Birth & Postpartum Doula Services
Birth is a sacred threshold, and you don’t have to walk it alone. As your doula, we offer continuous emotional, physical, and informational support through pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period. Our care includes personalized birth visioning, comfort techniques, partner guidance, body balancing, breastfeeding support, and gentle postpartum healing practices. With deep presence and intuitive care, we helps you feel grounded, empowered, and deeply supported as you welcome new life—on your terms, in your time.
Birth Doula Services
On Call Availability + 3 Prenatal Visits + Birth Plan Design + Continuous Labor and Birth Support + 1 Postpartum Visit
*additional Postpartum Services are offered separately and tailored to the specific needs of the dyad. (see below)
Tonya is a Certified Lactation Educator Specialist (CLES) to support new moms with their breastfeeding goals. She offers an array of resources beyond her personal scope to offer expectant families quality support throughout their birth experience.
Phone, text, and email support
Birth visioning and birth plan design
Labor preparation
Supplement and nutrition recommendations
Spinning Babies® techniques and comfort measures
Body Balancing for comfort and optimal fetal positioning
Birth ball exercises
Preventative measures to help counteract depletion and labor complications
Continuous labor and delivery support
Partner support
Breastfeeding support
Newborn essentials and introductory infant care
Baby wearing instruction
Pregnancy and postpartum support resources
Postpartum Doula Services
Packages offered in hourly increments (20 hour minimum) tailored to each families needs and wants. Daytime home visits and overnight visits based on availability
Postpartum care and healing support for mom
(ie: perineal care, hypnosis, restorative comfort measures)Education on postpartum realities
Lactation Specialist support
Newborn care education and guidance
Newborn sleep routine support
Baby-related home organization
Nourishing snack preparation and meal planning
Light housekeeping (ie: laundry, tidying up)
Postpartum anxiety and depression assessments
Postpartum resources and referrals, as needed
Partner support and guidance
Overnight care
Womb rub & Belly Binding *product and initial bind purchased separately
Space to process your birth experience
Help with self-care recovery
Postpartum comfort measures
Emotional support
Infant care
Parenting resources
Developing a rhythm with your baby and household; as well as emotional support and nurturing
Knowledge is power and birth is your unique experience to claim. Our childbirth education class offers practical tools, evidence-based insights, and soulful guidance to help you feel informed, confident, and supported. Learn what to expect, explore your options, and create a birth plan that aligns with your values, your body, and your baby.
Guided relaxation, breathwork, and subconscious reprogramming to help you release fear and tap into your body’s innate wisdom. Whether you're preparing for your first birth or seeking a more empowered experience this time around, this method supports you in feeling grounded, confident, and deeply present before, during, and after birth. It’s an opportunity for partners to offer grounded support and space holding for birthing parents in the most connected way.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A Doula is a birth companion who provides support to mom as well as her partner, that is unconditional. She actively listens and will hold space without judgement, while empowering you to make the right decisions for You and your baby. Amongst her various talents is a natural ability to create a bond of trust, comfort, knowledge, and understanding. She has the ability to make your most challenging moments more manageable with her uplifting presence. She brings knowledge and experience recognizing what dialogue, comfort measures, and techniques will most benefit you throughout your pregnancy and birth. A Doula lends herself to your elevated experience by offering her heart, time, and energy.
A Doula ensures you are up-to-date with protocol and standards of care within the birth setting, while helping you to evaluate your options under a variety of conditions specific to you. The expanded awareness she offers, allowing you to feel safe, cultivate the necessary mindset, and gain confidence to advocate for yourself in an unfamiliar space. Her contribution to your birth experience is sacred, irreplaceable, and essential.
Doulas are statistically proven to improve outcomes:
31% decrease in use of Pitocin
28% decrease in the risk of C-section
12% increase in the likelihood of a spontaneous vaginal birth
9% decrease in the use of any medications for pain relief
14% decrease in the risk of newborns being admitted to a special care nursery
34% decrease in the risk of being dissatisfied with the birth experience
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Studies show that partners participate more actively during labor when a Doula is present. Doulas know birth, while your partner knows you. Together we make the most well-equipped team to support you and help you navigate your journey in birth. Doulas are as significant in helping partners as they are for mom. Oftentimes partners seek clear direction in how to best show up and support mom during pregnancy and/or labor. Other times partners simply need encouragement and reassurance in the moment. Understandably(!), this isn’t something they do all the time. Even if it isn’t your first child, every birth is it’s own unique experience. The right Doula will offer your partner a continuous soundboard as questions or concerns arise. She makes herself available for the unique support your dyad necessitates.
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Your Doula may engage with you by telephone during early labor until she joins you in your home or at the hospital. She will make herself available in whatever arrangement you’re agreed upon. For scheduled hospital procedures, like an induction or a scheduled C-section, your doula will meet you at the hospital by the agreed upon time whether night or day.
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Absolutely! There are various times throughout the entirety of your pregnancy / labor / birth and immediate postpartum that all of the reasons listed above come into play for having a Doula as support. Additionally, being aware of how to continue to feel emotionally secure and be proactive once receiving the epidural, to help to keep labor progressing, and support in initiating breastfeeding following delivery, are all ways that a Doula can aid in a medicated birth.
A Doula can offer additional insights and information about the various pain medication available, facilitate communication with your partner and care provider, assist in translating medical terms and language / ideas that may not be familiar to you, continue to support and champion your decisions as being right for your family (respecting and appreciating that birth preferences may change), being an extra set of hands / eyes / ears aware of how to help navigate well moving forward; whether the epidural was originally a part of the plan or not.
Supporting you is the priority. Knowing what you want for your birth is the first step to being empowering in your choices. While an epidural will relieve intense sensations, it will not calm your mind. With the help of a Doula, you are meant to feel educated, prepared and confident before labor begins. During labor, the goal is to help you find your rhythm and use comfort measures in early labor so that when you do decide to go to the hospital for pain medication, you will have progressed far enough along and not be sent home. If you choose to use pain medication, the Doula for you will still stay actively engaged and continue to provide emotional and informational support. Modern epidurals are gradual and you can control how much medication you receive. You may still feel sensations and you will still need physical support for comfort and to help with optimal positioning.
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Advocacy is extremely important whether it’s a c-section or vaginal delivery. Doulas sometimes are allowed in the operating room for support. When things are moving quickly she can help you to gain perspective of the situation and help to slow things down and take the “emergency” out of a non-emergency situation. Doulas are there to help remind the partners, doctors and nurses of your birth wishes and help to keep you calm and relaxed.
Your Doula will also be a part of your recovery process to facilitate an uninterrupted “Golden Hour” and the initiation of breastfeeding and bonding.
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“I had the pregnancy and birth of my dreams because of Tonya's care, her heart, and her belief in me. I was able to feel safe and strong in my body, and ready to bring my baby into being. Even amidst difficult medical decisions, Tonya helped me to remember my deepest desires and empowered me to take an active role. If I did it all over again, working with Tonya would be the first choice I make.”
Lucy Osborne, birthing mother
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“Tonya’s grounding and soothing energy was incredible throughout the whole preparation for the birth of our son, and became absolutely essential during labor. Her expertise paired with her ability to deeply listen allowed us to feel present and taken care of. We felt so supported and trusted her so deeply that that we hired her for postpartum care - one of the best decisions we ever made!”
Liv Behre, non-birthing mother
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“Working with Tonya during our first pregnancy was such a special experience we will never forget. Going into the unknowns of pregnancy, it was so valuable to have Tonya by our side, giving us space to be vulnerable and ask any and all questions. Tonya has a warming and calm presence that puts you at ease instantly and that was the type of energy we needed. Thank you Tonya for helping us welcome our baby girl into the world with grace and love!”
Ashley & Jesse
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“Working with Tonya helped to remove the anxiety and fear of expecting our first child. The experience having someone so knowledgeable and caring available to walk us through every step of the pregnancy really put us in a place to truly focus on the love and joy we wanted not only for ourselves but for the child we were bringing into our lives. Tonya helped us understand our options and helped us plan for the childbirth experience that we wanted. She was there to advocate for us in the chaotic delivery room both during labor and after birth. She helped us transform the delivery room into the environment that we envisioned for welcoming our son. Tonya was there postpartum to help with our adjustments and caring for our new little one. Tonya was a blessing to our birthing and postpartum experience.”
Shane Presley, dad
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"Having Tonya there to support us through the birthing process and postpartum was one of the best decisions we could have made. She is incredibly kind, empathetic, and knowledgeable, and the sense of confidence and calm she gave us is impossible to quantify. In the weeks leading up to delivery, she gave us so many tools to help us maintain a sense of calm, and our experience overall was great, in no small part because of Tonya’s guidance and presence. And in those very difficult first few postpartum weeks, she continued to provided tangible help that allowed us to get a little more rest and to feel more sure of ourselves amidst a sharp learning curve. We can’t recommend Tonya enough!”
Deena & Aaron
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“As two physicians, we approached pregnancy and birth with a strong foundation in medical knowledge—but Tonya brought a holistic perspective that truly transformed our experience. From the very beginning, she offered deep wisdom, presence, and intuition that beautifully complemented our clinical understanding throughout pregnancy and beyond. During what became a long and physically demanding labor, she was our anchor. Her calm, spiritual energy created a safe, centered environment that kept us grounded, even when things felt unpredictable. With her endless toolbox of skills, she helped us tune into the emotional and physiological aspects of birth in a way that deepened our connection to the process—and to each other. Her insights empowered us to make informed decisions throughout pregnancy and birth. We truly believe her presence and strong advocacy helped us ultimately achieve the birth we had envisioned and prepared for. Tonya’s support has continued into the postpartum period; her expertise as a lactation consultant guided us during our baby’s first feed immediately after birth & beyond. She has always been available through a simple phone call or text to answer any & every question postpartum. We are profoundly grateful for her care & cannot imagine transitioning into parenthood without her. Tonya is more than a doula to us—she’s a healer, a guide, a friend, and someone we’ll always consider part of our growing family.”
Malika, Nav & Iman
