Postpartum Care

​​The first few months after birthing is often referred to as the "4th" trimester". It is a time for resting and healing, learning how to support and nurture your body after birthing, bonding with your baby, feeding your baby, learning baby cues, nurturing new connections with your birth partner/family, integrating your birth, and much more. Our postpartum doulas can help make all of that easier for you while increasing your confidence as a parent. We have daytime and nighttime hours available and offer a range of additional services from bodywork to placenta encapsulation, and a list of community resources. We would love to support you through your postpartum journey!

A Postpartum Doula supports the family after birth through the womb to baby transition. Typically this is from birth to the first 3 months, sometimes beyond. The doula mentors the parent(s) through creating their vision and meeting their goals. This preparation can be done prenatally or at the first visit after birth.

We can help with breastfeeding skills, optimizing skin to skin, baby wearing, newborn care, rest and sleep, healing, belly band or binding information- supporting the healthy transition of moving through everyday life with the baby while meeting the parent(s) needs, and more.
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We support infant feeding from breastfeeding to nurturing bottle feeding by optimizing bonding and finding a balance in meeting everyone's needs. We have advanced education and experience in supporting breastfeeding, for everything from creating a nursing station to help in implementing your lactation consultant's care plan. Within our team there are also options for massage and therapeutic bodywork to enable ease of movement in babies and comfort in one's body after birth. We also have a network of trusted professionals on hand if more advanced help is needed.

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Meet your postpartum team

Johanna Wright
Loving Hands Doula Care
Daytime Postpartum Support
Overnight Postpartum Support
Lactation Support
Traditional Bengkung Belly Binding​

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Julie McBurney
Blissful Births and Placenta Bliss
Daytime Postpartum Support
Overnight Postpartum Support 
Bridge To Breastfeeding - Parenting Transition and Lactation Support
Placenta Encapsulation 
Traditional Bengkung Belly Binding

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Andrea Denali
Moondance Birth and Placenta Bliss
Lactation Support
Placenta Encapsulation
​Postpartum Massage Therapy

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Joanne Dahill LMBT NC#458
Journey of Motherhood
Postpartum Massage Therapy
Ayurvedic Massage
Infant Massage and Education
Newborn Craniosacral Therapy
Lactation Support​
Lymphatic Breast Massage and Education


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