No. 02
Feeding
Feeding is the part everyone has an opinion about.
What helps is somebody patient at your table, watching a whole feed with you and adjusting the small things — position, timing, the latch that has been stinging. A lactation visit happens in your home; video works when you are further out in the county.
Home visit · $150 Virtual · $75
No. 03
Your own recovery
Nobody hands you a plan for your own body afterwards.
Rest, food, the first walk down the street, the stack of things that did not get done while you were in the chair feeding. A doula works through it alongside you without taking over the room — and quiet company is often the whole point.
Postpartum doula · $40/hour · Days or nights
No. 04
Before the baby arrives
A newborn care class takes an evening, not a semester.
What is normal in the first week, how to soothe a baby who will not settle, how to share the nights between partners, and who to call at three in the morning. You arrive at the due date with your questions already asked.
Newborn care class · $60