PRENATAL Provide 1-2 prenatal visits, depending on mother’s comfort level, using my own educational curriculum and resources. These visits include: -An email with a recommended video collective sent before the prenatal -Teaching time on pregnancy exercise and care -A 60 minute crash course childbirth education (see full childbirth course below) -Discussion of the legal choices involved with childbirth -Assistance with the creation of a personal birth plan -Demonstration of comfort measures that can be done by doula or partner -Access to my full doula library and resources (incl. my loan of birth balls) -Availability with unlimited text, phone and/or email support LABOR/DELIVERY -Offer position suggestions, Spinning Babies techniques, massage, acupressure, and counter pressure -Help with guided breathing techniques -Use hot or cold therapy -Encourage and affirm the mother’s efforts -Provide support with the use of a birth ball, peanut ball, my personal CUB Birth Stool, and my Obi or Elle Labor TENS machine -Create a calm environment that may involve soft lighting, music, or essential oils -Provide clarity on medical information and choice available; discuss the pros/cons of any intervention -Give breaks to the partner or other support persons -Keep track of any necessary data for the progress of labor -Take photographs if desired POSTPARTUM -Attend to the mother and remain after the birth for 1-2 hours if needed -Offer breastfeeding support -Meet with the mother and partner in their home for a postpartum visit -Provide a homecooked meal

LAMAZE INTERNATIONAL CHILDBIRTH COURSE If you would rather me prepare you for childbirth instead of serve as your doula, I offer a standalone childbirth course, which includes up to 180 minutes of private teaching in your home using Lamaze International’s evidence based education along with my own personal curriculum and tools. My childbirth course covers 5 P’s toward preparation and can be spread out over one or two sessions depending on preference. Before the course, you will receive an email with a video collective to watch and example birth plans that can be edited to fit your needs. During the course, you will receive a comprehensive one-on-one education including demonstration and video, fun interactive games and visuals, my bound curriculum, which includes 40 pages of some of my best work as well as an additional 24 page ebook from Lamaze International on the Six Healthy Birth Practices; both resources you get to keep! After completion of the course, I will be available by phone for additional questions, and if possible, can be reached by phone during the birth.

If you are interested in ONLY my personal curriculum and do not need me to privately teach you in your home, I offer my course in digital format. My childbirth course covers 5 P’s of childbirth education: Pathways to Choose Process of Labor & Birth Pain & Coping Positioning Postpartum & Breastfeeding It also includes my own spontaneous labor roadmap and induction roadmap. The entire curriculum is 40 pages and contains 95% of my own work, research, and visuals following years of being a doula. Upon purchase of this curriculum, you will receive a link in your email to download the course and save it to your own computer for forever access. The link will be available for 24 hours after purchase. If there are questions that come up, you are always welcome to contact me! Check out https://www.birthwithmeaning.com/investment ...to watch a flip through of the curriculum. The only pages you will not receive in digital format is Penny Simkin’s Road Map of Labor and the Lamaze International ebook on the Six Healthy Birth Practices. These pages are only available in hard copy for my in-person childbirth course. However, I will mail you the Road Map of Labor for free after purchase!