Other Services I Offer

Baby’s Nest Doula Services Newborn Care offers a wide variety of services tailored to meet the needs of newborn babies while alleviating stress from the shoulders of new parents so they can enjoy the precious moments with their new child.

My services include, but are not limited to

  • Newborn Care Specialist
  • Night Nurse, Baby Nurse
  • Postpartum Doula
  • Support breastfeeding for mothers and management
  • Skills with preemies and special needs babies
  • Kangaroo Care
  • Night Nanny
  • Temporary Babysitter
  • Sleep Training
  • Scheduling baby’s routine

How to get your baby to sleep and why sleep routines are important for your baby:

  • I can help schedule your baby’s routines day and night
  • I do in-person or over-the-phone consultation
  • Postpartum Depression Support
  • Premature Infants/Preemies
  • Offering a professional care for the newborn baby
  • Comfort Techniques
  • Soothing techniques for baby’s colic, Acid Reflux and GERD
  • Multiples and Singleton
  • Breastfeeding/Pump/Formula Preparation
  • Maintenance and organization of the Babies Nursery
  • Establishes feeding schedules
  • Establishes sleeping patterns
  • Helping Day or Night
  • 24 hrs shifts depending on availably
  • Shifts of 8, 10 or 12 hrs
  • Contracts of 4 weeks to 6 months
  • Sleeping training Consultation

What Is A Postpartum Doula?

A Postpartum Doula is a non-judgmental woman, nurturing mothers to recover from childbirth and transition with the new baby home. She is a non-medical caregiver, who helps the mother adjust to her life in the home with the newborn. She supports the mom and dad emotionally and provides information for their concerns. She is a breastfeeding support person for the mom and the baby and she provides care for older siblings and keeps the household running, so that the mother and baby can rest, bond, and recover.

Common Postpartum Doula Duties

  • Grocery shopping and errands (for day shift only)
  • Caring for older siblings if you have any
  • Emotional, physical e educational support
  • light meals (daytime only)
  • Help with breastfeeding  for mom and baby
  • Assistance with baby care, bathing, swaddling and soothing techniques
  • light housekeeper (if the time permits)    
  • Baby laundry

What is a Newborn Care Specialist?

A Newborn Care Specialist is a person who received specialized education in the care of newborns. Their training is focused on the care of newborns through the first three months of life. Newborn care Specialist is different from Doula in that their role is specifically geared towards infant care and educating the parents on newborns issues.

Common Newborn Specialist Duties

Circumcision and umbilical care

  • Bottle cleaning and sterilization
  • Educate and teach parents how care for the baby
  • Help and assist with breastfeeding issues
  • Colicky and Reflux
  • Organization & maintenance of the nursery
  • Soothing techniques
  • bathing, diapering, and swaddling
  • Creating a regular feeding schedule
  • Assist in establishing healthy sleep patterns
  • Sleep-training the newborn if applicable
  • Maintain the log’s baby of eating, sleeping and behavioral patterns
  • Complete care of the newborn at night
  • Provide parents time to sleep
  • Bring newborn to nursing mom (if breastfeeding)

What is Postpartum Belly Binding?

Belly binding can be an important part of recovering from childbirth. Using cotton, muslin, or silk your abdomen is wrapped snuggly in order to support your natural body’s healing process. Belly binding has traditionally been used to provide the postpartum body the support to assist the abdomen wall muscles retraction, improve posture, support loosened ligaments, and provide support for the torso while vital organs return to their pre-pregnancy size and position, binding can be done over your clothes or under using an under wrap.

What are the Benefits of Belly Binding?

There are several benefits of postpartum belly binding, including:
  • Repairing the diastasis recti
    • During pregnancy, the growing uterus stretches the muscles in the abdomen. This can cause the two large parallel bands of muscles that meet in the middle of the abdomen to separate — a condition called diastasis recti or diastasis recti abdominis.
  • The Malaysian technique of Bengkung binding:
    • Helpful in bringing those bands of muscles back together in order for the Linea Alba, or connective tissue, to strengthen and support the muscles more effectively.
  • Pelvic Support:
    • In addition to supporting the abdominal area, belly binding also provides support for your pelvic area. During childbirth, a woman’s body produces something called Relaxin, which helps her body physically become looser and more flexible in order to birth her baby. When binding postpartum, we take advantage of the Relaxin in the body by putting pressure on the hips and pelvis to go back to its pre-pregnancy state more easily. This also helps to firm and support the areas that are still loose from pregnancy as the Relaxin reduces in the body.
  • Lower back support:
    • The Bengkung method of binding is also helpful in supporting the lower back. It is well known that the abdominal muscles have a direct relationship to the back muscles. The abdominal muscles and back muscles are key components of [a] muscular network, and provide the strength to keep the body upright and for movement. When these core muscles are in poor condition, additional stress is applied to the spine as it supports the body, and back injury or back pain is more likely. With the abdominal support, the back is supported as well. Having lower back support helps to reduce strain and improves posture.
  • Emotional/Spiritual benefits:
    • Many women enjoy the modesty of being able to breastfeed without the worry of their belly being exposed. Women also enjoy the process of taking care of their bodies and being able to focus on their recovery and the healing process. They are able to really take that time out each day for self-care and get in touch with their new self and their new role as a mother. Many women use binding as a spiritual or symbolic closure of their pregnancy; especially if they didn’t receive the birth they envisioned.

What Does My Fee Include?

  • 100% cotton muslin wrap.
  • Additional wraps are available for purchase in varying designs and colors and for an additional fee.
  • 1 binding session is $125 with personal instruction on how to wrap yourself.
  • Additional sessions are also available to purchase for $50 each.
  • Out of area service fee may apply depending on the area i will travel to bind.

When Should I Get Wrapped?

It is recommended that for a vaginal delivery, you be wrapped within the first week postpartum and, if you have had a cesarean. 4-6 weeks postpartum with a doctor’s approval. You will continue to wrap for each day, for about 8 to 12 hours, up to around the 40 day mark.