Our Doulas typically arrive at your home at 10pm. This is the perfect time to ask all of your questions, share your concerns, and discuss your goals. Then it's time for you to get your sleep. Your doula will settle in for the night in the nursery or the designated space and take over the care of your baby while you sleep. When it is time to feed, the doula will either assist with bottle feeding or help with breast feeding if needed. She can do baby-focused tasks such as cleaning and sterilizing bottle and pump parts, folding baby laundry, refilling diaper stations, etc. Your doula assures your baby is sleeping in a safe sleep manner according to the AAP. She can help with sleep shaping and sleep conditioning. Your doula will help you determine how much your baby should be eating and sleeping each day. The best part about having Goodnight Bloom Doula as part of your team is that you can rest assured that you have the most experienced, professional doula possible caring for your precious baby. This way you can sleep deeply trusting that your little on is being cared for and loved on! At 6 am, when it's time to go home, your will make sure the app with the details of the night is updated and she will share any notable information before she leaves.

Here are some common reasons families reach out to us for support with their newborns:

- First-time parents

- Parents of multiples

- Those recovering from a cesarean section

- Families with limited local support

- Women planning to breastfeed

- Women planning to pump

- Families planning to bottle feed

- Families with other young children

- Individuals at risk for or experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety

- Families with premature babies

- Parents who had difficult deliveries

- Babies with colic or reflux

- Families experiencing high levels of anxiety

- Babies with special needs

- New parents with limited experience

- Mothers who were on bed rest during pregnancy

Every family is different! While some families want help 7 nights a week for 3 months, others might just want a few nights over the first few weeks to help them rest and avoid being completely overwhelmed with exhaustion. We will discuss your goals for your postpartum support and help you come up with the best plan for your family. Our most popular option is to start with 4-5 nights a week and slowly taper down over the course of 8-12 weeks.

As soon as you possibly can! We have repeat clients who call us as soon as they get their positive pregnancy test to ensure we are available for their family. We highly encourage you not to delay in requesting a consultation. During our consultation we will discuss our availability so you'll know if it aligns with your needs. We have to refer out so many amazing families because we just don't have the ability to take every client who inquires with us. So book your consultation as soon as you think you are ready to hear more! Don't be discouraged if you are later in your pregnancy, often as time goes on, our personal schedules open up a little more and we can take last minute inquiries, that's one of the best parts of working with a team of doulas!

Breastfeeding mamas need as much sleep as humanly possible, it's exhausting! Newborns are noisy sleepers, so we recommend having your baby in a separate sleep space on the nights the doula is there. You doula will stay with your baby all night and when it's time to feed they will wake you. As soon as you have finished feeding they will take the baby from you to burp, change, swaddle, soothe back to sleep and hold upright for a minimum of 20 minutes to lessen the chance of gas or reflux. As many people know, this latter part often takes a lot of time and many breastfeeding babies are almost ready for their next feed by the time you lay them down in their sleep space! So having a doula means you wake up, feed, and go right back to sleep! Those precious extra minutes of sleep turn into hours before you know it and you will feel so much more rested come morning.

Family and friends offer incredible support after the arrival of a baby, but they might not always provide the same level of experience or impartial guidance as a Doula. Your Doula serves as a guide, helping you navigate your unique journey, finding what works best for you and your baby. While loved ones often share their opinions and may believe their methods are the best, many clients find that the support from their Doula empowers them to more effectively communicate their needs to family, leading to more helpful and understanding support.

A typical shift is a minimum of 8 hours. We recommend 10pm - 6am to maximize your sleep

While your baby is sleeping, your doula will take that time to make sure the bottles and pump parts are cleaned and sterilized, all pumped milk is stored properly, any frozen milk is thawed according to the AAP for the next feed. This is also the time when they can fold some baby laundry, help set up bottles of milk or formula for the following day, restock the diaper stations, update the baby tracker app, and complete any other baby focused tasks that you agreed upon for that night. Once everything is complete, she will relax and rest until baby wakes up for the next feed.

Yes! All of our doulas are certified with either DONA or CAPPA, or both!

Yes! Because we are certified with DONA and/or CAPPA we are able to work with clients who have certain insurance coverage. We love working with Carrot Fertility clients and those clients whose private insurance reimburses them for postpartum services!

Once you have signed your contract we require a retainer fee to lock your dates on our calendar. Once your services start, we send a weekly invoice every Sunday. We accept payment via Venmo, Zelle, Check or cash.