Doula Services
Mindful, Grounded and Flexible.
Tashana knows that every birth should be supported and celebrated. She approaches birth work with enthusiasm, flexibility and mindfulness. Her role is to support you while, simultaneously, lifting your partner up as a powerful pillar of your birth story.
Services
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You will get unlimited contact with Tashana during your pregnancy to provide you with emotional support, resources, information and professional recommendations
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Tashana will provide emotional and physical support for you and your birth team. She has a tool kit of comfort measure recommendations and coaching tailored to your unique birthing story and preferences.
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Choose your own postpartum package tailored to the needs of your family. Services including nourishment with home cooked meals for you and your family. Breastfeeding support, newborn sleep coaching, birth processing, emotional support as you navigate your postpartum period and more.
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Unique ceremony, art or ritual planning to help you honor your birth and placenta. Options for Placenta Encapsulation immediately after your birth. Tashana will lovingly prepare a 1-3 month supply of your placenta in capsule form to be taken like a vitamin.
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Now Accepting OHP
• Now Accepting OHP
“ Tashana was a wonderful calming presence during my birth process. She was always willing to jump in and help anywhere she was needed and eager to learn and ask questions if something was new to her. She was so kind and responsive to my needs and made me feel so comfortable. She was a true blessing to me and my husband. She helped him to stay calm and focused on helping me through my experience. She truely was an intricate part of my birth experience and i am so thankful for her. “
Client Testimonial
Benefits of Having a Doula
25% less likely to undergo cesarean
31% less likely to use Pitocin
10% less likely to request medication
31% less likely rate your birth negatively
38% less likely to have low agar score at 5 minutes
Birth Planning
Tashana brings a wealth of knowledge about options you may want to consider when writing your birth preferences sheet. She provides evidence based information on all your birthing options so you can make the most informed choices possible.
Lactation Support
She can assist you with initiating newborn feeding as soon as the baby starts to show hunger cues and you feel ready.
Expert Resources
When you work with Tashana as your Doula you are supported throughout the process of learning about birth, pregnancy, newborn and postpartum phases. She will be a guide as you navigate this wide array of information that may feel overwhelming when done alone. As your Doula Tashana will be able to recommend specialists, classes, free resources and more.
Calming Presence During Labor and pregnancy
Tashana can provide direct support during labor with comfort measures, massage, relaxation techniques and positioning.
As your Doula she will remain with the birthing person as needed throughout labor to ensure a grounded calming presence.
Postpartum Processing and Support
At a postpartum visit Tashana will listen to your family as you process your birth experience together. She can offer resources such as support groups, counsellors, lactations consultants, physical therapists, pelvic floor specialists, and more.
Schedule a Meeting!
Get to know your doula and find your perfect fit
Get in contact to schedule a 30 minute interview via zoom to get to know each other and find the best way to meet your unique needs.
