Tired? Hungry? Need a shower? Baby crying but you don’t know why?

Chances are, if you have a newborn at home, all of those things can be happening at once! That’s where we come in. Your doula enters your home with an extra set of experienced, professional and compassionate hands to help the day go smoothly. We hold the baby while you shower or nap, we prepare meals, start laundry, walk you through your little one’s first bath, and we offer lactation support if needed. Our role changes with the needs of the family and the priorities of the day; the best part is, we usually know what you need before you even have to ask.

Infants need to eat every two to three hours, around the clock! Nights can be the most challenging time for new parents.

You are exhausted yet still answering to your new baby, who needs love, feeding, burping, diaper changes, and sometimes just to be held or rocked at all hours of the night. This is where an overnight doula can be a game changer. Your doula is there to help you, whether you plan to breastfeed, pump and bottle feed, and/or use supplemental feeding, co-sleep in the same bed, or put your baby down in the nursery. We are fully available to provide assistance in making night-time wakings go smoothly for you and to maximize the amount of sleep available.

*Nighttime doula support can be especially important for those who are at a higher risk for postpartum mood disorders such as depression or anxiety, for families with multiples, or with a special needs baby.

This 4 hour consult is highly personalized to prepare you for the physical, the practical, and the emotional elements of life with your new little one.

You and your partner will learn how to attune to your baby’s needs and decipher what they are communicating to you. We’ll share practical tools to nourish yourself, your partnership, and your baby. We’ll cover what typical newborn behavior looks like, as well as tricks of the trade that we have developed over the course of our combined decades in practice – the best ways to handle fussy evenings, stubborn burps, and diaper blowouts!

There a litany of must-haves that you are sorting through and wondering what you will actually need? Let us help you parcel through the baby industry for what is essential, what is helpful to have, and what can be tossed to the side. We will go over an assortment of products for you to explore for yourself and decide what to invest in or add to your registry.

This consultation is geared toward providing you and your partner with the knowledge you need as you expand your family. Our goal is for you to enter parenthood with a deeper trust in yourself and in one another as parents. If you are not partnered we will include resources and activities to support your individual parenting journey. You will leave this class with a personalized postpartum plan as well as local community resources to give you the support needed to thrive in postpartum and beyond.

This class is best scheduled during your second or third trimester. We encourage parents to take a separate breastfeeding and childbirth education class as we do not cover those topics.

Sacred tending can be booked as a package of treatments or as a one-time marking of the end to the fourth trimester, sometimes referred to as a Sealing Ceremony. O’Nell creates a sanctuary for you to calm your nervous system, ensure optimal healing and prevent postpartum depletion. She weaves traditional healing practices to support you as you integrate the deep physical, emotional and spiritual transformation of parenthood. We start with an interview so we can custom tailor each session to the particular physical emotional needs at that time. Your personalized sessions may include any of the following: Herbal yoni steam, relaxing foot bath, abyhanga ( warm oil massage), holistic breast care, closing the bones.

We schedule ST sessions in three blocks over the first 6 weeks postpartum.