Postpartum Services

Alissa Baltodano

Postpartum Doula

Postpartum Maternal Care

Baby’s health is mother’s wellness.

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• Provides bonding support with your newborn.

• Provides nourishment for new mother with emotional & physical support. 

• Assists in working through birthing/postpartum experience & feelings.

• Assists with ensuring mother is honoring herself with self care, which can include showering, napping, movement, meditation, time alone, or time with partner and/or older children.

• Assists with perineal care.

• Assists with feeding (breastfeeding, pumping, alternative feeding methods, formula).

• Provides newborn care (diaper changes, swaddling, soothing, bathing and massage techniques).

• Assists and/or provides baby wearing and alternative techniques as needed.

Postpartum Family Care 

Working in service for mother, partner and the family as a whole.   

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• Provides guidance in development of goals for new rhythms & navigating new family dynamics.

• Helps create a community of support before and after baby has arrived. 

• Assumes light house work (laundry, dishes, tidying up, simple meal prep). 

• Provides resources for local practitioners.

• Offers guidance in discovery & adjustment to new family rhythm.
   

Nurturing the Nest 

Strategic, nonjudgmental, and personalized to each unique family dynamic. 

Sessions may include, but are not limited to the following parent support topics: 

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• Sibling preparation & support for welcoming home a little one. 

• Personalized parent education unique to your family dynamic. 

• Guidance based on development of your unique child.

• Self care - mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. 

• Establishing age appropriate responsibilities for all members of the household

• Setting and honoring personal boundaries. 

• Facilitating learning opportunities with and for your child. 

• Risks vs. benefits when problem solving and decision making. 

• Preventing ownership of your child’s struggles.

• Resources and referrals specific to your family as needed.

We could center our conversations around topics like starting solids, creating healthy sleep habits, setting up play spaces, sibling dynamics, setting boundaries, the possibilities are endless when it comes to each and every families rhythm.