Postpartum Doula Support

Nurturing the Family

Whether it’s your first baby or fifth, the postpartum period is a tender and vulnerable time full of new experiences and emotions. It is easy for new parents to disregard their needs for nurturing, care, and support while caring for their newborn. A postpartum doula provides skilled and compassionate support to ensure a healthy and nurtured postpartum transition for the whole family.

Ginger Hollemans, LMSW, CD(DONA) provides non-medical physical, emotional, educational, and family support after the birth of your baby/babies. The postpartum doula’s job is to provide nurturing care and expertise to a family with a new infant in the home. This support can be varied based on individual needs.

Ginger’s role may include assistance with:

  • self-care recovery measures

  • providing information on parent and baby care

  • caring for and feeding of your new baby/babies, including breastfeeding, pumping, and/or bottle feeding support

  • diapering, bathing, and dressing baby

  • babywearing

  • making sure you are nourished and hydrated

  • light housework such as laundry, dishes, and meal/snack prep, and general tidying

  • sibling integration

  • phone calls, visits, and communications for the family

  • errands

  • providing educational resources and making referrals for other services/providers as needed.

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