Dream Deliveries
Your Orange County Doula Service!
What specific services do we provide?
We specialize in mentoring women throughout the entire childbearing year. Our services fall into three categories - Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, Postpartum and Breastfeeding. All are included in our basic service.
Pregnancy/ Pre-natal Period
 | 24 hours a day on call emotional and educational support during entire pregnancy |
| Development of individualized birth plan |
| 3 pre-natal visits with unlimited e-mail and telephone contact |
| 1 visit with you and your health care provider to clarify your goals and wishes |
| Trained to help women though bed rest, hypertension, diabetes or other complications in pregnancy |
| Recommendations (herbal and non-herbal) for easing discomforts of pregnancy (nausea, swelling etc.) |
| Extensive education (latest medical journals) on topics you have questions about |
Labor and Delivery
*We never leave your side (unless you want us to)! Your comfort is our top priority and tending to your emotional and physical needs is our primary responsibility! Wherever you choose to give birth, we will advocate for your goals and desires, both with the medical staff and with family members. We will do everything in our power to help you fulfill your vision of a great birth experience!
| Labor support/ coaching from onset of labor to several hours after birth, Our goal is to be a consistent (we don't leave!) support in the midst of changing nurses and exhausted family members |
| Initial labor support at your home in early labor until it is time to go to the hospital or birth center |
| Help deciphering "Am I really in labor?" |
| Help with breathing techniques for labor |
| Positioning during labor to help with comfort and efficiency of contractions |
| Provide relaxing music to labor by |
| Competent in interpreting fetal monitoring strip |
| Trained to support laboring women in the home, hospital or birth center |
| Trained to understand and explain needed medical interventions |
| Complimentary photos of your birth experience |
| Trained in alternative therapies (massage, aromatherapy, birth ball, positioning) |
| Trained to help women achieve Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) |
Postpartum and Breastfeeding
| 24 hours a day on call breastfeeding and postpartum support |
| Help with baby's first feeding |
| Recommendations for relief of engorgement and other common breastfeeding discomforts (thrush, plugged ducts, mastitis) |
| Recommendations for flat or inverted nipples |
| 1 postpartum visit |
| Unlimited e-mail and telephone contact during postpartum period |
| Help with postpartum depression |
| Help with questions about care of your newborn and yourself after delivery |
| Help with perineal care |
**Pricing varies, so call or e-mail today for your free consultation!