Trimester by trimester guide to caring for and honoring your body and your baby through every phase of pregnancy, including:

• week-by-week nutritional requirements and how to achieve them

• holistic cures to common pregnancy ailments, such as morning sickness, heartburn, constipation, swelling, fatigue, anxiety and more

• herbal support for pregnancy and preparation for labor (herbal tinctures and teas available for additional cost)

• how to choose a care-provider

• yoga, movement and exercise to help prepare your body and baby for birth

• support by phone/text 7 days per week throughout pregnancy

While we see each other in person in your home about 3 times, I am in communication with my clients throughout their pregnancy via Zoom, by text and by phone. Our in-person meetings with include:

1. Intake- I spend time getting to know you more intimately, discuss birth as a rite of passage, talk through your hopes for your birth, fears that are coming up for you and everything in between. This is where we lay our foundation to build off us over the course of your pregnancy.

2. Two-hour childbirth class where we discuss birth as a rite of passage, the physiology of birth (how our brains and bodies move through this process) and how we can support this system, rehearse laboring positions, talk about partner’s role and support, self-advocacy, hospital policies and how to move through them and so much more.

3. Coming together again in the final weeks of your pregnancy to finalize your birth plan, check-in emotionally and tie up loose ends.

This bounded workbook thoughtfully curated by me contains grounded and beautiful mindfulness exercises, journal prompts and activities to help you prepare for birth and the profound transformation into motherhood, bond with your baby and reconnect with your body.

A private class where we will discuss:

• Birth as a rite of passage

• The physiology of birth (how our brains, bodies and baby move through birth) and how we can support this system.

• Hormones, anatomy and physiology

• Signs and stages of labor

• Comfort measures for labor (breathing, massage, and movement)

• Positions to help baby move down and out

• Partner support

• Birthing options/preferences

• Medical interventions and medications

• Inductions and cesarean

• Counter pressure techniques

• Bodily autonomy and informed consent

Hypnobirthing-Unpacking beliefs and de-programming from fearful and negative rhetoric around birth and instead establishing a mindset of trust in yourself, your baby and the birthing process. Use of positioning and breath work, meditations, visualizations and affirmations to help us cope with pain, relax and stay in your “birth brain”

Lactation: As a certified lactation consultant, we will discuss all things lactation and feeding- latch, positioning, pumping, proper bottle feeding, identifying hunger cues, signs of fullness, how to know if baby is getting enough milk, proper position and latch (breast and bottle) and provide cures for common breast ailments, such as nipple and breast soreness and engorgement, as well as how partner can support.

Newborn Care:

• Baby massage and it’s many benefits

• Navigating physical and emotional development

• Umbilical cord care

• Healthy sleep environment

• Herbal salves and baths as well as recommendations on the cleanest and safest products for baby

• Establishing safe practices in sleeping, bathing, feeding and swaddling

• Proper bathing techniques

• Benefits of skin-to-skin and baby wearing

Postpartum Prep-

• How our bodies change and heal postpartum

• What to expect of your body in the first 6 weeks

• Holistic ways to address healing, optimize milk supply, ground your nervous system and stabilize hormones.

• Hormonal changes and emotional loads

• What to expect of your baby

• Sleep expectations and sleep biology of babies

• Navigating a new identity as an individual and within your relationships

• How to prepare for your postpartum period- what you need, what you don’t

• Nutritional needs and foods to eat to optimize healing and milk supply

• Healing methods

• How to best prepare a support team outside of our time together

• Boundary setting
  

I am available every day of the week to support your throughout your pregnancy, discuss prenatal appointments with your provider, address and support emotions and fears coming up, help navigate pregnancy ailments and everything in between

On-Call 24/7

• I join you in active labor at your home or at your birth location.

• Throughout the birth process I will be with you as a grounding force and to provide a sense of safety as you navigate the birth process. I will give suggestions for labor positions, coping, breath work, relevant evidence-based information and more

• I will stay with you through the golden hour to ensure your baby is feeding well and to answer any questions that may arise.

One (3 hour) in home visit within one week of birth to make you an Ayurvedic meal and fresh tea, process your birth and answer any questions you may have about your baby, your healing, feeding, sleep and more. As a certified Lactation Specialist, I will support you with feeding- we will do a feeding together with your baby, discuss lactation and address any concerns you may have.

(You may add more postpartum days, belly binding, foot baths and massage if you choose!)

I will be available my phone/text the first two weeks post birth for emotional support, healing support and to help you navigate newborn care, answer feeding questions, etc..