Birth Bliss Birth Doula Package
SKU:
$477.00
$477.00 - $954.00
- If you have any questions, feel free to go back to our Contact Us page and submit an inquiry before you book us.
- When you purchase this package, you are confirming that you have read and agree to our agreement.
- When you purchase this package, you are officially on our calendar, and the Chico Doula Circle is your doula- yay!
Chico Doula Circle Basic Birth Doula Services Agreement
As Doulas, We:
Before Labor You:
When You Are in Labor:
After Birth:
As Doulas, We Do Not:
Failure to Provide Services:
Fees:
Our fees for the services described here is 900, to be paid as follows:
Services included in the Birth Bliss Package:
As Doulas, We:
- Accompany you in labor to help ensure a safe and satisfying birth experience.
- Provide reassurance and perspective to you and your partner, make suggestions for labor progress, and help with relaxation, massage, positioning and other techniques for comfort. Should a cesarean be deemed necessary, your doula will continue to provide support before and during the birth, as allowed by hospital staff and as desired by the birthing mother.
- Are independent and self-employed. Your doula works for you, not your caregiver or hospital.
- Have a rotating calendar that ensures you have doula coverage. We have a back-up system in place that guarantees there will be a doula at your birth.
- Provide support for your birth however it may unfold.
Before Labor You:
- Attend our monthly workshops on client-centered topics to ensure you meet our doulas while also gathering information needed to better learn your options.
- Meet with us to create your birth-vision plan and discuss how we will best work together.
- Contact the doula on-call after each prenatal appointment to share how your visit went, express any concerns, and check-in with how you are feeling. You can phone, text, or email. If you forget, simply contact the doula on-call the day you remember. Our calendar is found at our website under the “Contact Us” tab.
When You Are in Labor:
- We prefer that you call the doula on-call when you think you are in labor, even if you do not need the doula yet. This often means you call us before it would be time to call your practitioner.
- We can answer questions and make suggestions over the phone.
- You decide when you are ready for doula support. Anticipate allowing your doula approximately one hour to get to you from the time you ask her to come.
- Together we will decide where to meet – at your home or the hospital. Except for extraordinary circumstances, the on-call doula will remain with you throughout the entire labor and birth.
After Birth:
- Your doula remains for one-two hours after birth, helping your little family get settled, ensuring breastfeeding has been initiated, and seeing to your immediate needs.
- Your doula is available to answer questions about the birth or your baby and will arrange a postpartum follow up by phone within a few weeks to review your birth, and to get feedback from you.
- If you feel the need for more postpartum support, we offer separate Postpartum Doula Services. Please ask about this option.
As Doulas, We Do Not:
- Perform clinical tasks such as blood pressure, fetal heart checks, vaginal exams, etc.
- Make decisions for you. We will help you get the information necessary to make informed decisions. We will also remind you if there is departure from your birth plan.
- Speak to the staff on your behalf. We will discuss your concerns with you and suggest options, but you or your partner will speak directly to the clinical staff.
- Have control over your birth outcome.
Failure to Provide Services:
- We will make every effort to provide the services described herein. Sometimes this is impossible, for example, with a fast labor.
- If we fail to attend your birth because of our own error, we will discuss partial refund options. Payment for our services include all of the aforementioned items. The fee is not for birth attendance only.
- If we fail to attend your birth due to not being called, there will be no refund.
- If the birth outcome varies from what is planned and expected, there will be no refund.
Fees:
Our fees for the services described here is 900, to be paid as follows:
- 450 as a retainer fee, due when you select us as your doulas.
- 450 due by 36 weeks of pregnancy.
- Online payments are subject to an additional fee ($27 per $450) to cover credit card processing fees
Services included in the Birth Bliss Package:
- Free initial meet and greet
- Continuous labor & birth support
- 24/7 on-call availability for your birth, beginning at 38 weeks
- Birth Story keepsake
- One prenatal visit at home & unlimited access to workshops at La Casita Primera.
- Four prenatal visits total- Your visits with your doula will be focused on your pregnancy and birth and include education & information, understanding your options, creating your birth plan, helping your partner become more confident in his/her abilities as a support person, processing concerns and fears, preparing for baby, etc.
- Unlimited phone, email, and text message support throughout your pregnancy for questions, concerns, general information, resources, etc.
- Access to our extensive lending library
- 6 hours in-home postpartum doula care- We will coordinate to choose days (two hours minimum per visit) within the six weeks after your baby’s birth when your doula will come to your home to provide postpartum support care. She can prepare and cook postpartum meals, run errands, provide light housework to ease the transition (laundry & tidying), guidance as you learn the basics of soothing and caring for a newborn (bathing, diapering, umbilical cord care, soothing techniques, and reading your baby’s cues for feeding and sleeping, learning to pump if needed), assistance learning new skills such as babywearing or cloth diapering, provide you with evidence-based resources and much more.
- Postpartum herbal sitz bath blend
- Photos taken to your preferences
