These sessions are designed to help you feel informed, grounded, and prepared.

During your prenatal visits we will:

• build and customize a tailored birth plan for you

• set intentions for your birth experience

• explore your preferences for comfort measures, environment, and decision making

• review what to expect in labor and early postpartum

• discuss prenatal, birth, and postpartum resources available in Minnesota (local classes, lactation support, mental health care, newborn services, and community programs)

• talk through partner roles and ways to feel supported as a team

• address any questions, fears, or hopes you have leading up to your birth

Hands-on comfort measures including positioning, massage, heat/cold therapy, & guiding you through breath work

Assistance in setting your birth space with comfort items such as aroma therapy, lights, affirmations, photos, and music

Supporting your partner to feel involved, grounded, and tended to in the birthing process

Intentional care throughout— making sure you are staying hydrated, nourished, and emotionally grounded

Helping you advocate and communicate your birth plan to your care team— making sure your preferences are thoroughly understood

Support in the hours immediately after birth

Advocacy for your immediate postpartum wishes regarding you, your baby, and your care plan for both

Assistance with early lactation if breastfeeding

Grounding emotional support as you mentally, physically, and emotionally transition out of labor

Knowledgable guidance and reassurance for you and your partner

Tending to you and your partners needs— nourishment, rest, comfort, making plans for the first day/night with your baby

Ongoing text support through the week(s) postpartum and you heal and recover

An in-home postpartum visit check in on your emotional, physical, and mental well-being— recapping your birth experience and discussing newborn care

Additional postpartum hours are available to book for clients desiring expanded postpartum care.