Birth Continuum Support 

Grounded, intuitive support throughout your pregnancy and birth journey. Blue Hour Birth is a holistic doula practice nurturing and honoring new and growing families through the transformative portal of pregnancy, birth and postpartum. My hope is that this support helps to nourish families and communities so that we might reclaim the ceremony of birth in all its forms and create a new collective future of autonomy, connection and wholeness. 

Foundational support included in all birth offerings:

  • regular text/phone support from sign-on

  • on-call 24/7 labor and birth support beginning at 36 weeks

  • embodied, professional support during labor in all environments

  • 3-4 prenatal visits that include the following

    • basic childbirth and postpartum education 

    • support creating your birth vision document

    • birth arts (watercolor and fiber), lineage mapping and ceremony meant to support your integration and becoming

    • postpartum prep: home organization, meal prep, sleep, infant care and feeding support 

    • 3-4 nutritive herbal teas catered to each stage of your pregnancy

Current Offerings:

HELD

Pregnancy & Birth Support

care during pregnancy, through labor and birth

  • regular text and phone support from sign-on

  • on-call 24/7 labor and birth support beginning at 36 weeks

embodied, professional advocacy and support during labor in all environments

  • 3-4 prenatal meetings, as desired

  • two (3) hour postpartum visits 

package size and pricing may vary, we’ll work together to craft a plan to fit your family’s needs and desires

THE ORCHARD

Full-Spectrum Birth and Postpartum Support

care beginning during pregnancy, through labor and birth, transitioning to holistic postpartum care through the full “fourth trimester,” or the first forty days after birth, when we’ll create a container for deep nourishment and remineralization, healing, integration and support

click here to view full postpartum offerings

  • regular text and phone support from sign-on

  • on-call 24/7 labor and birth support beginning at 36 weeks

  • embodied, professional advocacy and support during labor in all environments

  • six (3) hr postpartum visits

package size and pricing may vary, we’ll work together to craft a plan to fit your family’s needs and desires

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