Plan Before the Baby Arrives

$150 | Private 60-minute virtual session

Postpartum can feel gentler when the practical decisions are made before exhaustion begins.

This private planning session helps expecting parents prepare for recovery, rest, feeding, newborn care, household rhythms, and the support they may need after birth.

You will leave with thoughtful recommendations shaped around your family—not a generic checklist.

In-Home Postpartum Planning

$250 | Private 90-minute in-home planning session

An in-home session allows us to consider how postpartum care will work within the actual rhythm and layout of your household.

This option is especially helpful for families preparing older siblings for the baby’s arrival. We can discuss age-appropriate expectations, changing routines, protected one-on-one time, family roles, emotional transitions, and practical ways to help siblings feel included without placing responsibility for the baby upon them.

The session may also include planning feeding and recovery stations, nursery flow, overnight-care logistics, visitor boundaries, partner responsibilities, pet considerations, and the support your household may need after birth.

In-home sessions are subject to location and availability. Travel arrangements may apply outside Philadelphia and the Main Line.

Included with Reserved Continuity Care

One virtual or in-home postpartum planning session is included at no additional cost for families who sign a Reserved Continuity Care agreement and submit the required 80-hour birth-month retainer.

If a stand-alone planning session is purchased first and the family later reserves continuity care, the amount paid for the session may be applied toward the required retainer.

What We Can Plan Together

  • Postpartum recovery and realistic rest

  • Feeding, pumping, bottle, or combination-feeding preparation

  • Overnight routines and newborn-care support

  • Recovery and feeding stations throughout the home

  • Partner, family, visitor, sibling, and pet considerations

  • Cesarean-recovery preparation

  • Household responsibilities and backup support

  • The amount and type of professional postpartum care that may fit your family

  • Questions, concerns, and trusted referrals for needs outside my scope

What Is Included

  • Your selected private planning session: 60 minutes virtually or 90 minutes in your home

  • A brief pre-session questionnaire so we can use the hour well

  • Individualized guidance based on your recovery, feeding preferences, household, location, and expected support

  • A concise follow-up email summarizing your priorities and next steps

  • Appropriate professional referrals when needs extend beyond postpartum doula care

Planning Support, Not Medical Care

This is a personalized, evidence-informed postpartum-planning service. It does not replace prenatal, medical, mental-health, pediatric, or clinical lactation care.

The session may be purchased as a stand-alone service. Families who later wish to reserve in-home postpartum care will complete a separate introductory conversation, service agreement, and retainer process. Purchasing a planning session does not reserve postpartum-care dates.

Reserve Your Planning Session

Complete the request below to begin. I will review your information, confirm available appointment times, and provide payment instructions. Your session is confirmed once payment has been received.