Sliding Scale $749-1599
What do birth doulas provide for your birth?
We prioritize your birth experience.
With Doulas of Central Pennsylvania, you get a team of two doulas available to you throughout your entire pregnancy; your Birth Doula and a back-up doula. This unique arrangement means twice the support, twice the experience, and twice the nurturing, as well as guaranteeing that backup support comes from someone who is intimately familiar with your goals and ideal birth experience. We help remove some of the uncertainty surrounding birth by giving you a dedicated back-up doula who accompanies your Birth Doula at your prenatal appointments. You'll know exactly who will be with you at your birth even if an illness or family emergency happens!
We work for you and no one else; we fulfill a role on your birth team that would otherwise be empty. Doctors, midwives, and nurses provide medical care; your partner has a loving bond and is also having their own birth experience; friends or family want to help. Birth doulas are the only professionals trained in non-stop support of your emotional well-being and physical comfort during birth. Our reassurance and comfort provides you with confidence and peace of mind that you have the very best in total support.
Essential Care Doula Support
With Doulas of Central Pennsylvania, you get a team of two doulas available to you throughout your entire pregnancy; your Birth Doula and a back-up doula. This unique arrangement means twice the support, twice the experience, and twice the nurturing, as well as guaranteeing that backup support comes from someone who is intimately familiar with your goals and ideal birth experience. We help remove some of the uncertainty surrounding birth by giving you a dedicated back-up doula who accompanies your Birth Doula at your prenatal appointments. You'll know exactly who will be with you at your birth even if an illness or family emergency happens!
We work for you and no one else; we fulfill a role on your birth team that would otherwise be empty. Doctors, midwives, and nurses provide medical care; your partner has a loving bond and is also having their own birth experience; friends or family want to help. Birth doulas are the only professionals trained in non-stop support of your emotional well-being and physical comfort during birth. Our reassurance and comfort provides you with confidence and peace of mind that you have the very best in total support.
Essential Care Doula Support
- Consultation with your Birth Doula and your back-up doula to answer questions, review the contract, and get to know each other!
- Because you have your doula and a back-up available to you at all times, we are immediately on call for you and serve you from the minute you hire us. We don't wait until 36-38 weeks to go on call because someone from your team is ALWAYS available to you.
- First appointment to seek out the goals of your ideal birth experience, expand your relationship with your doulas, get the inside scoop on birth options and get excited for giving birth with confidence.
- Second appointment for birth preferences review, comfort measures and anything else needed for you and your partner--giving you double the support that only comes with your Doula team! Even if life throws a curveball at your doula (like an illness or car accident,) you can rest easy knowing your back-up doula is not a stranger.
- Informational and evidenced-based resources to boost your confidence and empower your decision-making on topics you request.
- Exceptional connections with local resources for whatever you may need during pregnancy and parenting.
- Complete support for your choices: cesarean, epidural, unmedicated-- it's YOUR birth.
- Provide confidence and peace of mind with your doula on your team.
- Your Birth Doula is ready to be by your side during active labor, continuously present while you bring your baby into the world, tuned into your and your partner's needs, all while being your own personal expert in emotional and physical support for childbirth. And, your backup doula is ready to cover all contingencies!
- Amateur photography of the birth and baby's first moments, if desired.
- Post-birth consultation to talk about the birth and admire baby! Additional Support Services available with our Postpartum Doula Care!
Postpartum Doula Care - $22-$30/hour
What does a Postpartum Doula do for you?
We make bringing home your new baby less stressful and more restful.
Our incredible support services don't have to end at the birth! When you select one of Doulas of Central Pennsylvania's Postpartum Doula Care packages, you make the decision to make your newborn and postpartum experience the best it can be. As a certified professional, your Postpartum Doula brings training and expertise about newborn and infant care, but most importantly--she helps your entire family.
Each shift, your Postpartum Doula will listen to you to discover your priorities that day. Need to get a shower and a nap? She will hold, wear, or watch your baby so you can pamper yourself without imagining you hear the baby cry. Drowning in laundry and dishes? She can provide common household chores that will keep your home running smoothly. Need help breastfeeding? She's experienced in common concerns and ways to help. Feeling overwhelmed? She will help nurture you, so you can nurture your sweet baby. Need a friend and mentor to talk with during this incredible time of transition? She is your listening ear and a shoulder to lean on. Got multiples? She is that extra set of hands you need to make it work!
Your Postpartum Doula is the expert in infant care and feeding, postpartum recovery, and minimizing your stress in the weeks and months after giving birth. Parents who hire a postpartum doula report more confidence in their parenting and enjoyment of their precious child. Let her manage the errands, the light housework and food preparation. Grow confident in your swaddling, diapering, and soothing techniques with her gentle guidance. Get more sleep with her there to cuddle baby during that evening "witching hour" of fussiness. Experience more quality time as a family with Doulas of Central Pennsylvania there to relieve stressors so you can really enjoy this time.
Essential Postpartum Doula Care - Every package can include:
We offers Postpartum Doula Care packages to suit every budget. Whether you're looking for daily help for the first few weeks, support once a week before you return to work, or a regular schedule for several months, we've got you covered. Choose 4 hours to 400.
*Postpartum Fairy Godmother does not include pumpkin carriage or singing mice.
We make bringing home your new baby less stressful and more restful.
Our incredible support services don't have to end at the birth! When you select one of Doulas of Central Pennsylvania's Postpartum Doula Care packages, you make the decision to make your newborn and postpartum experience the best it can be. As a certified professional, your Postpartum Doula brings training and expertise about newborn and infant care, but most importantly--she helps your entire family.
Each shift, your Postpartum Doula will listen to you to discover your priorities that day. Need to get a shower and a nap? She will hold, wear, or watch your baby so you can pamper yourself without imagining you hear the baby cry. Drowning in laundry and dishes? She can provide common household chores that will keep your home running smoothly. Need help breastfeeding? She's experienced in common concerns and ways to help. Feeling overwhelmed? She will help nurture you, so you can nurture your sweet baby. Need a friend and mentor to talk with during this incredible time of transition? She is your listening ear and a shoulder to lean on. Got multiples? She is that extra set of hands you need to make it work!
Your Postpartum Doula is the expert in infant care and feeding, postpartum recovery, and minimizing your stress in the weeks and months after giving birth. Parents who hire a postpartum doula report more confidence in their parenting and enjoyment of their precious child. Let her manage the errands, the light housework and food preparation. Grow confident in your swaddling, diapering, and soothing techniques with her gentle guidance. Get more sleep with her there to cuddle baby during that evening "witching hour" of fussiness. Experience more quality time as a family with Doulas of Central Pennsylvania there to relieve stressors so you can really enjoy this time.
Essential Postpartum Doula Care - Every package can include:
- Compassionate, nurturing care for the whole family
- *NEW!* 24 hour Live-In Care: Have your postpartum specialist accompany you through the first 24-72 hours transitioning to life at home. Especially helpful when recovering from a cesarean birth. Requires advance notice.
- *NEW!* Overnight support: Take care of diapers and bedding changes, bring baby, snacks, and drinks to breastfeeding moms, prepare formula and feed baby if desired, put baby back to sleep after feedings, clean bottles and pump parts, and make sure everyone is getting much needed rest.
- Prioritize mom's emotional and physical recovery from birth
- Facilitate parent–infant bonding
- Explain and provide hands-on techniques for infant soothing and sleep
- Assist with all basic newborn care
- Help siblings transition to being the "Big Brother" or "Big Sister"
- Emotional support and stability as the whole family adjusts to their new normal
- Laundry and quick errands
- Meal planning, preparation and light housekeeping,
- Help solidify a plan and routine for moms that are going back to work after maternity leave
- Postpartum Fairy Godmother* to magically make everything better!
We offers Postpartum Doula Care packages to suit every budget. Whether you're looking for daily help for the first few weeks, support once a week before you return to work, or a regular schedule for several months, we've got you covered. Choose 4 hours to 400.
*Postpartum Fairy Godmother does not include pumpkin carriage or singing mice.
Your own Prenatal Concierge - $75/hour
If you desire customized prenatal support , or want a quick refresher childbirth education, we can do that! We offer guidance with our concierge package. We will:
- Meet with you for 1-2 consultation sessions for total of 1-3 hours
- Help you with whatever topics are important to you! Topics may include:
- Your birthing and newborn preferences and ways to communicate them effectively
- Techniques, posisions and skills that can keep you more comfortable during birth
- Unbiased and evidence-based information on your options
- Planning for postpartum and preparing your home for your baby
Maternity, Birth, Newborn Photography - $125-495
We offer the following photography services, and more! Contact us to review the full details of each package, which all include a selection of fully edited images and printing rights.
- Birth Photography: $495 On-call photographer who joins you in active labor and captures the incredible moments of birth and the meeting your sweet baby for the first time. Doulas of Central PA Birth Doula client discounted price: $275
- Newborn Photography: $275 Meeting in your home during the first 2 weeks after the birth to capture the new family and all those sweet newborn poses and faces. Doulas of Central PA Birth Doula client discounted price: $175
- Fresh 48 Photography: $175 A budget-friendly session that captures parents and new babies in their birth location within 48 hours after birth. Doulas of Central Pennsylvania Birth Doula client discounted price: $125
Placenta Encapsulation - $250-300
Encapsulation Methods: $300. Our wonderful doula Emily Boone can prepare a placenta into dehydrated pills, using vegetarian capsules. Women who choose to take their placenta pills report the following side effects, among others: feeling more emotionally balanced during postpartum, having less postpartum mood disorders, and experiencing increased milk supply. Doulas of Central Pennsylvania Birth Doula client discounted fee: $250
