The Tender Weeks

Postpartum Doula Services

What is often missed, caught early.

The fourth trimester asks for rest, warmth, real food, and a steady witness. I am the quiet infrastructure of those weeks, for you, for your baby, for your whole household.

Length6 to 12 weeks postpartum

CadenceDaily to weekly, scaled to your needs

FormatIn-home visits, day or overnight

What is held within

The shape of the work,
made plain.

I offer every inclusion as a living practice, each one paced to the rhythm your body and family ask for.

Feeding support

Breastfeeding, chestfeeding, bottle, combination. I bring practical, evidence-based help into your home, on your timeline, with warmth and openness.

Herbal and nutritional nourishment

I make you warming broths, sitz baths, postpartum teas, and the ancestral foods that rebuild a body after birth.

Household ease

I take on light meal prep, laundry, sibling care, and the small acts that let you stay in bed with your baby for as long as your body asks.

Watchful check-ins

I watch your mood, bleeding, healing, and sleep, careful observation that catches what is so often missed in a single six-week appointment.

The Rhythm

How the season
unfolds.

Week 1

I visit daily, feeding, sleep, healing, and the first delicate days at home.

Weeks 2 to 3

I come several times a week, nourishment, rest, and the gentle establishment of rhythm.

Weeks 4 to 6

I visit weekly, emotional check-in, feeding refinement, and your return to self.

Through week 12

I continue as long as you need me, as the fourth trimester unfolds.

Begin the conversation
unhurried.

An initial inquiry to me is just that, a slow first letter. I will meet you with warmth and without a calendar between us.

Other Offerings

Continue through the practice.

Birth Doula Services

I bring steady, trained presence through your labor and birth. Comfort practices, advocacy, and a witness who stays with you through every hour, in the hospital, birth center, or at home.

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I offer childbirth education rooted in my Lamaze training and years of experience, available with or without formal certification. Sessions are private, held one on one or in small groups, virtually or in person, so you leave understanding your body, your options, and your birth.

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