My Offerings
What I Offer
I will be a spiritual guard, continuously praying physical and spiritual protection over you and your baby. I will protect your birth space, ensuring that you can focus on everything within your body, while I focus on everything outside of your body. From dimming lights, to reminding your birth team to maintain low voices, to advocating for your birth plan, and everything in between. I will always point you back to yourself and God. I will be your cheerleader, offering encouragement that matches your energy.
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My Offerings
My offerings are paid services, each one prayerfully designed to walk with you through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
•Everything included in the Rooted Offering.
•Rental of birth pool, pump, and hose.
•Labor-aid (electrolyte drink) prepared and brought to birth.
•Groaning cake prepared and brought to birth.
•Snacks prepared and brought for birth.
•2 postpartum meals which can be prepared and brought before or after birth depending on your preference.
•Perineum healing herbs to be used for a sitz bath and/or in a peri bottle.
•Monthly 1 ½ hour prenatal visits beginning at 5 months where we build a relationship of trust and understanding; explore your birth vision, values, and intentions together; and prepare ourselves mentally, physically, and spiritually for your birth.
•Access to my tools, and assistance using them during prenatal visits- manual blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, fetoscope, tape measurer, doppler.
•24/7 phone and text support beginning at the time of hire until 6 weeks postpartum.
•On-call availability beginning 3 weeks before your estimated due date until birth.
•Continuous labor support from the moment you notify me, including regular phone calls and text message check-ins until I join you at the birth location.
•My continual presence and physical, emotional, practical, and spiritual support during your birthing time and up to 3 hours after birth.
•Access to contents of my birth bag during labor. Items include fetoscope, Pinard horn, Doppler, stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, cord clamps, scalpels, tape measurer, gloves, mirror, ambu bag, birth kit, emesis bags, essential oils for topical use and/or aromatherapy, birthing ball, peanut ball, rebozo, massage oil and tools, reflexology comb, eye mask, headband headphones, electric heating pad, handheld fan, herbal tinctures, hand held mirror, baby scale and more.
•Photos and/or videos as previously agreed upon.
•Birth timeline/notes from my perspective.
•2 in-home postpartum visits of 2 hours, supporting you and your family in whatever ways you need, from light housework, entertaining older children, meal preparation, newborn care, birth processing, breastfeeding support, and physical and emotional support.
•Additional postpartum visits can be added at a rate of $50 per hour.
•Unlimited borrows from my lending library.
•Regular emails and texts with content pertinent to your stage of pregnancy and current concerns.
•1 notarized witness letter for use in acquiring birth certificate and social security number for your baby, if applicable and desired.
What can you expect during your birth?
I will ensure you are well nourished and hydrated. I will ensure that you have food and drink readily available and offer it to you frequently. My goal is to get you to drink 16 ounces of fluids every hour, and to pee every hour. This keeps you and baby hydrated, and replenishes amniotic fluid if your waters have released. Emptying your bladder gives baby more space to navigate, and the change of position when physically moving to and from the bathroom, can help baby to wiggle down.
I will encourage you to change positions if there are signs that you are at a physical or emotional roadblock. I believe that birth progresses perfectly when a woman listens to her body and moves in the ways that feel best to her.
Occasionally there are mental or physical barriers that can temporarily prevent a woman from moving in ways that can help baby to move down and out. Those are the times I might ask if you’d like a recommendation for a different position. I will respect your autonomy at all times and obtain your expressed consent prior to touching you or your baby.
I will encourage you to surrender to, and embrace, the birth process. I will provide physical and emotional support to you, your family, and the rest of your support team. I will take photos and/or videos if you’d like, and perform any other tasks previously agreed upon. This is not an all inclusive list and I’m happy to support you in whatever ways I’m able to.
What to Expect When We Walk Together
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During your prenatal visits we will build a relationship of trust and understanding, explore your birth plan/vision together, and prepare ourselves mentally, physically, and spiritually for your birth. You will have access to my tools, and assistance using them- blood pressure cuff, fetoscope, tape measurer, doppler. Regular emails with content pertinent to your gestation. Unlimited borrows from my lending library. 24/7 Phone and text support beginning at the time of hire until 2 weeks postpartum.
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Continuous labor support from the moment you notify me, including regular phone calls and text message check-ins until I join you at the birth location. My continual presence and physical, emotional, and practical support during your birthing time and up to 3 hours after birth. Access to contents of my birth bag including fetoscope, stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, cord clamps, tape measurer, gloves, mirror, ambu bag, birth kit, emesis bags, essential oils for topical use and/or aromatherapy, birthing ball, massage oil and tools, reflexology comb, eye mask, headband headphones, electric heating pad, handheld fan, herbal tinctures, hand held mirror, sling and scale… Photos and/or videos as previously agreed upon.
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In-home postpartum visits of 2 hours each, supporting you and your family in whatever ways you need, from light housework, entertaining older children, meal preparation, newborn care, birth processing, breastfeeding support, and physical and emotional support. Unlimited borrows from my lending library. 1 notarized witness letter for use in acquiring birth certificate and social security number for your baby. Additional postpartum visits can be added at a rate of $50 per hour.