Question 1

Who provides the ingredients for the food? Do you cook the food in your home or ours?

Accepted Answer

You buy the ingredients and I cook in your home.

Question 2

How long is an in-home postpartum care visit and what do you do during the visits?

Accepted Answer

The postpartum visits are 3 hours. During the visits, I do whatever you need most that day. Often it looks like me giving you a massage, cooking food and snacks, us talking while I cook and you feed the baby. I can do light housework, holding your baby while you nap or have a shower, changing bed sheets, or running a bath for you. My support is physical, practical, informational, and emotional.

Question 3

What area do you work in, doing postpartum doula care?

Accepted Answer

I work in Castlemaine, Kyneton, Bendigo, Daylesford, and nearby areas. If I need to drive more than 30 minutes, I will need to add the cost for petrol/travel.

Question 4

What is Closing of Bones?

Accepted Answer

Closing of Bones is a traditional Mexican and Moroccan ritual or ceremony that includes massage, wrapping with rebozos, rocking and resting.

Question 5

When should I book?

Accepted Answer

I suggest booking at around week 30-35. You can contact me earlier for a chat to see if we are a good fit.

Question 6

Why do you offer postpartum care packages?

Accepted Answer

I offer postpartum packages because they are 'wrap-around' postpartum care and support. Each package includes a postpartum planning session while you're pregnant, 3, 6 or 10 in-home postpartum care visits, a gift or gifts for the mother, borrowing from my book library, links, information and resources covering related topics like sleep, postnatal mood disorders and breastfeeding, and text and email support between visits.

Question 7

Regarding massage, how do I care for my baby while I have a massage?

Accepted Answer

I work around you and your baby's needs. There are several options. Having someone else available to hold your baby is ideal, but your baby can be on the massage table with you, or asleep nearby. I can keep an eye on the baby.

Question 8

Tell me more about the postpartum planning session please.

Accepted Answer

The postpartum planning session is very important. It's about 60-90 minutes. It's when we talk about the 5 postpartum pillars or needs and how you can get them, how you can build your village, what your challenges are as a postpartum mother, food preferences, and more. I like to do the planning session at about week 30-35, so you can continue to have time to plan your postpartum after our session.

Question 9

How is postpartum massage different from other massage?

Accepted Answer

Postpartum massage uses long, gentle, and slow strokes. Mothers often lie on their side with pillows if needed. Postpartum massage helps aid recovery after pregnancy and childbirth, as well as soreness from breastfeeding and holding your baby. Key areas for massage tend to be back, shoulders, arms and neck. Postpartum massage helps circulation and swelling. It's time for you to be pampered.
Note: After a caesarean, you will need to wait 4-6 weeks after birth, until your postnatal caregiver says that your scar has healed.

Support for new mothers in Castlemaine and surrounding areas

FAQs:

What's the next step?

Frequently asked questions

Who provides the ingredients for the food? Do you cook the food in your home or ours?

How long is an in-home postpartum care visit and what do you do during the visits?

What area do you work in, doing postpartum doula care?

What is Closing of Bones?

When should I book?

Why do you offer postpartum care packages?

Regarding massage, how do I care for my baby while I have a massage?

Tell me more about the postpartum planning session please.

How is postpartum massage different from other massage?

FAQs:

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What's the next step?

Frequently asked questions

Who provides the ingredients for the food? Do you cook the food in your home or ours?

How long is an in-home postpartum care visit and what do you do during the visits?

What area do you work in, doing postpartum doula care?

What is Closing of Bones?

When should I book?

Why do you offer postpartum care packages?

Regarding massage, how do I care for my baby while I have a massage?

Tell me more about the postpartum planning session please.

How is postpartum massage different from other massage?