Birth Preparation Package

Midwife-Guided Hybrid Birth Support:

A comprehensive birth preparation experience that blends midwifery knowledge, hands-on bodywork, and holistic postpartum care to support families through pregnancy, birth preparation, and the early postpartum transition.

This package is designed for families who are planning to birth in a hospital, birth center, or home, but desire deeper guidance, education, and personalized support beyond traditional prenatal visits.

Through this hybrid model, you receive the benefit of midwife-informed guidance and doula-style support, helping you feel confident, prepared, and supported throughout your journey.

What Is Hybrid Birth Support?

Hybrid birth support combines the clinical insight of midwifery care with the nurturing presence of doula support.

While I am not acting as your primary medical provider or birth attendant within this package, I offer midwife-guided education, body preparation, and postpartum support to help families navigate pregnancy and birth with clarity and confidence.

This approach helps you:

• Understand your birth options

• Prepare your body and nervous system for labor

• Create a personalized birth plan

• Learn comfort measures and partner support techniques

• Navigate hospital or birth center systems

• Prepare for postpartum recovery and breastfeeding

*This offering is ideal for families who want holistic preparation and continuity of care outside of routine medical appointments

What’s Included

Childbirth Preparation Course

A comprehensive childbirth education experience designed to prepare you and your partner for labor, birth, and postpartum.

Topics include:

• Stages of labor and what to expect

• Comfort measures and movement for labor

• Partner support techniques

• Medical interventions and informed decision-making

• Creating your birth plan

• Immediate postpartum and some breastfeeding tips

Prenatal Birth Planning Visit

A dedicated prenatal session to explore your birth preferences and prepare you for your upcoming birth.

During this visit we will:

• Review your birth vision and preferences

• Create a personalized birth plan

• Discuss hospital or birth center procedures

• Prepare your partner for labor support

• Address fears, questions, and expectations

Prenatal Bodywork Sessions (3)

Bodywork sessions help prepare the body and nervous system for labor while supporting comfort throughout pregnancy.

These sessions may focus on:

• Prenatal bodywork

• Pelvic balance and relaxation

• Nervous system regulation

• Support for optimal baby positioning

• Gentle techniques for birth preparation

Postpartum Bodywork Session (1)

After birth, your body deserves intentional care and recovery support.

This session focuses on:

• Gentle postpartum bodywork

• Nervous system regulation

• Supporting healing and recovery after birth

Postpartum Healing & Lactation Support (3)

In Collaboration with a Community Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula

The postpartum period is a sacred time for healing, nourishment, and bonding with your baby. As part of this package, families receive three extended postpartum support visits provided in collaboration with a community Ayurvedic postpartum doula and lactation educator.

Each visit includes up to two hours of in-home support and may include:

• Lactation and breastfeeding guidance

• Newborn care education and parenting support

• Emotional support during the postpartum transition

• Ayurvedic postpartum nourishment, including warming herbal snacks

• Vaginal steam support for postpartum healing (when appropriate)

This collaborative approach allows families to receive both midwife-guided birth preparation and traditional postpartum care practices that support deep recovery and nourishment after birth.