Postpartum doula supportin Montreal
Two hours in your home in the first weeks after the birth, on Montreal Island. The visitors have gone and the house has got quiet, which is usually when the questions start. Healing, feeding, sleep, and the conversation nobody ever schedules.
Who this is for
Anyone in the first six weeks after birth — many families use the visit in the first week or two, when the questions tend to pile up. Second-time parents with a toddler already in the house, who is working out what has just happened too. And anyone who wants to talk the birth through out loud with someone who will not rush it.
Questions about recovery — and when to contact your care provider
Bleeding, stitches, afterpains, the first shower, the first walk. I can tell you what people commonly experience and help you work out what is worth raising with your midwife or doctor. Most of the worry in the first week comes from not knowing what to expect.
Feeding, however it is actually going
Latch, positions, supply, pumping, bottles. I work with whatever you are actually doing rather than what you were told you should be doing, and I say plainly when something needs a lactation consultant instead of me.
Going back over the birth
Out loud, in order, at your pace. If I was with you at the birth I can fill in the parts you did not see. This matters far more than people expect, and it is usually the part no one makes room for.
A meal, the laundry, a shower on your own
A meal, a load of laundry, the baby held while you shower or sleep. Practical help is not a lesser kind of care in that first week. I try to read the room as well: some visits are for doing, and some are for staying out of the way.
Referrals, when you need someone who is not me
Referrals if you want them, for lactation, pelvic floor or perinatal mental health. I would rather hand you to the right person than be the only one you have.
Where my part ends
I am not a lactation consultant, a nurse or a therapist. There is a great deal I can help with, and there are things that need one of those instead — I will say so plainly rather than improvise, and I will help you find the right person.
- A clearer idea of what to expect, and when to call your care provider
- Practical feeding support for what you are actually doing
- Your birth told back to you in your own order
- Phone and text still open afterwards, for the questions the visit did not cover
- Two hours, in your home
- Any time in the first six weeks
- Montreal Island
- In English or in Spanish
- Included in the birth package
- Extra postpartum visits can be added
- Overnight stays, 10pm to 6am, can be added
Usually in the first week or two, when the visitors have gone and the reality has arrived. We arrange the timing once the baby is here.
Yes. The first weeks are hard on both of you, and the person holding everything together often needs the visit most.
Then say so. I will listen without making it into a crisis, and if you would be better served by a perinatal mental health professional I will help you find one.
Kind words from the familiesLina has supported
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