Website: www.birthandmothersmilk.com
Email: blossomd@rochester.rr.com
Phone: (315) 462-3394
Type of Practice: Solo practice
Clients per Month: 1 to 2 births and 1 to 1 postpartum families
Birth and Postpartum DoulaBirth Doula Experience: 8 years and 50 births attended
Postpartum Doula Experience: 1 years and 4 families served
City of residence: Clifton Springs
Travel range: 40 miles
Travel comments/restrictions:
Languages spoken: English
Birth Doula Certifications- DONA (DONA International)
Breastfeeding Certifications- Certified Lactation Counselor (The Center for Breastfeeding)
- WIC Certified Breastfeeding Peer Counselor
Childbirth Educator CertificationsOther Credentials- LMT/LMP (Licensed Massage Therapist/Practitioner)
College EducationSpecialized training or previous experience:- Over 40
- Families conceiving with ART and IVF
- VBAC
- Home Birth
- Adoption
- Relinquishing mothers
- Single parents
- Cesarean birth
- Waterbirth
Special services available:- Mother blessing celebrations
- Prenatal or postnatal massage
- Birth Pool rental
- Acupressure and/or acupuncture in labor
- Cloth diapering education
- Reduced rates for women considering adoption
- Antepartum doula
Relevant volunteer or advocacy work: Referral Coordinator for Doula Cooperative of Rochester
As needed, I advocate for breastfeeding and midwifery law changes and local happenings.
Postpartum limits/restrictions: No over nights
No indoor smokers
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
I come to your home for support before traveling to hospital.
I stay with you after the birth until after the first nursing, you are settled, have caught your breath and are ready to be alone together with your baby (1-3 hours.)
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Attends home births? Any Home Birth
I do not provide services for families who do not plan to have a medical attendant present (unassisted/free birth). All other home birthing families are very welcome and I specialize in supporting families having a home birth.
Birth doula fee: $300 to $500
Postpartum doula hourly rate: $15 to $25
Fee details: My Birth doula fee is an all-inclusive flat rate, But I also offer payment options and For lower income families I offer a reduced fee and I accept barter for partial payment. As a postpartum doula I offer packages which reduce the over all hourly rate or I charge a flat hourly rate for families not interested in a package.
