A birth doula provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support throughout your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey. They offer evidence-based guidance on birth plans, pain management techniques, and postpartum recovery, helping to create a positive and empowering experience. A birth doula is there to advocate for your preferences, provide comfort measures, and support both the birthing person and their partner. Research shows that having a birth doula can lead to shorter labors, fewer interventions, and a more satisfying overall experience.
Outaouais Birth Doulas
Empower your birth
Our Gatineau Doulas, With you every step of the way
Our Gatineau doulas are highly trained professionals dedicated to offering expert guidance and compassionate support during significant health-related experiences, including childbirth, miscarriage, induced abortion, or stillbirth in the Ottawa, Gatineau areas.
Advocacy
Our Gatineau doulas educate and empower pregnant people and their families so they make informed decisions regarding their health care.
Non judgemental
Our Gatineau doulas are open minded and provide an active listening ear. Your doula is a non-judgmental support person.
Resources
Our Gatineau doulas provide you with evidence based resources to help you make your decisions throughout your pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
Why hire one of our Gatineau doulas?
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What is a Doula?
Postpartum doula FAQ
Birth doula FAQ
A postpartum doula provides evidenced-based information on things such as infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from birth, parent-baby bonding, infant soothing, and basic newborn care. A postpartum doula lends a hand and offers knowledge and support once you bring your baby home.Research shows that parents, and babies have an easier time with this transition if a good support team is in place.
- Feeding support
- Support for emotional and physical recovery after birth
- Light housekeeping (e.g., laundry, dishes, tidying up)
- Assistance with newborn care, such as changing, bathing, feeding and comforting
- Meal preparation
- Baby soothing techniques
- Referrals to local resources such as classes, breastfeeding support groups and other parenting support groups.
Postpartum doulas don’t do things like offer medical advice, provide medical care, or speak for the parent or family on any medical matters. Our doulas are not nannies, they are trained professionals that assist in the 4th trimester.
Often, so much focus is on preparing for labor and birth that when a new baby comes home, parents can feel like they’ve been thrown into the deep end. Support from a postpartum doula can help ease the transition for first-time parents and for those growing to a family with other children.
You might want a postpartum doula’s help during the first few days after coming home with your new baby. Or you might hire doulas for multiple days of the week for the first several weeks.
- Prenatal visits to discuss your birth plan, preferences, and any concerns you may have.
- Continuous support during labor and delivery
- Emotional support
- Advocacy for your birth preferences
- Guidance on labor progression, pain management options, and interventions
- Support for your partner or other birth companions
- Assistance with the immediate postpartum period
- Preparation for the postpartum period
- Perform medical tasks such as checking vital signs, administering medications, or delivering the baby.
- Make decisions on behalf of the birthing person or their family; they provide information and support to help you make informed choices.
- Replace the role of a midwife, doctor, or nurse during labor and delivery.
- Take over the role of your partner or other support persons; instead, they work alongside them to enhance their involvement.
- Provide postpartum care beyond the immediate hours after birth (this is typically the role of a postpartum doula).
- Prescribe treatments or give medical advice; they offer evidence-based information but leave medical decisions to you and your healthcare provider.
Prices
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Birth doula 1400$ +tx
This package includes two 1.5-hour prenatal consultations in your home. Your doula will be on call starting at 37 weeks of pregnancy. They will attend your birth and provide immediate postpartum support. Your doula will visit you in your home once after your birth.
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Birth + Postpartum 1650$ +tx
In this package, you receive two 1.5-hour prenatal consultations in your home. Your doula will be on call starting at 37 weeks of pregnancy and will attend your birth, providing immediate postpartum support. Additionally, you will have 8 hours of postpartum services that can be divided between 2-3 visits.
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3 hr postpartum 155$ +tx
In this package, you receive a 1-hour prenatal consultation to discuss postpartum needs, along with 3 hours of postpartum services for a single visit.
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8 hr postpartum 400$ +tx
In this package, you receive a 1-hour prenatal consultation to discuss postpartum needs, along with 8 hours of postpartum services that can be scheduled across up to 2 visits.
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Custom package TBD
You aren't sure about what you need? Contact us to book a personalized package.
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12hr postpartum 575$ +tx
In this package, you receive a 1-hour prenatal consultation to discuss postpartum needs, along with 12 hours of postpartum services that you can schedule across up to 4 visits.
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18hr postpartum 800$ +tx
In this package, you receive a 1-hour prenatal consultation to discuss postpartum needs, along with 18 hours of postpartum services that you can schedule across up to 6 visits.
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* Sliding scale
If the price is an obstacle for you and your family, please don't hesitate to message us to discuss a sliding scale.
Our doulas
Chanel
Chanel, a mother of two young children, has found that parenthood deeply changed her outlook on life. This transformation ignited her interest in the perinatal period. She is merging her past teaching experience and her aspiration to share knowledge in a way that empowers new parents to experience their parenting journey as they have always dreamed. Chanel is a certified babywearing consultant with the National Institute of Babywearing (INPE) and a doula.
Kaëlla
Kaella has a passion for birth work that is contagious. Her extensive knowledge of perinatal needs is unparalleled, especially within the Outaouais region. This stems from her diligent work in this area over the past five years. She is deeply committed to providing the best possible care and support for the families she serves.
Hannah
As a mother of three young children, Hannah understands the beauty and challenges of parenting, underscoring the importance of community support during this life phase. Hannah is a birth doula, a breastfeeding counselor , an artist, and a childbirth educator.
Hannah is a dedicated member of the community who loves to bring her perinatal expertise to the table.
Gillian
Gillian has over a decade of birth experience, starting in her teens and eventually training as a midwife. She values the lessons from each birth and is passionate about infant feeding support, herbal education, and mental health. Gillian enjoys gardening, music, and nature with her partner and son. While she's most comfortable in English, she's actively relearning French after years in BC.
